hotel front desk clerk

Business Equipment and Computer Applications

• Word processing software
• Multi-line switchboard
• Internet
• Computerized bookkeeping system

Work Setting

• Hotel, motel, resort

Specific Skills

• Take, cancel and change room reservations
• Register arriving guests and assign rooms
• Provide information on hotel facilities and services
• Process guests’ departures, calculate charges and receive payments
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
• Balance cash and complete balance sheets, cash reports and related forms
• Answer telephone and relay telephone calls and messages
• Clerical duties (i.e. faxing, filing, photocopying)
• Provide general information about points of interest in the area
• Handle wake-up calls
• Provide customer service
• Maintain an inventory of vacancies, reservations and room assignments

Transportation/Travel Information

• Public transportation is available

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

• Attention to detail

Personal Suitability

• Effective interpersonal skills
• Team player
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Dependability
• Reliability
• Organized