Server Career Path
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Based on 534 Jobtrees users who were a Server in their career, on average, they have 1.43 years of experience and 2 jobs prior to this one. They spend 3.2 years on average in this job building experience and earn $36K per year before moving on.
10% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Server are Bartender, Administrative Assistant and Customer Service Representative. While Bartender is from the same job family, Food/Beverage, there are other common opportunities outside this discipline that Jobtrees users are taking as shown by Administrative Assistant, also being a common career path to Server.
If you are looking for more ideas on potential career paths from this job, you should also consider Hostess, Intern and Volunteer as they commonly lead to Server as well. Find more insights below about this specific career path based on our Jobtrees users' experience.
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Server
Bartender
Administrative Assistant
Customer Service Representative
Cashier
Bartender
Intern
Barista
Sales Associate
Manager
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How can I become a
The most common career steps to get to Server are Bartender, Intern and Barista based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
While Bartender is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Server that is an overwhelmingly common path. Another characteristic of the Server career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary. This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Server so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
While Bartender isn't from the same job family as Server, Food/Beverage, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Intern also being a common career path to Server.
If you are looking for more potential career paths to Server, you should also consider Administrative Assistant, Cashier and President as they commonly lead to Server as well.
What should I know about the career path
Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Bartender being the most common role to and from Server. This is common when people move to companies of different sizes or choose to return to a function they fit well with. Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Bartender being on the path to and from Server. This is common when people move to companies of different sizes or choose to return to a function they fit well with.
Server is part of the Food/Beverage job family which has a variety of unique role within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
Other common titles that have similar job requirements and career paths as Server are Banquet Server, Food Server, Waiter, Waitress.