Server 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] · Server · [dates]- Collected payments from customers for [scale: how many, how often]; [result you can prove].
- Checked patrons' identification to ensure that they meet minimum age requirements for consumption of alcoholic beverages for [scale: how many, how often]; [result you can prove].
- Wrote patrons' food orders on order slips, memorize orders for [scale: how many, how often]; [result you can prove].
Skills
FacebookA strong Server resume proves the core duties of the job with results: collect payments from customers; take orders from patrons for food or beverages; and clean tables or counters after patrons have finished dining. Name the tools employers look for, such as Facebook, inside the bullets where you used them. The skills rated most important for the role are service orientation, active listening and speaking (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, provenCollect payments from customersRated one of the most important tasks for the role (O*NET). The bracketed parts are where your own numbers go.
- 2Core duty, provenCheck patrons' identification to ensure that they meet minimum age…Rated one of the most important tasks for the role (O*NET). The bracketed parts are where your own numbers go.
- 3Core duty, provenWrite patrons' food orders on order slips, memorize orders, or enter…Rated 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 2).
Server bullets, rewritten
- CollectResponsible for collect payments from customersCollected payments from customers, [how many / how often], which [result: time saved, errors cut, revenue, people served].
- CheckResponsible for check patrons' identification to ensure that they meet minimum age requirements…Checked patrons' identification to ensure that they meet minimum age requirements for consumption of alcoholic beverages, [how many / how often], which [result: time saved, errors cut, revenue, people served].
- WriteResponsible for write patrons' food orders on order slips, memorize orders, or enter orders…Wrote patrons' food orders on order slips, memorize orders, [how many / how often], which [result: time saved, errors cut, revenue, people served].
- CheckResponsible for check with customers to ensure that they are enjoying their meals, and take…Checked with customers to ensure that they are enjoying their meals, and take action to correct any problems, [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 Server 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
- Service OrientationSkill · importance 3.9/5
- Active ListeningSkill · importance 3.5/5
- SpeakingSkill · importance 3.5/5
- Social PerceptivenessSkill · importance 3.4/5
- CoordinationSkill · importance 3.1/5
- MonitoringSkill · importance 3.0/5
- Customer and Personal ServiceKnowledge
- English LanguageKnowledge
- Sales and MarketingKnowledge
How central each skill is to the job
Data O*NET importance, 1 to 5.
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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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