Five Quick Steps to Becoming a Bartender

Lots of people want to find bartending jobs but don’t have the slightest idea on how to do it. It really isn’t as hard as you might think it is. If you develop a plan and stick to it, finding a bartending job can actually be quite easy. Follow the steps below and put yourself more than halfway to having a great bartending job.

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.

Your resume should be accompanied by a well crafted cover letter. Bartending is about having a positive attitude and good personality. Use your cover letter to show the fact that you have both of these traits. Try telling a story that shows an excellent use of a bartending related skill like customer service or money management. It is always better to show a skill in a story than to just list them out in a letter. Those kinds of cover letters are boring and can be easily ignored. If you engage the reader of your cover letter, you are 80 percent of the way to a great bartending job.

You are going to need to beat the streets a little bit if you want to get a bartending job. One of your main objectives during your job search is get in front of people who do the hiring at bars and restaurants. Stop by the places on your target list during their slower hours of operation and ask to speak to the manager. If they aren’t there don’t leave your info, just continue to go back until you get them. Persistence is the name of the game here and it will pay off.

If you are going to get a bartending job you are going to need to master a bartending job interview. Job interviews are enough to make anyone’s palms a little sweaty and a bartending job interview is no different. You have to fight through that nervousness and put your personality on display. Service jobs are about having a great attitude and personable personality, everything can be taught. Without going out on the limb a little bit you will not get a bartending job.

I hope these tips have illuminated the bartending job search process for you. It really isn’t nearly as difficult or mysterious as bartenders make it out to be. If you develop a plan, show initiative and persistence, and maintain a positive attitude you will easily get a bartending job. I wish you luck o your search. Happy Hunting.

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