Receptionist Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Hospitality & Catering

Share

Receptionist Skills List in Hospitality & Catering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Receptionist role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Receptionist job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 46% of Receptionist job descriptions contained customer service as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

customer service
46%
hospitality
37%
reception
37%
hotel
28%
receptionist
28%
front of house
19%
hotel receptionist
19%
communication skills
19%
corporate
19%
foh
19%
corporate receptionist
10%
night management
10%
event management
10%
night shift
10%
hosting
10%
organisational skills
10%
meeting room
10%
retail
10%
computer literate
10%
head receptionist
10%
friendly personality
10%
reception supervisor
10%
highly detailed
10%
telephone manner
10%
senior receptionist
10%
concierge services
10%
5* hotel
10%
networking
10%
airline
10%
service skills
10%
communication
10%
administration
10%
private members club
10%
healthcare
10%
customer services
10%
welcome host
10%
4* hotel
10%
luxury lifestyle
10%
hotel booking
10%
admin
10%
night duty
10%
Export

While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


Do you want
more job interviews?

Improve your CV's success rate by using these Receptionist skills and keywords or scan your CV to get a personalised score.