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How to Get a Job as a Bartender

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Getting a job as a bartender can be relatively easy or quite difficult, depending on the kind of establishment in which you'd like to work.

From Quick Guide: Hospitality & Tourism Jobs
Difficulty: Moderate
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  1. Step 1

    Find a local establishment where you would like to work.

  2. Step 2

    Apply for a job tending bar at that establishment. They may train on-site.

  3. Step 3

    Get a listing of bartender schools in your area from the telephone book or from the Internet.

  4. Step 4

    Call up the school to ask about tuition costs, the length of the class, and what the school guarantees in terms of skills learned.

  5. Step 5

    Interview your teacher and get a copy of his or her credentials.

  6. Step 6

    Review the book you'll be using to learn how to tend bar.

  7. Step 7

    Get in touch with former students and ask their opinions of the course.

  8. Step 8

    Find out if the bartender school handles job placement once the course is completed. Study at a school that provides this service.

  9. Step 9

    Apply for jobs highlighting your skills.

  10. Step 10

    Be friendly during the interview; tending bar is a service job, after all.

Tips & Warnings
  • In most states, you must be 21 years old or older to serve alcohol.

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on 3/21/2009 Bartender School can help but you really don't learn anything there that you can't teach yourself easily with a book and a friend in the business. For the inside scoop on how to actually get a job, check out getabartendingjob.com.

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on 3/3/2009 Ooops. Didn't mean to post so many times! I thought it wasn't working!

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on 3/3/2009 http://www.squidoo.com/How-To-Get-a-Bartending-Job

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on 3/3/2009 http://www.squidoo.com/How-To-Get-a-Bartending-Job

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on 3/3/2009 Here's a pretty good article on how to get a bartending job.http://www.squidoo.com/How-To-Get-a-Bartending-Job

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