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🇬🇧 Receptionist CV keywords the ATS is scanning for (UK)

Most UK employers — including the NHS, councils, and every major retailer and agency — run applications through an ATS (applicant tracking system) that scores your CV against the job advert before any human reads it. If your CV doesn't contain the right receptionist keywords, you're filtered out automatically — no matter how good you are. Here are the terms that matter, and a free way to check your CV against the exact job you want.

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Keywords UK employers filter receptionists by

These are the terms that appear most often in UK receptionist job adverts — and therefore the terms applicant tracking systems are configured to score:

front of houseswitchboard / call handlingvisitor managementappointment bookingMicrosoft Officecustomer servicediary managementmeeting room coordinationpost and deliveriessecurity proceduresmulti-line phonesgreeting visitorsdata entrycomplaint handlingprofessional telephone mannerCRM systemsconfidentialitymultitasking

Important: never paste keywords in blindly. The filter ranks context, and interviewers check claims. Add only what you've genuinely done — the free scan below shows which of these the specific job you want actually asks for, so you don't guess.

How to get a receptionist CV past the ATS

Quantify traffic: "front of house for a 200-visitor/day corporate office".
Name booking/visitor systems used (Condeco, Envoy, patient systems like EMIS for medical reception).
"Switchboard" and "front of house" are high-weight terms many applicants forget.
Sector matters: medical, legal, corporate and hotel reception have distinct keyword sets — mirror the advert.
Show calm under pressure with a concrete example, not the phrase itself.
UK conventions: no photo, no date of birth, 2 pages max, include a short personal statement at the top.

Questions receptionists ask

Medical reception — different keywords?

Yes: patient booking systems (EMIS, SystmOne), confidentiality/GDPR, triage awareness, and prescription queries are the filters that matter there.

Is customer service experience transferable?

Directly — describe it with reception vocabulary: visitor management, call handling, appointment booking.

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