Food Servers, Nonrestaurant

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Servers take orders, recommend dishes, bring food and drinks, and handle payments, often earning much of their pay in tips. It's one of the most common first jobs, and it builds skills for sales, hospitality and management.

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High school courses that build toward it

• English 10 · English

  Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.

• Foods and Culinary · Career and Technical

  Builds working with customers and clients, which this job uses.

• Physical Education · Health and PE

  Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.

• Pre-Algebra · Math

  Builds math, which this job uses.

• Computer Science Principles · Computer Science

  Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.

• Chemistry · Science

  Builds chemistry, which this job uses.

Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.