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Amanda Hite's Page

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Female, Age 31
Lexington, KY
United States
Member # 836
151 Referrals
Joined Jan 16
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Profile

Title/Position
Founder & Change Agent Talent Revolution
Company
TALENT revolution LLC
Restaurant Occupation
Corporate
Non-Restaurant Occupation
Executive (VP and Above)
Industry
Restaurant
Department
Corporate
Restaurant Segment
Casual
Restaurant Type
American
Other Social Network
myspace.com/aehite
Restaurant Size
Franchiser >= 100 Units
Website Address
www.talentrevolution.nin...
Blog Address
www.talentrevolution.nin...
Interests
Consulting, Making Friends, Networking, Finding Investors, Career Advancement, Gaining Knowledge
Other Interests
Career:
Generation Y, Career Development, Mentoring, Generational Inclusion, Recruiting, Training and Leadership

Personal:
Healthier Youth, The 2008 Presidential Election, Writing/Recording Music and Playing Keyboards and Reading.
Favorite Restaurants, Liquors, Wine and Beers
Restaurant: Mesh in Cincinnati, OH
Breakfast at the Surf and Sand Hotel in Laguna Beach
Personal Quote
Be the change you wish to see in the world - Gandhi
Status
NOYB
Seeking
Business Contacts, Clients, Experts, Career Advancement
Biography
Amanda Hite inspirationalist and founder of TALENT [rev-o-lut-ion] is a change agent who's bringing sexy back to corporate thinking and people performance. An Army kid who living in 32 homes by the age of 18 earned her Masters in Street Smart Psychology. Amanda started her career in the service industry 15 years ago. Most recently Hite has been the Director of Training and Development for Thomas & King the nation's eighth largest Franchise. During her tenure with T&K Amanda and her team became well known for developing innovative T&D tools like LeaderQuest a web based career development application. http://leaderquest.tandk.com/LQDetails.aspx

Hite is known for using tools like youtube, podcast and social networking sites to reach the youth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egh2C7TUjUo
The LQ video won a Gold Addy award.

Hite is a member of the National Speakers Association and her passion for People has been displayed several times during public speaking engagements. Amanda has been featured multiple times in publication's including once on the Cover of Nation's Restaurant News. Her training approach is sharp, focused and funky. Amanda Hite is a paradigm buster that will inspire you to drastically change the way you think and behave with talent.
Years Experience
15 years
our principles:

be real, be relevant, be passionate, think different, take risk, give more and focus energy.

our purpose:

inspire talent to unleash their potential and live their ultimate career lifestyle.
attract the finest talent for the finest employers.
teach companies how to produce and ultimate return on talent
engage generation y and inspire generational inclusion.

CONTACT US:
mycareer@talentrevolution.net
agent@talentrevolution.net

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Random Acts of Awesomeness

By Amanda Hite on Jun 13, 2008 at 1:44pm | 10 Comments (Add) | 101 Views

Ran-dom Acts of Awes-ome-ness: 1. Making someone’s day, making them smile, or blush when they least expect it. 2. Revealing someone else’s or your own “Awesomeness” I dig the high I get from giving, making someone’s day and plain just being a good human being. If w... more  

Is your Company sexy enough to attract the Talent of the future? When Hite was on the Market post 5 of 9.

By Amanda Hite on Jun 4, 2008 at 7:43am | 1 Comment (Add) | 132 Views

What’s sexy about the jobs your company has to offer…. For me the match is about who I am and who you are, not what I do or what you do. Change your focus from title’s and tasks and onto values, passion and purpose and now you have my attention… If you want to appeal... more  

My steps to finding a gig? How talented folks find jobs, Hite on the Market 4 of 9.

By Amanda Hite on May 20, 2008 at 12:54pm | 5 Comments (Add) | 211 Views

When I made the decision to change careers I knew what I wanted to do and who I wanted to work for. Feeling the urge to do the responsible thing, I decided I should at least look at what else was out there. Here are the not so random steps I took…. Went to my famil... more  

Why most Restaurant Recruiters creep me out. Hite on the market Post 3 of 9.

