Advertise a Hospitality Job
Advertise a hospitality job across specialist hospitality and catering job boards and leading UK recruitment sites. Learn where to post hospitality vacancies, how to create a stronger advert and how to manage applications from one place.
Restaurant Manager
Reach hospitality, hotel, restaurant and catering candidates across specialist and major UK recruitment channels.
Hospitality job boards for reaching relevant candidates
The best place to advertise a hospitality job depends on the role, location, shift pattern and type of venue. Chef, hotel, restaurant, events, housekeeping and front-of-house vacancies can attract different candidate audiences, so specialist hospitality sites can work well alongside larger UK job boards.
Caterer.com
One of the UK's best-known hospitality recruitment sites, covering chefs, catering, hotels, restaurants, housekeeping, reception, events and hospitality management roles.
Hospitality & catering focus
BritishHospitalityJobs.co.uk
A UK hospitality-focused job site for employers recruiting across hotels, restaurants, catering, events and wider service-led hospitality roles.
Focused hospitality audience
HospitalityJobsUK
A specialist hospitality recruitment site helping employers reach candidates across hotels, restaurants, catering, events and customer-facing hospitality positions.
Hospitality recruitment focus
CV-Library
A broad UK recruitment platform that can add reach across chefs, catering assistants, hotel staff, restaurant management and wider hospitality vacancies.
Jobs plus candidate database
Indeed
Useful for broad active-jobseeker reach across chefs, waiting staff, housekeeping, reception, catering and hospitality-management vacancies.
Broad active-jobseeker reach
Reed
A major UK recruitment site with hospitality, catering, hotel and customer-service vacancies across a wide range of locations and experience levels.
Broad UK candidate reachSpecialist hospitality sites can concentrate your vacancy around candidates already looking within the sector, while major job boards can add scale and local reach. Multi-board advertising lets you combine both approaches.
From hospitality job description to applications
Create a clear hospitality vacancy, choose the right recruitment channels and then manage candidate response. Career Poster provides tools to support each stage of your hospitality recruitment campaign.
Choose a Hospitality Job Advert Template
Start with a catering or hospitality template, then tailor the venue, duties, shifts, pay, experience and candidate requirements to your vacancy.
View hospitality templatesGenerate a Hospitality Job Advert with AI
Turn your vacancy details into a structured advert covering responsibilities, venue, shifts, salary, benefits and candidate-facing information.
Create an advertReview Your Hospitality Job Advert
Check whether your advert clearly explains working hours, venue type, service expectations and the practical details candidates need before applying.
Review your advertChoose a hospitality job board
Match the channel to the vacancy. Chef, hotel, restaurant, housekeeping and front-of-house roles can perform differently across recruitment audiences.
Compare hospitality job boardsUse a multi-board hospitality campaign
Career Poster can combine specialist hospitality recruitment sites with additional premium and free job boards, depending on your chosen package.
View job advertising packagesHospitality Job Advertising Tips
Use hospitality-specific advert improvements before and after your vacancy goes live.
View tipsReview Hospitality Applications with AI
Compare candidate applications against the experience, availability and role criteria in your vacancy.
Explore AI reviewerTrack Candidates in One Place
Shortlist applicants, manage hiring stages and keep recruitment activity organised.
View hiring toolsPopular hospitality jobs employers advertise online
Recruiting in hospitality or catering? Explore common vacancies and use our job advert templates as a starting point for creating your role.
Catering Assistant
Create an advert covering food preparation, service, cleaning, stock support and customer-facing catering duties.
View Job Advert TemplateEvent Manager
Advertise event roles involving planning, suppliers, budgets, schedules, guest experience and on-the-day delivery.
View Job Advert TemplateHotel Manager
Create a vacancy around hotel operations, guest experience, staffing, commercial performance and service standards.
View Job Advert TemplateChef
Advertise chef roles with clear cuisine, section, service volume, shift pattern, experience and food-safety expectations.
View Job Advert TemplateHotel Receptionist
Create an advert covering check-in, reservations, guest enquiries, payments and front-desk service.
View Job Advert TemplateRestaurant Manager
Advertise restaurant leadership roles involving service, staffing, rotas, guest experience, standards and commercial performance.
View Job Advert TemplateCaterer
Create a catering vacancy covering food production, service delivery, events, hygiene and customer requirements.
View Job Advert TemplateHousekeeper
Advertise housekeeping roles covering room standards, cleaning, linen, presentation and guest-facing service.
View Job Advert TemplateWaiter / Waitress
Create an advert covering table service, orders, guest care, payments, menu knowledge and busy service periods.
View Job Advert TemplateTips for advertising a hospitality job
Hospitality candidates often compare vacancies by pay, shift pattern, venue type, service style and practical benefits. Make those details visible early rather than relying on generic phrases about being passionate about hospitality.
