Home Bed and Breakfast Operator Resume template
Bed and Breakfast Operator resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what bed and breakfast operators actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most bed and breakfast operators should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Bed and Breakfast Operator with hands-on experience running small accommodation properties end to end, from bookings and breakfast service through to room presentation, accounts and marketing. Comfortable working alone across a long day, keeping standards consistent when the property is also a home. Focused on repeat guests, clean rooms and bookings that fill the quiet nights.
Key skills
- Small property operations management
- Food safety and hygiene (HACCP-based procedures)
- Front-of-house guest service
- Room and common area cleaning and presentation
- Grounds and garden maintenance
- Channel management across Booking.com and Airbnb
- Little Hotelier property management system
- Xero bookkeeping, invoicing and BAS preparation
- Microsoft Excel for occupancy and cost tracking
- Local tourism and itinerary advice
- Complaint resolution and review management
- Supplier and trades coordination
Experience: example bullet points
- Managed bookings across three channels at once, reconciling the calendar each morning so double bookings and rate mismatches were caught before check-in.
- Wrote and rolled out a cleaning and linen schedule for a four-room property, cutting room turnaround from a full morning to about 90 minutes per room.
- Prepared and served cooked and continental breakfasts for up to twelve guests daily, adjusting for dietary requirements and keeping allergen records current.
- Moved the accounts from a shoebox of receipts to Xero, with reconciliations completed monthly and BAS lodged on time.
- Built relationships with the local visitor information centre and two tour operators, which brought referral bookings through the quieter midweek nights.
- Handled guest complaints directly, resolving most on the spot and following up afterwards so issues did not resurface in online reviews.
Education
No single qualification is mandatory. Most operators come through a Certificate III or IV in Hospitality or Tourism, or a Diploma of Hospitality Management, and add a Food Safety Supervisor certificate and registration of the food business with the local council. Business or marketing study, or a trade background for property maintenance, is common in owner-operators, and short courses in social media, revenue management and responsible service of alcohol are useful additions.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Food Safety Supervisor certificate
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand
- council food business registration
- Work Health and Safety Act
- public liability insurance
- Booking.com
- Airbnb
- Stayz
- Little Hotelier
- Xero
- BAS
- GST
- ABN
- Star Ratings Australia
- Quality Tourism Accreditation
- Australian Tourism Data Warehouse
- local visitor information centre
- responsible service of alcohol
- property management system
- occupancy and revenue reporting
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.