What is important if you want to work in the catering industry?
Key features
Working in the hospitality industry is dynamic. You have to be service-oriented, easy to chat and want to please people. And you must be able to work hard! These are the properties for the catering industry:
- being hospitable
- want to provide service
- make contact easily
- to be polite
- be stress resistant
- have a smile on your face
- hard work
- have and keep an overview
- can work together
- be accurate
Occupations in the catering industry
If you have these qualities, these are the professions in the hospitality industry:
- Bartender/barmaid
- Cook
- Waitress
- Catering employee
- Receptionist
- Restaurant manager
- Barista
- Pastry chef
- Catering entrepreneur
- Sommelier (someone who gives appropriate wine advice to guests in the restaurant)
Would you like to work in the catering industry?
Then register with one or more employment agencies. Or walk into a bar or restaurant that suits you and introduce yourself to the team leader or owner. Make sure you look well-groomed and that you have a motivation letter and CV with you.
Do you know someone who works in a bar or restaurant where you would like to work? Sometimes it’s easiest to get work through the grapevine. This is often the case in the hospitality industry.
Click here for a video about people who work in the hospitality industry: Klik dan hier.