Use the title candidates actually search for
Chef, Restaurant Manager, Hotel Receptionist and Catering Assistant attract different audiences. Use the recognised title rather than an internal venue-specific label.
Publish the real shift pattern
State evenings, weekends, split shifts, early starts, late finishes and typical weekly hours instead of using vague wording such as “flexible shifts”.
Describe the venue and service style
Tell candidates whether they will work in a hotel, restaurant, pub, contract-catering site, events venue or high-volume operation and what level of service is expected.
Be transparent about pay and service charge
Show the base salary or hourly rate and explain tips, tronc, service charge, overtime or bonuses separately where relevant.
Give useful team and service-volume context
For chefs and managers, explain team size, covers, bedrooms, events volume or other operational context that helps candidates understand the scale of the role.
Think about travel after late finishes
If public transport is limited at closing time, mention parking, staff transport, taxis, live-in accommodation or the practical location of the venue where applicable.
Make practical benefits easy to find
Meals on shift, staff discounts, tips, uniform, parking, accommodation and additional leave can matter more than a generic benefits paragraph.
Be clear about seasonal or permanent work
If the role is seasonal, temporary or fixed-term, state the expected dates and likely weekly hours so candidates know exactly what is available.
What hospitality candidates want to understand from your advert
Two hospitality jobs with the same title can involve very different hours, venues and service expectations. Give candidates enough practical information to know whether the role fits their experience and availability.
Review your hospitality advertWhat are the actual working hours?
State typical start and finish times, evenings, weekends and whether split shifts or seasonal rotas are involved.
What kind of venue is it?
Explain whether the role sits in a hotel, restaurant, event venue, pub, contract-catering operation or another hospitality setting.
How busy is the operation?
Give useful context around covers, rooms, events, service volume or team size where this shapes the day-to-day job.
What will they actually earn?
Separate guaranteed pay from tips, tronc, service charge, bonuses or overtime so candidates can judge realistic earnings.
What is provided on shift?
Tell candidates about meals, uniform, parking, accommodation, transport or other practical benefits that affect the working day.
Is the role permanent or seasonal?
Make contract type, expected dates, guaranteed hours and any peak-season requirements clear before candidates apply.
How Career Poster can help you advertise hospitality jobs
Reach hospitality and catering candidates while keeping job advertising and application management together. Choose a job advertising package and use the included recruitment tools to support your campaign.
Advertise on hospitality job boards
Depending on the package, your vacancy can reach specialist hospitality and catering sites alongside wider premium and free UK job boards.
View job advertisingPremium + free job boards
Extend the vacancy beyond a single hospitality site to additional recruitment channels and local candidate audiences.
Explore job board networkApplicant tracking included
Review applicants, shortlist candidates, move them through hiring stages and keep campaign activity together in your employer dashboard.
Explore hiring toolsUse AI across the hiring process
Generate and review job adverts, get salary guidance and use AI tools to help assess candidate applications against your vacancy.
View AI recruitment toolsAdvertising hospitality jobs: frequently asked questions
Answers to common questions about posting hospitality vacancies, choosing job boards and creating an effective hospitality recruitment campaign.
Ask us about your vacancyWhere is the best place to advertise a hospitality job?
The best channel depends on the role and location. Caterer.com, BritishHospitalityJobs.co.uk and HospitalityJobsUK provide specialist hospitality audiences, while CV-Library, Indeed and Reed can add broader candidate reach.
How do I post a hospitality job?
Start with a clear advert containing the job title, location, salary or hourly rate, shift pattern, venue type, responsibilities and benefits. You can then post directly to a chosen board or use a multi-board advertising service.
What should I include in a hospitality job advert?
Include the venue type, working hours, salary, tips or service charge, responsibilities, required experience, service expectations and practical benefits such as meals, parking or accommodation where relevant.
Should I include tips or service charge in the salary?
It is clearer to show guaranteed pay separately and then explain tips, tronc or service charge as additional earnings, particularly where the amount can vary.
Should I advertise the exact shift pattern?
Yes where possible. Evenings, weekends, split shifts and late finishes can materially affect whether a hospitality role is suitable, so candidates benefit from knowing the real pattern before applying.
Should I advertise on a specialist hospitality job board?
Specialist hospitality and catering sites can be particularly useful for roles where sector experience matters. They can also be combined with larger general job boards for additional scale and local reach.
Can Career Poster advertise hospitality jobs across multiple job boards?
Yes. Career Poster provides multi-board job advertising packages that can distribute hospitality vacancies across relevant premium and free recruitment channels depending on the package selected.
Can I manage hospitality applications through Career Poster?
Yes. Employer hiring tools are included so applications can be reviewed, shortlisted and managed through your Career Poster dashboard.
Ready to advertise your hospitality job?
Post your vacancy across specialist hospitality, catering and wider recruitment channels, with application management and recruitment tools included.
