You may think of becoming a chef or make it as your future career after college graduation. Then, you must earn a certification or related degree in culinary arts in order to successfully entering this quickly changing and high-demand industry. When you start planning your future culinary career, here are some things that you should consider when determining the best culinary arts school for your further education. 1. The type of degreeThe type of degree you want to earn may affect which Culinary Arts school you choose. Some culinary arts schools just offer very specialized culinary arts degree programs while other may have different types of degree levels such certification, associate degrees, bachelors, masters or even doctorate programs for you to choose from. Hence, before you choose the best culinary arts school of yours, you need to determine the type of degree you plan to pursue. Then, eliminate the culinary arts schools that do not offer the type of degree from your consideration list. This will help to narrow your scope of selecting the best culinary arts school and make easy for you in your decision making. 2. The culinary arts school credibility and reputationYour culinary degree or certification will determine your career future in the food industry; hence you need to ensure your degree or certification which is the evidence to prove your qualification needs to be from the culinary arts school that has the highest creditability with the best reputation. Holding a degree from school that has good reputation and well known in the job market will make your interview process more smoothly and increase your chances to secure the culinary job opportunity when you use it to start your culinary career after graduation. 3. The accreditation of culinary arts schoolThere are too many education scams out there and you need to be sure to stay far away from them. One way to ensure your degree that really valuable in the workplace is by enrolling into a culinary arts program offered by the school that is fully accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the Department of Education. This is very important to your future employment and well worth in your educational investment. 4. The school’s facilities Cooking is definitely a hands-on subject that involves a lot of practical works. Hence the best culinary arts schools should well-furnished with sufficient kitchen facilities for you to practice your learning. Before you enroll into the culinary arts degree program of your selected culinary arts school, you should pay a visit to the school to ensure the school has the necessary facilities for your practical works. 5. Total cost for entire culinary arts programAlthough the cost to complete the entire culinary arts program need to be considered especially if you have a budget constraint for your education investment, but keep in mind that the degree you earn will provide a lifetime of solid income, so you should make your decision more on the quality of the culinary arts degree program rather than the cost. Moreover, there are many scholarships and other financial aids available that you can apply to support the program cost. SummaryIf you choose culinary career as your future career, a culinary related degree or certification will helps you in entering this quickly changing and high-demand career field. Use the above suggestions to select the best culinary arts school to get the culinary arts degree that will meet your career goal.
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The Skill of Buying Art
December 31st, 2009If you don’t love art, and are simply considering buying art as an investment, the best advice is to find something else to invest in. Collecting and buying art should be a labor of love, not a cold-hearted financial calculation.
When buying art there are many factors that a serious art collector should look at in order to get the best deal. In no particular order they are:
1. Know Your budget
No matter how much you like an art piece, don’t put yourself in enormous debt to acquire it. If you can’t afford it, so be it. Just let it go and wait for something to show up that fits your budget. No art collector in the world gets every piece he is attracted to.
2. Know Your Art Dealers
Once you know what kind of art you like, find the galleries that sell it. Introduce yourself to the gallery owners. Form a relationship with them. Let them know what types of art pieces you’re interested in. Then when they get a new piece or art in, your name will be near the top of the list of people that they notify. This is an excellent way to get first crack at art pieces that normal people will never see, because they simply are never put up for sale.
Developing relationships with reputable art dealers also helps to protect you from scams. You can have faith that the art pieces you get are original pieces and not simply knock-offs.
Also, if you come to love the work of a particular artist, you may find that his or her work is carried primarily through a particular dealer. All the more reason to become friendly with as many art dealers as you can.
3. Know Your Own Tastes
Never buy something just because an “art expert” tells you that it is a beautiful, classic piece of art. If the art piece means nothing to you, it’s not worth you buying it. Unless you’re a professional trader, the art piece you buy is going to be something that you own and look at for years. So choose art that speaks to you. And to do that, you need to know what you like and what you don’t like.
An important secondary benefit of knowing your taste is it gives you the ability to clearly state your desires to art dealers that you work with to help build your collection.
4. Negotiate the Price
Just because an art piece has a price tag on it does not mean that you have to pay that price. Art prices are not set in stone. Don’t be afraid of dickering with dealers. In most cases it’s even expected.
5. Insure Your Art
There are few things more devastating than losing your art treasures through fire or theft. But the financial losses can possibly even be worse.
Whenever you buy a piece of collectible art, call your insurance broker and make sure she includes it on your policy. If you have a good homeowners policy, it will probably already provide general coverage. But if you have art pieces that are documented collectible items, you want to definitely ensure that this is noted on your policy – even if you have to buy an additional rider for it.
It’s also important to note that insurance will not only cover things like fire and theft, as mentioned above. It will also cover things like water damage, breakage, moving, and so on.
Now go out and start collecting. Good luck and much success in your art buying.
