Are you thinking of becoming a waiter / waitress? Find out if waiter / waitress is the right job for you. Get answers to the following questions: What does a waiter / waitress do? What personality traits do waiters and waitresses have? Will robots replace waiters and waitresses? How much does a waiter/waitress earn and is it a job in high demand?
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A waiter or waitress ensures that customers receive food and drinks at a restaurant. The tasks of waiter include taking orders, serving food and drinks, calculating bills and handling payments. A restaurant or catering establishment includes a bar or hotel restaurant, club house, eating establishment, restaurant, cafeteria, roadside diner and café. Some restaurant employees specialise in a particular beverage and are then called sommelier (wine), tea sommelier (tea) or barista (coffee). Often, they have received specific training. As a waiter without specialisation, however, you can often get started right away if you have the right work attitude. This usually means that you have a can-do attitude and don't struggle with the physical activities that are part of working in the restaurant and catering industry, such as walking, lifting and cleaning.
There are two characteristics many waiters / waitresses have in common. Waiters and waitresses are often human-oriented (score highly in the SOCIAL category) and are full of initiative (score highly in the ENTERPRISING category). Do you have the same personality? Perhaps the profession of waiter/waitress would suit you.
Curious which professions are characterised by the same two personality traits as waiters / waitresses? Go to the career choice profiles. Here you can find professions with the same profile. But you can also find professions with other characteristics. Which professions do you like and which professions don’t appeal?
Many jobs will be replaced by robots. How robot-proof are waiters / waitresses? The chances of robotisation of a waiter’s activities amount to 94%. This means that there is a HIGH CHANCE that the tasks and activities performed by waiters / waitresses will be taken over by robots and smart software within the next 20 years.
Want to find out what you can expect from your next career move as a waiter / waitress? How much does a waiter / waitress earn and is it a job in high demand? You can find out the average annual salary and current vacancies at Adzuna. Adzuna collects all the vacancies for waiters in one place and has the largest collection of live salary data.
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