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Waiter and cashier resume examples from 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a waiter and cashier resume

Craft a resume summary statement

A resume summary is your opening statement that highlights your strongest skills and top accomplishments. It is your chance to quickly let recruiters know who you are professionally - and why they should hire you for the waiter and cashier role.

Step 1: Start with your professional title, or the one you aspire to.

Step 2: Detail your years of experience in waiter and cashier-related roles and your industry experience.

Step 3: What are your biggest professional wins? Here is your opportunity to highlight your strongest accomplishments by placing them at the start of your resume.

Step 4: Don't forget, your goal is to summarize your experience. Keep it short and sweet, so it's easy for recruiters to quickly understand why you're a great hire.

These tips will help you demonstrate why you are the perfect fit for the waiter and cashier position.

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List the right project manager skills

Your Skills section is a place to list all relevant skills and abilities. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:

  1. You often need to include the exact keywords from the job description in your resume. Look at the job listing and consider which of the listed skills you have experience with, along with related skills.
  2. Include as many relevant hard skills and soft skills as possible from the listing.
  3. Use the most up to date and accurate terms. Don't forget to be specific.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some waiter and cashier interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a waiter and cashier resume:

  • Dishes
  • POS
  • Customer Service
  • Clean Tables
  • Food Service
  • Drink Orders
  • To-Go Orders
  • Bus Tables
  • Customer Complaints
  • Beverage Orders
  • PowerPoint
  • Sales Taxes
  • Phone Orders
  • Alcoholic Beverages
  • Prep Food
  • Cash Drawers
  • Quality Customer Service
  • Clean Environment
  • Financial Transactions
  • Waiting Tables
  • Order Slips
  • Customer Payments
  • Monetary Transactions
  • Cooking Methods
  • Credit Card Transactions
  • Cash Registers
  • Automatic Debits

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How to structure your work experience

Next you should include your work experience. Structure your work experience section by listing your most recent experience first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.

Start with your job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.

Include only recent, relevant jobs. Avoid including work experience over 20 years to avoid ageism.

Beneath each job, you should have bullet points to emphasize why you're the perfect fit for the waiter and cashier.

How to write waiter and cashier 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 waiter and cashier resumes:

Work history example #1

Waiter And Cashier

Darden Restaurants

  • Demonstrated teamwork by assisting zone partners whenever possible.
  • Promoted positive working environment through teamwork and humor.
  • Worked as a well-rounded team member and was utilized both FOH and BOH
  • Learned every position in the restaurant both FOH and BOH.
  • Coordinated with supervisors for effective cross-departmental communication.

Work history example #2

Waiter And Cashier

Darden Restaurants

  • Demonstrated teamwork by assisting zone partners whenever possible.
  • Coordinated with supervisors for effective cross-departmental communication.
  • Promoted positive working environment through teamwork and humor.
  • Provided excellent service and positive dining experience for guests.
  • Supported sales process through suggestions and knowledgeable communication.

Work history example #3

Detasseler

Family Farms

  • Detasseled Corn 4-5 days a week for a summer Job
  • Performed daily detasseling in preparation of fertilization
  • Worked long hours in the fields detasseling corn.
  • Detasseled corn stalks in fields with a group of employees, ranging from 4-8 group members

Work history example #4

Waiter And Cashier

Applebee's

  • Practiced building effective communication with a variety of coworkers and customers on a daily basis.
  • Provided positive customer service in a fast paced environment.
  • Moved up to becoming a waiter and close to been a manager.
  • Performed all delegated tasks including bussing tables, washing dishes and working the cash register.
  • Completed bank deposit form at end of shift for verification by Concession Manager.

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Add an education section to your resume

Employers are looking for a few things when looking at the Education section of your resume:
  • The highest degree you have achieved.
  • TWhere you attended school, and the dates (Although if you graduated some time ago, leave the date off to avoid ageism)
  • TField of study
  • TAny honors, relevant coursework, achievements, or pertinent activities

Here are some examples of good education entries for resumes:

High School Diploma

2018 - 2018

High School Diploma

2015 - 2015

Highlight your waiter and cashier certifications on your resume

If you have any additional certifications, add them to the certification section.

Include the full name of the certification, along with the name of the issuing organization and date of obtainment.

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