Front Desk Agent

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Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Tasks

• Register arriving guests and assign rooms
• Take, cancel and change room reservations
• Provide information on hotel facilities and services
• Provide general information about points of interest in the area
• Process guests' departures, calculate charges and receive payments
• Maintain an inventory of vacancies, reservations and room assignments
• Answer telephone and relay telephone calls and messages
• Provide customer service

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Standing for extended periods

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player

Experience

Experience an asset

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• On-site amenities

Support for persons with disabilities

• Provides physical accessibility accommodations (for example: ramps, elevators, etc.)
• Provides visual accessibility accommodations (for example: braille, screen readers, etc.)
• Provides auditory accessibility accommodations (for example: transcription software, teletypewriters, etc.)
• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports persons with disabilities
• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for persons with disabilities

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
• Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
• Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees

Support for youths

• Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

Support for Veterans

• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans
• Supports Veterans in translating their military skills and experience into the language of the civilian job market
• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
• Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations
• Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

Support for mature workers

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
• Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
• Offers phased re-entry options for mature workers who are returning to work after retiring (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities)

Supports for visible minorities

• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
• Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities

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Interest in speaking with people to provide information and respond to guests' complaints

SOCIAL

Interest in speaking with people to provide information and respond to guests' complaints

METHODICAL

Interest in compiling information for preparing and checking daily record sheets, guests' accounts, receipts and vouchers

objective

Interest in operating computerized and manual systems to collect and verify guests' accounts

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Does the idea of helping others enjoy their vacations excite you? Do you like meeting people and sharing information? Then you may want to check into a career as a hotel and motel desk clerk.

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