| You are a waitress looking for a new position, but | | | | anything you can do to show your strengths is |
| these days the competition is greater than ever. | | | | going to help you land a job. |
| You want every advantage to make yourself | | | | Make sure your use good paper stock, have a |
| look better and landing that job you desire. In | | | | couple of people double check your application for |
| order to get called back for an interview and get | | | | proper grammar, and punctuation, and especially - |
| the job you have to stomp the rest of the | | | | no misspellings. |
| competition. | | | | An outstanding waiter or waitress resume includes |
| Once upon a time, employers only had you fill out | | | | references. Simply a name and restaurant is |
| an application, today a waitress resume is | | | | sufficient. A single line that states "references |
| expected along with your application. Your resume | | | | available on request" will suffice. Make sure you |
| is probably your best opportunity to differentiate | | | | bring these references with you to the interview, |
| yourself from the competition. You will probably | | | | the interviewer will likely keep these, make sure |
| also include an estimate of the average amount | | | | they are copies. Always talk to your references |
| of tips you earned at the previous restaurants | | | | ahead of time and let them know you will be |
| you've worked. Employers use this to infer the | | | | using their names, not only is this proper |
| quality of waitress or waiter you are; higher tips | | | | etiquette, but it ensures they are not caught off |
| mean you were a good waiter or waitress. You | | | | guard; this will result in much better comments |
| may disagree, but it remains true. A well-written | | | | about you. |
| waitress resume demonstrates that you are | | | | Make sure your waitress resume is concise - use |
| confident in your abilities to serve. Use your | | | | single line phrases and bullet points to showcase |
| waitress resume to highlight your strong suits, | | | | your waitressing skills and experience. |