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

Things You'll Need:

• Telephones
• Internet Access
• Pens
• Spiral Notebooks
• Computers
• Pens

1. Find a local establishment where you would like to work.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Apply for jobs highlighting your skills.

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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