Tom PyburnEmeril’s Home Base
Armed with more than
25 years of restaurant management and human resource experience, Tom Pyburn has
an extensive repertoire of information he brings to John Ehret High School’s
ProStart program.
While studying at Loyola University, Tom Pyburn began
gathering his industry experience as a server at Commander’s Palace and then
Mr. B’s. Upon receiving his undergraduate degree in Communications, he worked
in restaurants such as the Broadway Café and Bouligny honing his restaurant
management skills.
Now, years later with an MBA in Management from LoyolaChicago, he’s worked in Human Resources for the Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group,
Acme Oyster House and for the last six years, for Emeril’s Home Base in New
Orleans.
He’s got a history too of working with high school-aged
students. For the past four years, he and his fellow Society of Human Resources members have held sessions at the St. Charles Satellite Center on the topics of
cover letters, resumes and conducting interviews.
“Many of these students have not had their first jobs yet,”
said Pyburn. “The sessions provide an introduction to the process and the do’s
and don’ts of the applying and interviewing for a position.”
