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Housekeeper CV example

A hotel reads a housekeeper’s CV for how many rooms you clean or check in a shift, the standards you work to and whether you can run a team.

Give your room numbers, what you inspect and order, and your shifts. This example is a floor housekeeper applying for an assistant head housekeeper post.

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Joanne Pritchard
Floor Housekeeper
York · 07700 900262 · [email protected] · Early shifts, weekends and bank holidays

Profile

Hotel housekeeper with five years in a 120-room city hotel, the last two as floor housekeeper. Inspects about 40 rooms a shift against the hotel’s checklist, allocates the work for six room attendants and keeps the floor’s linen and guest supplies stocked. Trusted with master keys and quick to report faults. Looking for an assistant head housekeeper post in a larger hotel.

Experience

Floor Housekeeper, The Linden Court Hotel, York 2024–present

Allocate rooms to six room attendants each morning from the night’s departures and stayovers.

Inspect about 40 rooms a shift against the hotel’s checklist before they are released to reception.

Order linen, towels and guest supplies every week and count the floor stores.

Log damage and maintenance faults and check each is fixed before the room is sold.

Train new room attendants on beds, bathrooms and safe use of cleaning chemicals (COSHH).

Pass guests’ requests and complaints to the duty manager, with what has already been done.

Room Attendant, The Linden Court Hotel, York 2021–2024

Cleaned 14 to 16 rooms a shift: beds, linen and towels, bathrooms, minibars and amenities.

Cleaned corridors and lifts, and took laundry to the linen room at the end of each floor.

Training and education

Level 2 Certificate in Hospitality and Catering Principles (Housekeeping), York College of Further Education 2023

COSHH awareness 2024

GCSEs including English and maths 2014

Skills

Room inspection to a checklist

Daily room allocation for a team of six

Linen and stock ordering

Fault reporting on the hotel’s property system

Polite, quick help with guests’ requests

Additional information

Can work early shifts, weekends and bank holidays. Holds master keys at the hotel.

Fictional example for a housekeeper. Every person and employer in it is invented. Replace every detail with your own.

What hotels look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you toWhere this CV shows it
Clean guests’ rooms, make beds and replace linen and towels14 to 16 rooms a shift as a room attendant
Restock food and drink items, and bathroom suppliesMinibars and amenities restocked; weekly orders for the floor
Report damage or maintenance issuesFaults logged and checked before the room is sold
Prepare shift rotas and allocate daily cleaning duties to staffRooms allocated to six room attendants each morning
Inspect rooms to make sure that standards have been metAbout 40 rooms inspected a shift against the checklist
Recruit and train staffNew room attendants trained on beds, bathrooms and COSHH

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for a hotel housekeeper.

Average pay: £21,000 a year for a starter and £28,000 for an experienced hotel housekeeper, working 37 to 40 hours a week (National Careers Service, checked 17 October 2026).

Facts checked against National Careers Service: Hotel housekeeper on .

Skills to list for this job

The skills the National Careers Service lists for a hotel housekeeper, in CV wording. Put down only the ones you can show, each with where you used it.

  • Customer service
  • Thorough, with close attention to detail
  • Flexible and open to change
  • Using initiative
  • Persistence and determination
  • Clear spoken communication
  • Administration
  • Motivating and managing staff
  • Competent with computers and everyday software
Choose them in the editor

From the National Careers Service profile, checked 17 October 2026.

A profile if you are starting out

This CV's profile is written for someone with experience. Here is the same job at the other level: copy it, or open it in the editor with this CV and write over it.

Looking for a first job as a hotel room attendant, after two years cleaning holiday cottages at weekends: changing beds and towels, cleaning kitchens and bathrooms to the owner’s checklist and reporting breakages. Used to working fast between check-out and check-in, and happy to work weekends and early starts.
Use in the editor
Inside this example
  • Profile: 62 words here
  • Experience: 135 words here
  • Training and education: 24 words here
  • Skills: 30 words here
  • Additional information: 14 words here

How to write yours

01

Give your numbers

Rooms a shift as an attendant, rooms inspected as a supervisor and the size of the hotel tell a head housekeeper your pace.

02

Name the standard

Say what you check rooms against (the hotel’s checklist or a brand standard) and what happens when a room fails.

03

Show you can run a floor

Room allocation, stock orders and training new staff are what move you from attendant to supervisor.

04

Put your shifts on the page

Early starts, weekends and bank holidays decide the rota; say which you can work.

Questions about a housekeeper CV

How do I show promotion from room attendant?

You may be able to start as a hotel cleaner, porter or kitchen staff and become a room attendant or housekeeper through company training and promotion (National Careers Service). Give each step at the same hotel its own line, with its years.

Should I list a hospitality apprenticeship?

You can apply to do a Hospitality Accommodation Team Member Level 2 Intermediate Apprenticeship with a hotel group, or a Hospitality Supervisor Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship if you already work in the industry (National Careers Service). Give the apprenticeship and the year you finished.

Which housekeeping courses should I list?

Courses include hospitality and catering principles in housekeeping, and hospitality supervision and leadership principles (National Careers Service). List the course with its level and year.

How do I show I am reliable?

Employers will be interested in your personal qualities and will expect you to be hardworking, honest and a reliable timekeeper (National Careers Service). Show it with facts, such as holding master keys or covering shifts at short notice.

Should I say which shifts I can work?

You could work days, nights or weekends on shifts (National Careers Service). Say which shifts you can work in your profile or under Additional information.

Minimal and one page: short lines and plenty of space, so a head housekeeper sees your room numbers at a glance. For an online form, switch to Plain.

Guides for this CV

Showing a promotion Turning duties into results Skills to put on your CV How to write a cover letter

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