The most common mistake in a hospitality & restaurant worker CV is listing duties instead of results. Employers want to see how well you did the job, not just that you were assigned it. This guide shows how to write the profile summary, work-experience bullets and skills section for a hospitality & restaurant worker role, with examples you can copy and adapt.
Order and length
Put your name, title and contact details at the top, a short profile summary beneath, then work experience, education and skills. With little experience (recent graduate, internship) move education and projects ahead of work history. One page is enough for most applications; a second page is acceptable beyond roughly ten years of experience.
Applicant tracking systems (ATS) read plain, single-column CVs with standard headings (Summary, Experience, Education, Skills) best. Pick a more designed template for the version you hand to a recruiter.
Profile summary examples for a hospitality & restaurant worker
Keep it to two to four sentences: years of experience, strengths and goal. Take one draft below and replace each [X] with your own information:
- Friendly, fast service professional who prioritises guest satisfaction and stays calm and team-minded at peak hours.
- [X] years in restaurants/hotels, committed to hygiene standards and courteous service.
Work-experience bullets for a hospitality & restaurant worker
Start each bullet with an action and, where you can, include a number: how many people, items, what percentage, how fast. Wherever you see [X] below, insert your own real figure; if you don't know it, leave that bullet out.
- Served an average of [X] guests per day during busy shifts
- Raised upselling by [X]% through menu knowledge
- Handled cash and payments without errors
- Maintained table setup, cleanliness and hygiene standards
- Resolved guest complaints on the spot
- Supported onboarding of new staff
Only write what you actually did. If you couldn't explain a bullet in an interview, it shouldn't be on your CV.
Skills section for a hospitality & restaurant worker
Mirror the job ad's wording: if it says "Excel", write "Excel" rather than "office software". These are commonly requested for this role; select only what you genuinely know:
- Guest Service
- Teamwork
- POS Operation
- Hygiene Standards
- Quick Decision-Making
- Upselling
Checklist before you send it
- Fill in the numbers: No [X] placeholder should remain anywhere.
- Check the dates: No overlaps or unexplained gaps; the Analysis tab in CV Maker calculates this for you.
- Tailor to the ad: Where true, use the ad's keywords; the job-ad matcher shows which are missing.
- Export a PDF: Send a PDF with selectable text; add a photo only if the ad or local custom expects one.