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

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Waitress Skills List in Hospitality & Catering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Waitress role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Waitress job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 62% of Waitress job descriptions contained catering as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

catering
62%
customer service
57%
hospitality
57%
waiting
55%
waitressing
55%
waitress
39%
waiter
39%
weddings
39%
bartending
32%
bartender
21%
music festivals
19%
events
19%
motorsports
19%
breakfast
14%
full time
14%
immediate start
14%
server
14%
part time
12%
front of house
12%
food runner
12%
kitchen
12%
banqueting
10%
conference
7%
catering assistant
7%
bar staff
7%
waiting staff
7%
waitstaff
7%
communication skills
5%
rosette
5%
fine dining
5%
chef de rang
5%
food assistant
5%
service assistant
5%
food services assistant
5%
front of house assistant
5%
host
5%
kitchen assistant
5%
restaurant
3%
benefits
3%
great attitude
3%
front of house staff
3%
hostess food services front of house manager
3%
serving assistant
3%
coshh
3%
front house
3%
team leader
3%
team player
3%
work ethic
3%
charity
3%
conference banqueting
3%
bar
3%
shop assistant
3%
food prep
3%
foh
3%
customer service assistant
3%
morning
3%
bar job
3%
weekend
3%
temporary
3%
contract
3%
bar work
3%
silver service
3%
transport
3%
management
3%
customer care
3%

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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