Corey Vargas
Lancaster,California
Summary
High-energy, skilled at welcoming guests, maintaining entrances and balancing server loads to optimize operations. Smoothly makes reservations, coordinate events and monitors routine dining room activities. Collaborative, hardworking and efficient in prioritizing and handling simultaneous tasks to promote positive dining experiences for guests.
Knowledgeable Tanning Consultant with experience. Adept at customer service and maintaining personalized care services with a fantastic memory and eye for detail.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Server
Complexity wine
Lancaster, CA
06.2022 - Current
- Provided exceptional service to high volume of daily customers.
- Operated POS terminals to input orders, split bills and calculate totals.
- Displayed enthusiasm and knowledge about restaurant's menu and products.
- Communicated with hosts, bussers and kitchen staff to prepare for and serve customers.
- Completed cleaning duties by sweeping and mopping floors, vacuuming carpet and tidying up server stations.
- Cleaned tables and chairs to prepare dining area for next customers.
- Served food and beverages to patrons and immediately remedied issues with orders.
House Cleaner
Private Practice
Lancaster, CA
06.2024 - 12.2024
- Laundered sheets and removed stains to restore linens to pristine condition.
- Swept, mopped, vacuumed and polished floors of all types.
- Moved beds, sofas and small furniture to wipe down baseboards and remove dust and dirt from hard-to-reach areas.
- Operated in-house and portable vacuums to remove dust and debris from hardwood floors, carpets and upholstery.
- Applied waxes to woodwork or tile floors for protection against wear-and-tear.
- Monitored cleanliness of lobby, swimming pool and other common areas.
- Washed windows inside and outside as needed.
Deli Worker
Desert Deli
Lancaster, CA
03.2021 - 01.2024
- Completed orders by slicing, weighing, packaging and pricing meats and cheeses.
- Stayed calm and professional in situations and resolved conflicts to customer satisfaction.
- Cleaned utensils, dishes and glasses for customer use.
- Organized ingredients and restocked supplies to prepare for busy periods.
- Received new inventory and rotated stock by dates to keep items fresh and usable.
- Checked and recorded refrigerator and freezer temperatures to maintain food quality and freshness.
- Stored perishable food items in freezer or refrigerator to protect from spoilage.
- Maintained work areas to reduce potential for illness or injury.
- Answered telephone inquiries about available menu items, products and services and delivered appropriate information so customers could make valid choices.
- Acquired new skills to support team and further accommodate customer needs.
Hostess
Kinetic Brewing
Lancaster, CA
06.2017 - 10.2017
- Answered phone inquiries to schedule and confirm reservations, record takeout orders and respond to service questions.
- Performed walked throughs during service to monitor guest satisfaction and advise serving and bussing staff of specific guest needs.
- Stayed abreast of server availability and table turnover to make quick decisions about seating locations.
- Scheduled reservations and notified servers and managers of large groups to prepare seating in advance.
- Supported serving staff, food runners and bussers to keep dining room presentable and ready for guests.
- Completed closing duties by emptying trash, safeguarding alcohol and polishing silverware.
Tanning Consultant
Sun Palace Tanning Spas
Lancaster, CA
06.2016 - 12.2016
- Sun palace tanning salon 6/5/2016-closure.
- Greeted clients, showed to tanning facilities and educated on usage.
- Scheduled client appointments by phone and through email.
- Maintained detailed records of client feedback and treatment plans to present personalized care.
- Performed light housekeeping duties such as, making beds, sweeping floors and sanitizing surfaces.
Education
2016
High school Diploma -
Lancaster High School
2016
Skills
- Effective customer upselling
- Seating assignment preparation
- Check payment processing
- Price memorization
- Dining customer service
- Safe food handling
- Table-setting arrangements
- Organizational skills
- Decision-making
- Dining crew workflow optimization
- Table Bussing
- Menu memorization
- Special dietary requirements
- Sunless tanning
- Sunless tanning knowledge
- Bed cleaning proficiency
- Customer service
- Menu knowledge
- Team collaboration
- Food safety
- Time management
- Effective communication
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving
- Cleaning procedures
- POS operation
- High energy and stamina
- Hospitality best practices
Timeline
House Cleaner
Private Practice
06.2024 - 12.2024
Server
Complexity wine
06.2022 - Current
Deli Worker
Desert Deli
03.2021 - 01.2024
Hostess
Kinetic Brewing
06.2017 - 10.2017
Tanning Consultant
Sun Palace Tanning Spas
06.2016 - 12.2016
High school Diploma -
Lancaster High School