Busser resume examples from 2025
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How to write a busser resume
Craft a resume summary statement
Your resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to writing the most important 2-4 sentences of your resume:
Step 1: Mention your current job title or the role you're pursuing.
Step 2: Include your years of experience in busser-related roles. Consider adding relevant company and industry experience as relevant to the job listing.
Step 3: Highlight your greatest accomplishments. Here is your chance to make sure your biggest wins aren't buried in your resume.
Step 4: Again, keep it short. Your goal is to summarize your experience and highlight your accomplishments, not write a paragraph.
These tips will help you demonstrate why you are the perfect fit for the busser position.Please upload your resume so Zippia’s job hunt AI can draft a summary statement for you.
List the right project manager skills
Your Skills section is an easy way to let recruiters know you have the skills to do the job. Just as importantly, it can help your resume not get filtered out by hiring software. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:
- Start with the job listing. Frequently, the keywords looked for by recruiters will be listed. Be careful to include all skills in the job listing you have experience with.
- Consider all the software and tools you use on a daily basis. When in doubt, list them!
- Make sure you use accurate and up to date terms for all the skills listed.
Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a busser resume:
- Cleanliness
- Work Ethic
- TIP
- Food Handling
- Dishwashers
- Bus Tables
- Wine
- Customer Service
- Clean Tables
- Bus Tubs
- Basic Math
- Fine Dining
- Excellent Guest
- Exceptional Dining
- Sanitation Policies
- Ice Water
- Food Delivery
- Service Stations
- Depth Training
- POS
- Food Preparation
- Water Glasses
- Quality Service
- Room Service
- Guest Departure
- Ice Bins
- Excellent Dining
- Exceptional Guest
- Side Stations
- Food Orders
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How to structure your work experience
Your work experience should be structured:
- With your most recent roles first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.
- Job title, along with company name and location on the left.
- Put the corresponding dates of employment on the left side.
- Keep only relevant jobs on your work experience.
How to write busser experience bullet points
Effective job bullet points do more than just describe your job duties. Instead, they should be specific and measurable accomplishments. Here are some strategies to mastering job bullet points:
- Use strong action verbs like Led, Built, or Optimized.
- Follow up with numbers when possible to support your results. How much did performance improve? How much revenue did you drive?
- Wrap it up by explaining the actions you took to achieve the result and how you made an impact.
Here are great bullet points from busser resumes:
Work history example #1
Busser
Darden Restaurants
- Assisted servers, bartenders, dishwashers, etc.
- Washed dishes,made bread,made salads,cleaned tables,set up tables,open and close restaurant
- Communicated with other bussers and hosts to insure that tables were clean and set up quickly.
- cleaned tables, washed dishes, and helped customers
- Bussed and waited on tables, also was dishwasher for extra hours and money.
Work history example #2
Busser
The Cheesecake Factory
- Worked as a team with the other Bussers.
- Recognized and chosen as coach for new bussers.
- Cleared table of debris after guests left dining table, rinsed dishes and loaded them in dishwasher.
- Managed money to distribute to other bussers who worked same shift.
- Washed dishes in 3 compartment sinks and ran them through dishwasher machine.
Work history example #3
Referee
YMCA
- Refereed volleyball games at local YMCA UPS Tempe, AZ
- Monitored children's safety Communicated with parents, coaches and referees Promoted good sportsmanship
- Officiated games such as soccer, flag football, and basketball.
- Refereed soccer, baseball, basketball, and softball games throughout the day.
- Officiated soccer and basketball games.
Work history example #4
Busser
Topgolf International
- Prepared the kitchen for the next day via trash removal, racking dishes, sanitize expo station etc.
- Communicated with guest in a friendly positive manner, while remaining calm under the pressure of a busy shift.
- Trained multiple bussers and lead the front of house maintenance crew.
- Used blenders, coffeemakers, dishwashers, food processors, microwaves.
- Acted as dishwasher when needed.
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Add an education section to your resume
Here is the best way to format your education section:
- Display your highest degree first.
- If you graduated over 5 years ago, put this section at the bottom of your resume. If you lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.
- If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education.
- If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.
Here are some examples of good education entries from busser resumes:
High School Diploma
2016 - 2016
Highlight your busser certifications on your resume
If you have any additional certifications or education-like achievements, add them to the education section.
To list, use the full name of the certification and the organization that issued it, along with the date of achievement.
If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your busser resume:
- EPA Amusement Operators Safety Certification (EPA)
- Certified Food Manager (CFM)
- Computer Service Technician (CST)