employé polyvalent

[SG_Gibs]

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Hi everyone,

As a student I'm looking for a work placement abroad, I'm writing a CV in English and in the "summer jobs" part I want to put "employé polyvalent dans la restauration", meaning that I was hired to fulfill different sorts of tasks in a restaurant.

Is "versatile employee/worker" OK? or what else?

Thank you.

Benoît

[pieanne]

Sounds fine.
There's also "multi-tasking", but I'm not sure this can be used in this context

[dontleavemehigh]

I work in Scotland and I have seen "multi-task" in job ads very often!

[SG_Gibs]

Hello guys,)
I'll put "multi-task employee" and it will be fine. Thank you very much for answering that fast!

[Padraig]

The first thing that I would think if I saw multi-task employee on a CV is "this person is not at home with English"; then I would wonder "what does that mean, anyway?".

SG, you don't indicate what sort of tasks you undertook, but if you were a student in summer employment I imagine that your range of duties was somewhat below the management level. Is there anything inaccurate in describing yourself as general assistant?

[Topsie]

How about "Kitchen Hand & Waiter/Waitress"?
There's also "Man Friday" or "Girl Friday", but they're perhaps more often used for office jobs!

[SG_Gibs]

Thank you so much Padraig for your reply. You are totally right: actually my duties were (quite) below the management level, at the cook stove but not only. I'm using this one.
Benoît

[SG_Gibs]

"Kitchen hand" seems good too, and vague enough to render the nature of my duties () at this restaurant, as "general assistant" does. Thank you Topsie.

[Mlanie]

Hello,

I have to write my resume, and I would like to know the best way to translate the position "employé polyvalent".
I have been working in a ski resort and I was dishwasher, housekeeper and waitress.

Is " Ski Resort Attendant" would do for that kind of position in Australian English?

Thanks