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

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Waiter Skills List in Hospitality & Catering

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

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

bartending
46%
hospitality
41%
bartender
37%
waiting
19%
events
19%
catering
14%
waitressing
14%
waitress
14%
waiter
14%
customer service
14%
bar
14%
immediate start
10%
server
10%
part time
10%
kitchen
10%
full time
10%
food runner
10%
conference
10%
breakfast
10%
banqueting
10%
teamwork
5%
festival
5%
travel and hospitality
5%
special event
5%
functions
5%
silver service
5%
luxury
5%
kitchen assistant
5%
hotels
5%
high end
5%
bonus
5%
interaction
5%
front of house
5%
management
5%
supervisor
5%
waiting on
5%
function
5%
food service
5%
vip
5%
work ethic
5%
communication skills
5%
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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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