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, 50% of Waiter job descriptions contained waiter as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

waiter
50%
waitress
47%
hospitality
40%
catering
37%
customer service
34%
waiting
30%
waitressing
30%
events
27%
weddings
24%
breakfast
17%
front of house
17%
full time
17%
immediate start
17%
server
14%
banqueting
14%
kitchen
14%
food runner
14%
part time
14%
chef de rang
10%
bar
10%
bar staff
10%
waiting staff
10%
bartender
10%
bartending
10%
conference
7%
waitstaff
7%
food service
7%
benefits
7%
fine dining
7%
rosette
7%
motorsports
7%
music festivals
7%
communication skills
7%
head waiter
7%
supervisor
7%
hotel
4%
work ethic
4%
charity
4%
customer care
4%
management
4%
waiting on
4%
transport
4%
coshh
4%
team leader
4%
front house
4%
silver service
4%
restaurant
4%
conference banqueting
4%
darts
4%
catering assistant
4%
coffee
4%
weekend
4%
temporary
4%
morning
4%
contract
4%
bar work
4%
bar job
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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