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Hotel Manager resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what hotel managers 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 hotel managers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Hotel Manager with experience directing multi-department accommodation operations, from front desk and housekeeping through to food and beverage. Comfortable balancing guest satisfaction with budget discipline, staff development and occupancy targets across a demanding 50+ hour operating week.
Key skills
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Operations management
- Financial analysis and modelling
- Property Management Systems (PMS)
- Revenue management software
- Microsoft Excel
- Staff scheduling software
- People leadership
- Stakeholder management
- Problem solving
Experience: example bullet points
- Directed housekeeping, food service and front-desk teams across a full-service property, lifting guest satisfaction scores over a 12-month period
- Built and managed the annual operating budget, tracking variances monthly and reducing avoidable maintenance spend
- Resolved escalated guest complaints directly, restoring bookings and repeat custom that would otherwise have been lost
- Recruited, trained and appraised staff across housekeeping, front office and food and beverage, cutting time-to-fill on vacant shifts
- Adjusted room pricing and packages in response to occupancy trends and competitor rates, supporting stronger revenue per available room
Education
Typically a Diploma or Bachelor degree in Hospitality Management, Business or Tourism, though many Hotel Managers progress internally from supervisory or front-office roles without a formal qualification.
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.
- Property Management System (PMS)
- Opera PMS
- RevPAR
- occupancy rate
- yield management
- Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA)
- Work Health and Safety (WHS)
- Fair Work compliance
- food and beverage operations
- front office management
- Australian Hotels Association (AHA)
- rostering and scheduling
- budget forecasting
- guest relations
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.