By Amanda Hite on May 13, 2008 at 8:03pm | 21 Comments (Add) | 397 Views

Unfortunately there are too many Restaurant Recruiters out there who are undertrained, unprofessional and stuck in the 80’s with their tactics. In this post I’ll share a few of my recent experiences as a job seeker working with Recruiters. Read and learn why the Recr... more  

Why I absolutely had to leave a great gig at a good company. Post 2 of 9.

By Amanda Hite on May 7, 2008 at 3:09pm | 18 Comments (Add) | 455 Views

9 years, 6 figures, awesome team, successful company, great benefits… yes I’m leaving. My grandparents thought I was nuts and so did I for a split second…. The truth is it had nothing to do with office politics but office politics prompted the soul searching. Thank ... more  

Amanda Hite’s on the Market and Blogging about it! Post 1 of 9.

By Amanda Hite on May 3, 2008 at 11:13am | 34 Comments (Add) | 957 Views

Don’t get too excited not the dating market the job market. After 9 ½ great years, this past December I made the decision to leave T&K. Over the next 3 months I’ll be transitioning out of my role as Director of Training and Development and into something new. I’v... more  

Find a 16 year old mentor

By Amanda Hite on Apr 17, 2008 at 6:27pm | 4 Comments (Add) | 109 Views

At the Woman's Foodservice Forum conference in D.C. this week one of the presenters challenged the group to find a 16 year old mentor. I thought the concept was cool and it reminded me of my best mentor of all times Antwan, a 17 year old grill cook at McDonalds. My ... more  

Top 10 take aways from the Woman's Foodservice Forum D.C. Conference

By Amanda Hite on Apr 17, 2008 at 4:25pm | 5 Comments (Add) | 95 Views

10. Networking, eating, dancing and drinking opportunities with 3,700 WFF members 9. The Single Male members of WFF were the most enthusiastic of the bunch 8. The silver pen I was wearing made me cool, new members were actually asking for my autograph 7. Linda Pha... more  

Thinking is the f-word of innovation

By Amanda Hite on Apr 6, 2008 at 1:57am | 5 Comments (Add) | 26 Views

“Thinking is the f-word of innovation. We all swear by it, sometimes we curse it and we all like say we do it more often than we actually do.” I was thinking about some of the recent discussions about our Industries Staffing Issues and I keep passionately coming b... more  

Top 10 reasons you should join the TALENT [rev-o-lu-tion] Group

By Amanda Hite on Apr 5, 2008 at 12:30pm | 11 Comments (Add) | 51 Views

10. It will raise your cool status on FohBoh 9. There’s 13 discussion’s going right now that will funky up your thinking 8. There’s a cool gen y test you can take that will either make you feel really cool or really old 7. The group is full of paradigm busters tha... more  

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At 6:44pm on July 3rd, 2008, Donna Stazzone said…
Hi Amanda,

Go ahead and bring sexy back girl!!!
At 9:12pm on July 2nd, 2008, Brian Boylan said…
Amanda, my friend Mike McCorkle says that we should be on the friends list. He states that you have a lot of inspiring information that I might find good for what I do.
At 2:48pm on June 30th, 2008, Darren Miles said…
Amanda,

Very cool, and I am blown away that I have made contact with several people I otherwise have lost touch with in a single day as a member. The start to something fun, me thinks!

DM
At 7:37pm on June 29th, 2008, Darren Miles said…
Hi Amanda,

It was great meeting you in Dallas at People Report! Keep in touch...I am now signed up on FohBoh!

Onward

DM
At 8:29am on June 14th, 2008, Erin Shea said…
Hi Amanda! I'm really enjoying your blog posts - hope to talk with you more soon!
At 8:29pm on June 2nd, 2008, Jennie Johnson said…
When is post 5???
At 2:49pm on May 28th, 2008, peter Kazalas said…
Hi Amanda
Hope your having a great day.
Peter
At 3:37pm on May 20th, 2008, The Tortilla Guy said…
Hey Amanda I just wanted to say that it was great meeting you at the Regal Beagel even for the short period of time. Keep up the great work and lets see if our roads intersect again !!!

Wrap On...........
At 4:57pm on May 15th, 2008, Tracy Redmond said…
Thanks for that!
I'm very glad too and I really hope our paths cross again in the future.
At 12:58pm on May 15th, 2008, Kelly Sullivan said…
Hello! I will definately reach out if I need any navigation help through the site. Thanks.
 
 

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