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Restaurant Manager resume keywords
The skills, tools and terms recruiters search for when hiring a restaurant manager, and a free check of which ones your resume is missing.
Owners and recruiters look for sales volume, team size and control of the two big costs: food and labor. State annual revenue, cost percentages and what you changed in staffing, turnover or guest scores.
Skills and keywords
Tools and software
Soft skills
Use the exact wording from the posting you are applying to. Only include what is true for you.
Example restaurant manager resume bullets
Keywords work best inside achievements. Each example pairs a keyword with a number:
- Managed a $3.2M-per-year restaurant with 45 staff across front and back of house
- Lowered food cost from 33% to 29% and labor cost from 31% to 27% in 12 months through tighter inventory management and staff scheduling
- Reduced staff turnover by 35% by rebuilding hiring and training for a 45-person team
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Where to put keywords
- Summary: your job title in the posting's words plus your two strongest matching skills.
- Skills section: tools and hard skills, spelled the way the posting spells them.
- Experience bullets: each important skill used in a sentence with a result. A skill that appears only in a list is weak evidence.
More in how to tailor your resume in 15 minutes and how to add numbers to your bullets.