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, 54% of Waiter job descriptions contained waiter as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

waiter
54%
waitress
50%
customer service
37%
hospitality
30%
catering
30%
events
24%
waitressing
24%
waiting
24%
breakfast
17%
front of house
17%
weddings
17%
part time
17%
immediate start
17%
full time
17%
server
14%
food runner
14%
kitchen
14%
bar staff
14%
waiting staff
14%
waitstaff
10%
bar
10%
conference
10%
banqueting
10%
great attitude
7%
food service
7%
benefits
7%
chef de rang
7%
fine dining
7%
rosette
7%
positive team player
4%
darts
4%
head waiter
4%
supervisor
4%
charity
4%
team player
4%
bartending
4%
communication skills
4%
work ethic
4%
hospitality industry
4%
waiting on
4%
coshh
4%
team leader
4%
front house
4%
restaurant
4%
conference banqueting
4%
coffee
4%
weekend
4%
temporary
4%
morning
4%
contract
4%
bartender
4%
bar work
4%
bar job
4%
silver service
4%
catering assistant
4%
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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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