OES Code: 650260

RIVERSIDE COUNTY

JOB KEY FOR COOKS - RESTAURANT

Restaurant Cooks prepare, season, and cook soups, meats, vegetables, desserts, and other foodstuffs in restaurants. They may order supplies, keep records and accounts, price items on a menu, or plan the menu.

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PROJECTED ESTIMATES OF EMPLOYMENT (excluding self-employed)

Number Working in this Occupation --- Year --- 1995 2002		Percent Change	Increase/ Decrease	Additional Openings Due to People Chang- ing Occupations or Retiring	Sum of Increase/Decrease and Additional Openings
2,580	3,300	28%	720	620	1,340

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE COOKS - RESTAURANT IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY

The following are the types of firms that employ the most workers in this occupation within this county. They are listed in order from largest to smallest.

Industry Code (SIC)	Industry Title
5812	Eating places
7011	Hotels, motels, & tourist courts
7997	Membership sports & recreation clubs

Look in the yellow pages of the phone book under the above or similar industry titles, or look in employer directories in libraries. Directories such as Business Prospector, California Services Register and those by chambers of commerce often list firms by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code.

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