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

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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, 34% of Receptionist job descriptions contained customer service as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

customer service
34%
receptionist duties
31%
receptionist
22%
hospitality
19%
reception
19%
corporate hospitality
16%
front house
16%
administrative
13%
dealership
13%
bookings
10%
reception duties
10%
organisational skills
10%
5* hotel
10%
hotel
10%
visitors
10%
hosting
7%
hotel reception
7%
receptions
7%
office administration
7%
telephone manner
7%
reliable
7%
welcome host
7%
private members club
7%
computer literate
7%
front office
7%
great customer service
7%
corporate
7%
admin
7%
airline
7%
calls
7%
assistant manager
7%
health
4%
english language skills
4%
luxury
4%
wellness
4%
beauty
4%
office duties
4%
law firm
4%
legal
4%
4* hotel
4%
administration
4%
college
4%
hotels
4%
showroom
4%
hotel booking
4%
ms office
4%
problem solving
4%
opera
4%
communication skills
4%
centre manager
4%
community lead
4%
community manager
4%
general manager
4%
membership manager
4%
operations manager
4%
assistant
4%
events
4%
luxury hotel
4%
concierge services
4%
networking
4%
service skills
4%
microsoft office
4%
healthcare
4%
luxury lifestyle
4%
auditor
4%
cabin crew
4%
fine dining
4%
front of house
4%
meeting rooms
4%
host
4%
building manager
4%
showroom host
4%
microsoft excel
4%
microsoft word
4%

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.

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