http://www.ere.net/2006/06/21/whats-your-philosophy-about-employees/ Recruiting intelligence. Recruiting community. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:18:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.ere.net/2006/06/21/whats-your-philosophy-about-employees/comment-page-1/#comment-4461 Yorick Neal Wed, 21 Jun 2006 09:51:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2006/06/21/whats-your-philosophy-about-employees/#comment-4461 The term 'barista' is used in coffee shops around the world and is definitely not unique to Starbucks, by using it they are actually linking themselves with the Italian tradition going all the way back to the birth of the expresso machine. As a barista is supposed to be able to make a good cup of coffee I can understand that it isn't in common usage in the USA, and in Starbucks case may in fact be an oxymoron. The term ‘barista’ is used in coffee shops around the world and is definitely not unique to Starbucks, by using it they are actually linking themselves with the Italian tradition going all the way back to the birth of the expresso machine. As a barista is supposed to be able to make a good cup of coffee I can understand that it isn’t in common usage in the USA, and in Starbucks case may in fact be an oxymoron.

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