Busser resume: the keywords, bullets and skills to prove.
Built from what the job actually involves: the core duties, the skills and tools rated most important, and bullet formulas you fill with your own numbers. No made-up example person.
[Your name]
Experience
[Employer] · Busser · [dates]- Served ice water, coffee, rolls, or butter to patrons for [scale: how many, how often]; [result you can prove].
- Scraped and stacked dirty dishes for [scale: how many, how often]; [result you can prove].
- Wiped tables or seats with dampened cloths for [scale: how many, how often]; [result you can prove].
Skills
[the tools and skills you have actually used]A strong Busser resume proves the core duties of the job with results: serve ice water, coffee, rolls, or butter to patrons; wipe tables or seats with dampened cloths or replace dirty tablecloths; and set tables with clean linens, condiments, or other supplies. If you have used them, name the tools O*NET lists for this occupation, such as Facebook, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Windows, inside the bullets where you used them. The skills rated most important for the role are coordination, service orientation and active listening (O*NET).
Why these lines work
Data Each line maps to a core task rated important by workers in the role. Hover or tap a note.
- 1Core duty, provenServe ice water, coffee, rolls, or butter to patronsRated one of the most important tasks for the role (O*NET). The bracketed parts are where your own numbers go.
- 2Core duty, provenScrape and stack dirty dishes and carry dishes and other tableware to…Rated one of the most important tasks for the role (O*NET). The bracketed parts are where your own numbers go.
- 3Core duty, provenWipe tables or seats with dampened cloths or replace dirty tableclothsRated one of the most important tasks for the role (O*NET). The bracketed parts are where your own numbers go.
- Summary
- Skills
- Experience
- Education
- Certifications
Skills can lead because the role needs less prior preparation (Job Zone 1-2).
Busser bullets, rewritten
- ServeResponsible for serve ice water, coffee, rolls, or butter to patronsServed ice water, coffee, rolls, or butter to patrons, [how many / how often], which [result: time saved, errors cut, revenue, people served].
- ScrapeResponsible for scrape and stack dirty dishes and carry dishes and other tableware to kitchens…Scraped and stacked dirty dishes, [how many / how often], which [result: time saved, errors cut, revenue, people served].
- WipeResponsible for wipe tables or seats with dampened cloths or replace dirty tableclothsWiped tables or seats with dampened cloths, [how many / how often], which [result: time saved, errors cut, revenue, people served].
- SetResponsible for set tables with clean linens, condiments, or other suppliesSet tables with clean linens, condiments, or other supplies, [how many / how often], which [result: time saved, errors cut, revenue, people served].
Advice Fill every highlighted bracket with something true and checkable. If you can't, choose a different duty.
Words that belong on a Busser resume
Data Tools reported for the role (with O*NET demand flags), the most important skills and knowledge areas. Use the ones that are true for you.
- FacebookTool · Hot technology
- Microsoft ExcelTool · Hot technology
- Microsoft WindowsTool · Hot technology
- CoordinationSkill · importance 3.0/5
- Service OrientationSkill · importance 3.0/5
- Active ListeningSkill · importance 3.0/5
- Social PerceptivenessSkill · importance 2.9/5
- Judgment and Decision MakingSkill · importance 2.9/5
- SpeakingSkill · importance 2.9/5
- Customer and Personal ServiceKnowledge
- Food ProductionKnowledge
- English LanguageKnowledge
- Sales and MarketingKnowledge
How central each skill is to the job
Data O*NET importance, 1 to 5.
How this compares: the resume skills page shows how all 910 occupations rate the 35 O*NET skills, and which software O*NET most often flags as in demand in job postings.
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How this page is built
Duties, skills, knowledge and tools come from O*NET 31.0 for the occupation. Bullet scaffolds rewrite O*NET task statements in the past tense and leave every number for you to fill in. Section order follows the role's O*NET Job Zone.
- What a specific employer screens for: always mirror the job description.
- Your results: we never invent numbers.
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. TryHired selected, ranked and combined the data; O*NET is not responsible for these pages.
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