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, 57% of Waiter job descriptions contained waiter as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

waiter
57%
waitress
54%
catering
34%
customer service
34%
hospitality
30%
events
27%
waitressing
24%
waiting
24%
breakfast
20%
immediate start
20%
full time
20%
food runner
17%
front of house
17%
part time
17%
server
17%
kitchen
17%
weddings
17%
banqueting
14%
bar staff
14%
waiting staff
14%
conference
10%
waitstaff
10%
bar
10%
rosette
7%
fine dining
7%
chef de rang
7%
food service
7%
benefits
7%
waiting on
4%
supervisor
4%
head waiter
4%
team player
4%
hospitality industry
4%
great attitude
4%
catering assistant
4%
work ethic
4%
communication skills
4%
bartending
4%
charity
4%
silver service
4%
morning
4%
bar job
4%
coshh
4%
team leader
4%
front house
4%
bar work
4%
restaurant
4%
bartender
4%
conference banqueting
4%
darts
4%
contract
4%
coffee
4%
weekend
4%
temporary
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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