waiter/waitresstorestaurant host/restaurant hostess
A waiter/waitress already meets 72% of what the restaurant host/restaurant hostess role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
72%
27.6/ 100
1 Share of the restaurant host/restaurant hostess role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the waiter/waitress profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A restaurant host/restaurant hostess role treats 9 of its required skills as things a waiter/waitress already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- arrange tables
- assist VIP guests
- assist customers
- check dining room cleanliness
- comply with food safety and hygiene
- maintain customer service
What stands in the way is 4 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A restaurant host/restaurant hostess role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a waiter/waitress background worth leading with.
- already held welcome restaurant guests assisting and caring
- already held present menus communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held check dining room cleanliness information skills
- already held arrange tables assisting and caring
- already held assist VIP guests assisting and caring
- already held advise guests on menus for special events communication, collaboration and creativity
All 15 carried skills, including the 9 the restaurant host/restaurant hostess role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 5 missing skills fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held seat customers according to the waiting list required
- required, not held accommodate special seating required
- required, not held assist guest departure required
- required, not held handle customer complaints required
- optional, not held devise special promotions optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a restaurant host/restaurant hostess role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 seat customers according to the waiting list skill · occupation specific
- 02 accommodate special seating skill · cross sector
- 03 assist guest departure skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 15 skills that carry over
- already held arrange tables skill
- already held assist VIP guests skill
- already held assist customers skill
- already held check dining room cleanliness skill
- already held comply with food safety and hygiene skill
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held present menus skill
- already held process reservations skill
- already held welcome restaurant guests skill
- already held advise guests on menus for special events skill
- already held assist clients with special needs skill
- already held clean surfaces skill
- already held maintain relationship with customers skill
- already held take food and beverage orders from customers skill
- already held work in a hospitality team skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held devise special promotions optional
28 held skills the restaurant host/restaurant hostess role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role alcoholic beverage products knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply foreign languages in hospitality skill
- not needed by the target role attend to detail regarding food and beverages skill
- not needed by the target role decant wines skill
- not needed by the target role detect drug abuse skill
- not needed by the target role dietary regimes knowledge
- not needed by the target role educate customers on coffee varieties skill
- not needed by the target role educate customers on tea varieties skill
- not needed by the target role food and beverages on the menu knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
- not needed by the target role laws regulating serving alcoholic drinks knowledge
- not needed by the target role local area tourism industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain incident reporting records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain personal hygiene standards skill
- not needed by the target role measure customer feedback skill
- not needed by the target role prepare alcoholic beverages skill
- not needed by the target role prepare flambeed dishes skill
- not needed by the target role prepare hot drinks skill
- not needed by the target role prepare service trolleys skill
- not needed by the target role prepare the restaurant for service skill
- not needed by the target role process payments skill
- not needed by the target role recommend wines skill
- not needed by the target role serve beverages skill
- not needed by the target role serve food in table service skill
- not needed by the target role serve wines skill
- not needed by the target role sparkling wines knowledge
- not needed by the target role supervise food quality skill
- not needed by the target role use food cutting tools skill
Other moves recorded from waiter/waitress
- sommelier 51% covered · moderate
- quick service restaurant crew member 46% covered · moderate
- hotel concierge 44% covered · moderate
- barista 40% covered · substantial
- club host/club hostess 40% covered · substantial
- bartender 38% covered · substantial
- hotel butler 36% covered · substantial
- head waiter/head waitress 35% covered · substantial
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.