Students from 17 Area Schools work at Linden Ponds
By Dani Baldassare
THE ERICKSON TRIBUNE
Linden Ponds opened in October of 2004 and at that time, the Dining Services Department hired seven students from various area high schools.
Now just over a year and a half later, Dining Services has hired their 100th student employee.
Students From All Over
“We have students from ten different area high schools and seven colleges working with us and we have four students who have been working with us since Linden Ponds’ opened,” said Marisa Kelley, staff development manager at Linden Ponds. “Word gets out about job opportunities here by the student employees themselves and through all the great relationships we have made with area schools.”
Linden Ponds’ 100th student employee is Elyse Giannelli, a senior at Weymouth High School. She will be working as a restaurant assistant in the kitchen.
The Linden Ponds Appeal
“I am really looking forward to all of the opportunities working at Linden Ponds will bring me,” said Giannelli. “I’m also very excited to start working here while I am in high school and I will be able to continue when I begin attending college in the fall. The flexibility Linden Ponds offers to students is very appealing.”
The students work in the Fireside restaurant and the Harbor Café where they wait on and bus tables. They could also work in the kitchen at a dessert station, in the dishwasher room and on food preparation.
Personal Growth
Many students will also have the opportunity to become service coaches. Once promoted, after they interview for the position, they will train new employees. Service coaches also attendand participate in additional trainings, act as a voice among peers to appropriately channel ideas, recommendations and/or concerns and they assist in planning social events for student staff.