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Hospitality Jobs in the USA: Hotels, Restaurants, Events

Ethic Leaf connects job seekers with hospitality and catering job opportunities across the USA. Whether you are starting your career, changing direction or looking for your next step, our job search platform helps you explore roles that match your skills, experience and preferred working pattern.

Hospitality And Catering

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Use our job search to compare opportunities by sector, role, location and job type. Depending on the position, you may find full-time, part-time, temporary or permanent work. Job requirements can vary, so read each listing carefully and highlight the experience, practical skills and qualifications that match the employer’s needs. You can also search related terms, such as hotel, restaurant or food service jobs, to widen your options.

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Entry-level and no-experience hospitality jobs: server, host, barista, line cook, dishwasher, housekeeper, front desk agent and banquet or event staff roles are the usual starting points, and most employers train on the job. Food handler and alcohol service permits are required in many states and are quick to obtain.

Top cities for hospitality jobs on Ethic Leaf include Orlando, Las Vegas, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago, Nashville, San Diego and Houston. Use the location filter on this page to see openings near you, including remote and hybrid roles where employers offer them.

International students and graduates: some employers in this sector sponsor work visas and others do not; each listing states its requirements. Registration with Ethic Leaf is free and no job is guaranteed.

Hospitality And Catering

Roles and Skills to Consider

Chef

Line cook to head chef roles across restaurants, hotels and contract food service.

Hospitality Jobs by Contract Type

Ethic Leaf offers hospitality jobs with various contract types. Whether you are looking for temporary, permanent, full-time or flexible shift roles, there are opportunities to suit your preferences.

Permanent
Temporary
Part-time
Event / Flexible

Hospitality And Catering Jobs FAQs

Many roles welcome entry-level candidates with the right attitude. Chefs and specialist roles usually require demonstrable kitchen experience.

Yes. Hospitality often includes evenings, weekends and event-based shifts, with flexible patterns available.

Yes. Temporary and event catering assignments are a popular way to build experience and earn flexibly.

We recruit for kitchen, front-of-house, housekeeping, banquet and hotel management roles across the USA, on temporary, seasonal and permanent contracts.

No. Many kitchen jobs, including dishwasher, kitchen helper and prep cook roles, are open to candidates with no prior experience and offer on-the-job training.

Most entry-level hospitality jobs do not. Employers look for reliability, a friendly manner and the ability to work evenings, weekends and holidays, and they train you on their systems. Supervisor, chef, sommelier and hotel management roles ask for experience or hospitality qualifications. Each listing states the requirements.

Yes. Restaurants, hotels, caterers and event venues hire many part-time, seasonal and on-call staff, which suits students and people with a second job. Use the job type filter on this page to show part-time and temporary openings only.

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