- Find a new working environment
- Earn more money
- Attain a managerial role
By the way be sure to read our Resume to understand the major rules that all resumes need to follow, including server resumes. If this seems difficult, you can always create a server resume in minutes with our widely praised resume maker.
1. Include These Key Server Skills
For some quick help, here are the key aspects you need to include on a server resume. Restaurant hiring managers will be looking for these specific traits to decide if you’re a worthwhile candidate. |
| Be sure to include these key server skills on your resume. |
Keep in mind that if you have any certifications, such as a Certification in Food Handling and Safety, you should place it at the top of your resume. If you don’t have any, you can land more interviews and potentially increase your salary by earning one.
2. Write a Convincing Resume Objective
The first major section of your resume is called the resume objective (or career objective). This applicant’s resume objective IMMEDIATELY puts her on the short list for an interview because she included relevant information throughout the objective.There are four reasons this example has a strong career objective. Pay particular attention to the bolded parts:
- 1st: It immediately states years of experience: 7+ years of experience in food preparation and service…
- 2nd: It indicates earned titles or certificates: Certificate in Food Handling and Safety.
- 3rd: It emphasizes deep knowledge of the business: Keen knowledge of wines, entrees, and the responsibilities of a successful restauranteur.
- 4th: It states the position she wants to fill: "Aiming to…effectively perform a server position at your restaurant."
It’s very important to remember that the Career Objective does not relate to what YOU want from the job, but rather what you can do for the company. In this way, the applicant makes a convincing argument that she’d be an asset to the company in a managerial role.
3. Describe your Server Experience with Numbers
Adding numbers to your job description bullet points will help the hiring manager grasp the size and scope of your responsibilities, and give them a clearer mental picture of your experience.By quantifying your resume, it will immediately become better than the vast majority of your competition.
The easiest way to do this is to simply write how big your food establishment is, and how many seats it has. The applicant does this twice for the two establishments she worked in, as you can see from the bolded text below:
- Write patrons’ food orders on slips, memorize orders, or enter orders into computers for transmittal to kitchen staff in a 150+ seat restaurant
- Present menus to patrons and answer questions about menu items, making recommendations upon request in a 70+ seat restaurant
Even by making this simple addition, your resume will immediately be better than the vast majority of your competition.
If you really want to blow away the hiring manager, you’ll need to do more complex research, like this example:
Memorized restaurant’s wine stock and the meals they should accompany, leading to daily wine sales averaging $150, fully 20% higher than the company average
Do you know how much you make in sales daily or monthly?
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| You can expect to make an average of $47,960 per years as a Food Service Manager |
Most restaurants — especially big chains — will track their servers’ sales statistics for the purposes of budgeting (and, of course, to cajole low performers). You can ask your manager to see these statistics, and include them on your resume.
Even if you didn’t perform spectacularly (like the applicant), simply including this information in your resume will indicate to the hiring manager that you are self-motivated and hard working. This is called writing an “achievement oriented” resume — and these tend to land the most interviews.
4. Include Relevant Additional Skills
Your Additional Skills section should not list your hobbies and interests, unless they are relevant to the job.Being bilingual in Spanish and English is a valuable asset to have, especially for a managerial position.
Since you are a professional server, regardless if you are crafting a resume for a parallel position or one seeking a more supervisory role, you should definitely include these bullet points in your Additional Skills section to build a stronger resume:
- Familiarity with Point of Sale terminals
- Problem-solving and communication skills
If you also happen to be bilingual in Spanish and English, that also tends to be a valuable asset to have in a U.S. based restaurant — especially for a managerial position.
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