From venue director to restaurant manager
21 of the 36 essential skills of a restaurant manager are already essential for a venue director — about 58% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from venue director in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 21
- skills carry over
- 15
- would be new
- 58%
- of the target job covered
- 36
- essential skills of a restaurant manager
What a restaurant manager does
Restaurant managers are in charge of managing food and beverage operations in the kitchen and other food and beverage outlets or units in a hospitality establishment.
What carries over
21 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- arrange special events
- comply with food safety and hygiene
- control of expenses
- devise special promotions
- ensure infrastructure accessibility
- ensure maintenance of kitchen equipment
- ensure portion control
- handle customer complaints
- hazard analysis and critical control points
- identify customer's needs
- maintain customer service
- manage restaurant service
- manage stock rotation
- maximise sales revenues
- order supplies
- plan menus
- prepare tableware
- quality assurance methodologies
- recruit employees
- supervise the work of staff on different shifts
- train employees
What would be new
15 skillsEssential for a restaurant manager and not for a venue director. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- design indicators for food waste reduction
- develop food waste reduction strategies
- develop inclusive communication material
- identify suppliers
- manage health and safety standards
- manage staff
- manage the customer experience
- monitor customer service
- monitor financial accounts
- monitor work for special events
- set prices of menu items
- supervise food quality
- train staff to reduce food waste
- use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality
- waste management
Other moves from venue director
1 roles- head waiter/head waitress14 skills in common
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a restaurant manager?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.