written by David Armstrong, Chronicle Staff Writer
(San Francisco Chronicle, published May 4, 2006)
The odds didn't look good for Ronaile Burton when he applied for a job at Boudin's Market Street cafe a few months back. He was one of 100 applicants for an entry-level position at the San Francisco restaurant, a bustling place popular with the downtown office lunch bunch, and at 18, he was young and inexperienced.
But Burton got the part-time job after interviewing with cafe manager Christopher Zeier and assistant manger Tina Bernett, both of whom were impressed with his enthusiasm -- and his endorsement from Bridges From School to Work, a program that matches young job-seekers with physical or mental disabilities and employers in search of new talent.
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