From restaurant manager to venue director
21 of the 30 essential skills of a venue director are already essential for a restaurant manager — about 70% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from restaurant manager 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
- 9
- would be new
- 70%
- of the target job covered
- 30
- essential skills of a venue director
What a venue director does
Venue directors plan and manage conference, banqueting and venue operations in a hospitality establishment to reflect clients' needs. They are responsible for promotional events, conferences, seminars, exhibitions, business events, social events and venues.
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
9 skillsEssential for a venue director and not for a restaurant manager. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from restaurant manager
2 roles- head waiter/head waitress17 skills in common
- head chef14 skills in common
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How far are you from being a venue director?
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.