Where a hospitality establishment receptionist can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a hospitality establishment receptionist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Hospitality establishment receptionists provide first point of contact and assistance to the guests of a hospitality establishment. They are also responsible for taking bookings, processing payments and giving information.
Also known as reception worker, reservations clerk, hotel receptionist, reception assistant, reception area clerk.
Clerical support workers 31 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: camping ground operative, 79%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A hospitality establishment receptionist needs 20 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- deal with departures in accommodation assisting and caring
- explain features in accommodation venue assisting and caring
- handover the service area handling and moving
- deal with arrivals in accommodation assisting and caring
- maintain reception area management skills
- assist at check-in assisting and caring
- process booking information skills
- provide tourism related information assisting and caring
- maintain customer records information skills
- assist clients with special needs communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a hospitality establishment receptionist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- camping ground operative 76% covered · difficulty 29.7
- night auditor 68% covered · difficulty 38
- hotel concierge 66% covered · difficulty 36.9
- camping ground manager 57% covered · difficulty 47.5
- hotel butler 53% covered · difficulty 50
- travel agent 53% covered · difficulty 51.4
- bed and breakfast operator 46% covered · difficulty 56.3
- hotel porter 45% covered · difficulty 57.8
- waiter/waitress 30% covered · difficulty 71
- receptionist 25% covered · difficulty 73.6
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Hospitality establishment receptionist is filed under Clerical support workers, ISCO major group 4. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a hospitality establishment receptionist’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.