Overview
Work History
Education
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Amanda Varela

Hialeah,Fl

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Bartender/Server

HMS Host
06.2024 - Current

•Provided exceptional customer service by engaging with guests, taking orders, and ensuring a welcoming atmosphere.

• Greet guests, providing menus and explaining specials.

•Handle cash and card transactions, providing correct change and processing payments accurately.

• Verified customer age requirements for alcohol purchases.

•Mix, garnish and served a wide range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages according to standard recipes.

• Used suggestive selling techniques to promote add-on sales.

•Maintained a clean and organized workspace, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.

Server/Bartender

Miller’s Ale house
06.2023 - 05.2024
  • Greet guests, providing menus and explaining specials
  • Conduct ID verification for every customer, ensuring total compliance with legal age requirements
  • Provided exceptional customer service by engaging with guests, taking orders, and ensuring a welcoming atmosphere
  • Created custom cocktails and beverages based on customer preferences and special requests
  • Mix, garnish and served a wide range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages according to standard recipes
  • Used suggestive selling techniques to promote add-on sales.

Server/Lead Cashier

Icebox Café
  • Greet guests, providing menus and explaining specials
  • Answering questions about the menu
  • Maintain a clean and organized workspace, ensuring tables are set correctly
  • Handle cash and card transactions, providing correct change and processing payments accurately
  • Completed daily recovery tasks to keep areas clean and neat for maximum productivity
  • Trained new team members in cash register operations, stock procedures, and customer services
  • Used suggestive selling techniques to promote add-on sales
  • Verified customer age requirements for alcohol purchases
  • Accepted cash and credit card payments, issued receipts, and provided change.

Hair stylist assistant

Hair Salon
10.2020 - 04.2021
  • Processed payments, booked appointments, and assisted in following appointments when needed
  • Scheduled appointments for clients by booking time slots based on requested services and stylist availability
  • Maintained client records within a computer system, gathering personal contact information, treatments needed and style preferences for use upon future visits.

Crew Member Team Leader

McDonald’s
11.2018 - 10.2020
  • Developed and implemented strategies to enhance team performance, improve processes, and boost results
  • Answered customer questions and took orders
  • Monitored task completion to meet company standards for performance
  • Packed fast food products in approved containers, cups, and bags.

Education

Associate - Arts Business Administration

Miami Dade College
Hialeah, FL

Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance

Florida International University
Miami, FL

Skills

  • Exceptional customer service
  • Menu knowledge
  • POS systems
  • Toast System
  • Communication
  • Multitasking
  • Time management
  • Teamwork
  • Cash handling
  • Proven ability to deliver outstanding customer service, resulting in high customer satisfaction and repeat
  • Business
  • Extensive knowledge of menu items, including ingredients and preparation methods, to assist customers in
  • Making informed choices
  • Strong multitasking and time-management skills to efficiently handle a fast-paced restaurant environment
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, Proficient in point-of-sale (POS) systems and cash handling
  • Procedures

Accomplishments

  • Serve safe
  • Bartending Certification
  • Other
  • Fluent in Spanish and English
  • Skilled in computer programs such as word, power point and excel.

Timeline

Bartender/Server

HMS Host
06.2024 - Current

Server/Bartender

Miller’s Ale house
06.2023 - 05.2024

Hair stylist assistant

Hair Salon
10.2020 - 04.2021

Crew Member Team Leader

McDonald’s
11.2018 - 10.2020

Server/Lead Cashier

Icebox Café

Associate - Arts Business Administration

Miami Dade College

Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance

Florida International University
Amanda Varela