Front desk at a clinic, office or school. Manner, phone volume and calendar handling are the job.
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A receptionist CV is read for volume and calm: how many calls and visitors you handle a day, and what systems you run. The example above states 120 calls and 70 visitors, appointment scheduling for four doctors, and billing, because a front desk taking 120 calls is a different job from one taking 20. The format works for a receptionist in a hotel, a hospital, a clinic or an office — and for a receptionist with no experience, where a customer-facing part-time job fills the gap.
Pratima Maharjan
Receptionist / Front Desk
Lalitpur, Kathmandu Valley · +977 98XXXXXXXX · pratima.maharjan@example.com
Summary
Receptionist with three years at a dental clinic and a training institute in Lalitpur. Handles around 120 calls and 70 visitors a day, manages appointment scheduling for four doctors, and keeps patient records and daily billing. Polite and steady under pressure, comfortable in Nepali and English on the phone.
Experience
Receptionist
Dental clinic · Pulchowk, Lalitpur · Mangsir 2081 – Present
- Manage appointments for four doctors, around 70 patients a day, with a same-day reschedule system
- Handle around 120 calls a day including emergency triage to the duty doctor
- Maintain patient records and daily billing; close the cash register each evening
- Manage the clinic's Facebook page enquiries and online appointment requests
Front Desk Assistant
Language training institute · Jawalakhel, Lalitpur · Baishakh 2080 – Kartik 2081
- Registered around 200 students per intake and maintained fee records
- Handled enquiries in person and on the phone about course timing and fees
- Coordinated classroom scheduling for six instructors
Education
Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS)
Tribhuvan University affiliated campus · 2076 – 2080
Skills
- Appointment scheduling
- Telephone handling
- Billing and cash handling
- MS Excel and Word
- Nepali and English typing
Languages
- Nepali — Native
- Newari — Native
- English — Working
- Hindi — Conversational
Certifications
Computer Application (3 months) — Training institute, 2079
Basic First Aid — Nepal Red Cross Society, 2081
The name, employers and numbers above are invented. Replace every one of them —
a CV that still says Pratima Maharjan is worse than no CV at all.
Receptionist CV format
The sections, in the order an employer reads them.
- Name, contact and photo if asked — Many front-desk vacancies ask for a photo; add a professional one only if the notice asks.
- Profile — Years at the front desk, the setting — hotel, hospital, clinic, office — and daily call and visitor volume.
- Experience — Each job with dates and duties: calls, visitors, appointments, billing, records, complaints.
- Skills — Telephone handling, scheduling software, billing and cash, typing, languages.
- Education — +2 or bachelor's with college and year.
- Trainings — Front office, hospitality or customer service courses, with provider and year.
- Languages and references — Every language you can speak on the phone, and a manager as reference.
Receptionist CV objective
Two to adapt — change the numbers and names to yours. A career objective, or summary, is the two or three lines under your name.
With experience
Receptionist with three years at a dental clinic and a training institute, handling around 120 calls and 70 visitors a day, scheduling appointments for four doctors and managing daily billing. Looking for a front desk role in a hospital or hotel.
For a fresher
BBS student with a front office training course and six months of part-time work at a shop counter, confident on the phone in Nepali and English. Looking for a first receptionist job where I can be the steady first contact for visitors.
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Skills to put on a receptionist CV
- Telephone handling and call transfer
- Appointment scheduling
- Visitor management
- Billing and cash handling
- Record keeping and data entry
- MS Word and Excel
- Complaint handling
- Spoken Nepali, English and Hindi
Receptionist CV for freshers
A receptionist CV with no experience leads with what shows you can handle people: a part-time counter job, a tuition centre desk, event registration, a family shop. Say what you did and how busy it was. Add typing and computer skills and a front office course if you have one. List every language you can speak on the phone — at a hotel or hospital desk it is often the deciding line.
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Common questions
How do I write a receptionist CV with no experience?
List customer-facing part-time work — a shop counter, event desk or tuition centre — with what you did and how busy it was, add computer and typing skills and any front office course, and name the languages you speak.
What skills should a receptionist put on a CV?
Telephone handling, appointment scheduling, visitor management, billing and cash handling, record keeping, MS Office, complaint handling and languages.
Should a receptionist CV have a photo?
Only if the vacancy asks for one, which front-desk roles in Nepal and India sometimes do. Use a plain, professional photo if so.
Does this receptionist CV work for a hotel or hospital?
Yes. Change the profile to name the setting, and put the relevant system first — a hotel property system or a hospital appointment and billing system.