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Join Handshake as a Food Service Manager AI Trainer, where your expertise will help enhance AI models relevant to the food service industry without requiring previous AI experience.

Responsibilities: Evaluate and provide feedback on AI outputs related to food service, develop prompts for AI models, and assess responses focusing on your professional experience.

Skills: At least 4 years of professional experience in food service management or related fields, strong communication skills, and ability to work independently.

Qualifications: Experience with scheduling, budgeting, staff management, food preparation standards, and compliance with health regulations is preferred.

Location: Remote work available with flexible hours; position is originally based in San Francisco, California, United States.

Compensation: $60 - $60 / Hourly

Overview

Handshake is recruiting Food Service Manager Professionals to contribute to an hourly, temporary AI research project—but there’s no AI experience needed. In this program, you’ll leverage your professional experience to evaluate what AI models produce in your field, assess content related to your field of work, and deliver clear, structured feedback that strengthens the model’s understanding of your workplace tasks and language. The Handshake AI opportunity runs year-round, with project opportunities opening periodically across different areas of expertise.

Details

• The position is remote and asynchronous; work independently from wherever you are.
• The hours are flexible, with no minimum commitment, but most average 5-20 hrs
• The work includes developing prompts for AI models that reflect your field, and then evaluating responses.
• You’ll learn new skills and contribute to how AI is used in your field
• Your placement into a project will be dependent on project availability—if you apply now and can’t work on this project, more will be available soon.

Qualifications

• You have at least 4 years of professional experience in one or more of the following types of work.
• The examples below reflect the types of real-world responsibilities that you might have had in your role that will give you the context needed to evaluate and train high-quality AI models
• Count money and make bank deposits.
• Establish standards for personnel performance and customer service.
• Keep records required by government agencies regarding sanitation or food subsidies.
• Schedule staff hours and assign duties.
• Investigate and resolve complaints regarding food quality, service, or accommodations.
• Maintain food and equipment inventories and keep inventory records.
• Perform food preparation or service tasks as needed, such as cooking, clearing tables, and serving food and drinks.
• Monitor budgets and payroll records, and review financial transactions to ensure expenditures are authorized and budgeted.
• Schedule and receive food and beverage deliveries, verifying product quality and quantity.
• Coordinate assignments of cooking personnel to ensure economical food use and timely preparation.
• Organize and direct worker training programs, resolve personnel issues, hire staff, and evaluate employee performance.
• Assess staffing needs and recruit employees through advertisements, job fairs, or other methods.
• Estimate food, liquor, wine, and beverage consumption to anticipate purchasing needs.
• Monitor food preparation methods, portion sizes, garnishing, and presentation standards.
• Ensure compliance with health and fire regulations related to food service and facility maintenance.
• Test cooked food by tasting and smelling to ensure quality and flavor standards.
• Order and purchase equipment and supplies.
• Review work procedures and operational issues to improve service, performance, or safety.
• Arrange equipment maintenance and repairs, and coordinate services such as waste removal and pest control.
• Monitor employee and patron activities to ensure compliance with liquor regulations.
• Greet guests, escort them to seats, and present menus and wine lists.
• Record the number, type, and cost of items sold to identify unprofitable or unpopular items.
• Plan menus and food utilization based on guest volume, nutrition, popularity, and cost.
• Review menus and analyze recipes to determine labor and overhead costs and set menu prices.
• Take dining reservations.
• Create specialty dishes and develop recipes for dining facilities.
• Schedule use of facilities or catering services for events and negotiate arrangements with clients.
• Establish and enforce nutritional standards based on accepted industry guidelines.
• You’re able to participate in asynchronous work in partnership with leading AI labs.

Application Process

• Create a Handshake account
• Upload your resume and verify your identity
• Get matched and onboarded into relevant projects
• Start working and earning

Work authorization information

F-1 students who are eligible for CPT or OPT may be eligible for projects on Handshake AI. Work with your Designated School Official to determine your eligibility. If your school requires a CPT course, Handshake AI may not meet your school’s requirements. STEM OPT is not supported. See our Help Center article for more information on what types of work authorizations are supported on Handshake AI.