A bartending job isn't has hard to get as you think it is. If you are willing to focus and put in some effort you will be able to pull it off even if you have no prior experience. Follow my advice below and create a system for looking for a bartending job. Everything is easier with a plan and finding a bartending job is no different.
Narrow your search to the top fifteen or twenty places you would actually like to work. Working in a place you would like to hang out in makes your job a lot easier and makes your search easier because your personality will fit the place. Personality plays a big part in getting a bartending job, applying to places where you will fit in is a big first step.
Write a resume that you will use only for trying to obtain bartending jobs. All irrelevant information, like being able to type 60 words a minute or use a spreadsheet should be omitted from this resume. Bartending requires specific skills like customer service, resolving conflicts, accounting, working a POS system. Include all of these skills on your bartending specific resume, nomatter what the job was when you acquired them. It is possible to write a resume that focuses on these skills and where the reader will have trouble realizing you have never bartended before. The purpose isn't to deceive the reader but to make them feel like you will be a great bartender. Focusing on these skills will do just that.
You should always write a cover letter to go with your resume, even for just a bartending job. Many candidates will not go this extra mile so you separate yourself from the crowd simply by having a cover letter. This letter should be good of course, but the mere act of having one will gain you recognition. A good cover letter should show the reader how you handled a tough situation or how you grew at one of your previous jobs. Be as specific as possible, tell a story if you want to. Its alright to put your personality on display a little bit in your cover letter. Have fun with it and tell a good story. An engaged reader is a hiring reader.
A laborious but completely necessary step is pounding the pavement. You will need to contact the managers of the places on your target list and probably show up at these places in order to do so. Restaurant and bar managers are very busy people. Employees, customers and vendors are all battling for their time. It would be wise to show up during the bar's slow hours. For a typical restaurant or bar this would be between 2pm and 5pm. The afternoons are usually a slow time where a manager will be able to speak to you.
The bartending job interview is really the goal of everything you do during your bartending job search. It is during the interview that you will seal the deal and actually get the bartending job. You need to be personable and likeable during your interview. Show some confidence and have questions ready. Don't ever just give one word answers. If you put your positive personality on display a little bit and show initiative you will be offered a job.
If you have been considering getting a bartending job for a while put didn't know how to go about it I hpe you take the above advice to heart. You don't need experience or have to know somebody in the business. All you truly need is the guts to commit to getting the job and the persistence to actually follow through. If you follow the above advice I'll see you behind the bar in no time. Good Luck.
Narrow your search to the top fifteen or twenty places you would actually like to work. Working in a place you would like to hang out in makes your job a lot easier and makes your search easier because your personality will fit the place. Personality plays a big part in getting a bartending job, applying to places where you will fit in is a big first step.
Write a resume that you will use only for trying to obtain bartending jobs. All irrelevant information, like being able to type 60 words a minute or use a spreadsheet should be omitted from this resume. Bartending requires specific skills like customer service, resolving conflicts, accounting, working a POS system. Include all of these skills on your bartending specific resume, nomatter what the job was when you acquired them. It is possible to write a resume that focuses on these skills and where the reader will have trouble realizing you have never bartended before. The purpose isn't to deceive the reader but to make them feel like you will be a great bartender. Focusing on these skills will do just that.
You should always write a cover letter to go with your resume, even for just a bartending job. Many candidates will not go this extra mile so you separate yourself from the crowd simply by having a cover letter. This letter should be good of course, but the mere act of having one will gain you recognition. A good cover letter should show the reader how you handled a tough situation or how you grew at one of your previous jobs. Be as specific as possible, tell a story if you want to. Its alright to put your personality on display a little bit in your cover letter. Have fun with it and tell a good story. An engaged reader is a hiring reader.
A laborious but completely necessary step is pounding the pavement. You will need to contact the managers of the places on your target list and probably show up at these places in order to do so. Restaurant and bar managers are very busy people. Employees, customers and vendors are all battling for their time. It would be wise to show up during the bar's slow hours. For a typical restaurant or bar this would be between 2pm and 5pm. The afternoons are usually a slow time where a manager will be able to speak to you.
The bartending job interview is really the goal of everything you do during your bartending job search. It is during the interview that you will seal the deal and actually get the bartending job. You need to be personable and likeable during your interview. Show some confidence and have questions ready. Don't ever just give one word answers. If you put your positive personality on display a little bit and show initiative you will be offered a job.
If you have been considering getting a bartending job for a while put didn't know how to go about it I hpe you take the above advice to heart. You don't need experience or have to know somebody in the business. All you truly need is the guts to commit to getting the job and the persistence to actually follow through. If you follow the above advice I'll see you behind the bar in no time. Good Luck.
About the Author:
Brian has hired dozens of bartenders, many who had no previous experience. His free How to Become a Bartender newsletter exposes the myth of previous experience. He can help you find your first bartender job.
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