Positive character trait
Hospitable
Welcoming and considerate toward guests or newcomers.
3 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Makes guests and newcomers feel at home.
- Offers food, a seat or a bed without being asked.
- Remembers what visitors need, such as a diet or a quiet room.
Fits when someone welcomes guests and newcomers and makes them comfortable
Not when the welcome is a business's service, where welcoming or friendly reads more naturally
How to say it
Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.
On a resume, hospitable is rarely the right claim outside hotels, events and customer service; there, describe a result for guests, such as a review score or repeat bookings.
Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.
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Reference or recommendation [Name] is hospitable: when [our visitors or new staff] arrived, they [met them, showed them round and made sure they had what they needed].
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Report card comment [Name] is hospitable to new students and shows them around until they find their way.
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In a story, shown not told The flight was cancelled at midnight. The couple from row twelve drove four strangers home, made up the sofa and the spare bed, and cooked breakfast in the morning.
The hospitable couple found a bed for every stranded guest after the flight was cancelled.
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