How to Get a Job as a Bartender
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.
- Difficulty:
- Moderate
Instructions
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Find a local establishment where you would like to work.
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Apply for a job tending bar at that establishment. They may train on-site.
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Get a listing of bartender schools in your area from the telephone book or from the Internet.
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Call up the school to ask about tuition costs, the length of the class, and what the school guarantees in terms of skills learned.
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Interview your teacher and get a copy of his or her credentials.
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Review the book you'll be using to learn how to tend bar.
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Get in touch with former students and ask their opinions of the course.
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Find out if the bartender school handles job placement once the course is completed. Study at a school that provides this service.
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Apply for jobs highlighting your skills.
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Be friendly during the interview; tending bar is a service job, after all.
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Tips & Warnings
In most states, you must be 21 years old or older to serve alcohol.
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Comments
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Great creation and great job.
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mal129
Mar 03, 2009
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imaginaryharry
Sep 03, 2008
I went to Bartenders school 2 weeks before i turned 21 and had a job at a Restaurant on my 21st b-day. I started in Banquets, like weddings, Christmas parties, company functions, stuff like that. The thing about Bartending School is that it gets you acquainted with handling bottles with pour spouts, soda guns, ice bin, speed rack, general Bar knowledge. You also learn a fair amount of drink recipes through flash card and word association memorizing. I still use the word association to this day. But that is the extent of it, I'm very glad I did go to a 2 week class, But I truly learned how to tend bar on the job. After I got faster and got experience with the registers and making change I moved to the main bar on weekends where the money is at. After a couple of years I started getting job offers from customers and employees from other bars and clubs. I started working at a very hi
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imaginaryharry
Sep 03, 2008
I went to Bartenders school 2 weeks before i turned 21 and had a job at a Restaurant on my 21st b-day. I started in Banquets, like weddings, Christmas parties, company functions, stuff like that. The thing about Bartending School is that it gets you acquainted with handling bottles with pour spouts, soda guns, ice bin, speed rack, general Bar knowledge. You also learn a fair amount of drink recipes through flash card and word association memorizing. I still use the word association to this day. But that is the extent of it, I'm very glad I did go to a 2 week class, But I truly learned how to tend bar on the job. After I got faster and got experience with the registers and making change I moved to the main bar on weekends where the money is at. After a couple of years I started getting job offers from customers and employees from other bars and clubs. I started working at a very hi
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imaginaryharry
Sep 03, 2008
I went to Bartenders school 2 weeks before i turned 21 and had a job at a Restaurant on my 21st b-day. I started in Banquets, like weddings, Christmas parties, company functions, stuff like that. The thing about Bartending School is that it gets you acquainted with handling bottles with pour spouts, soda guns, ice bin, speed rack, general Bar knowledge. You also learn a fair amount of drink recipes through flash card and word association memorizing. I still use the word association to this day. But that is the extent of it, I'm very glad I did go to a 2 week class, But I truly learned how to tend bar on the job. After I got faster and got experience with the registers and making change I moved to the main bar on weekends where the money is at. After a couple of years I started getting job offers from customers and employees from other bars and clubs. I started working at a very hi
