| The first step in getting a bartending job is getting | | | | economy isn't doing well, bar business can actually |
| an interview. Without putting yourself in front of | | | | go up. |
| the people who do the hiring you can't get a | | | | Start looking before you get fired or quit. It is |
| bartending job. This step seems simple enough | | | | always good to have a few resumes floating |
| but many would-be bartenders get caught up in | | | | around at other bars or restaurants. After all if |
| the myth of "they won't hire me without any | | | | you interviewed for a new bartending job and it |
| experience." Please don't misunderstand me - | | | | was going to make you more money, you would |
| some bartending jobs require experience, but | | | | likely take the job and quit your current job. This |
| most do not. | | | | will also give you an idea of what is out there as |
| To make their career successful, bartenders need | | | | well. |
| to have good knowledge of beverages and drinks. | | | | You can also start locally; just make some |
| They should possess excellent capabilities of | | | | enquiries in the bars or restaurants in your locality |
| mixing drinks accurately without wasting any of it. | | | | to get a break. Also post your resume in the top |
| When it comes to beverages at the bar, there | | | | job sites on the internet to find a suitable job. And |
| are recipes as well. The bartenders, therefore, | | | | lastly, join a reputed bartending school and select |
| need to know about various drink recipes and be | | | | an institution that have a proven record of |
| able to create new recipes to serve customers | | | | placement in the reputable organizations. You will |
| with the latest and attract them. It is also the | | | | get a list of bartender schools in your area from |
| bartender's job to look after the stock of | | | | the yellow pages or from the Internet. |
| garnishes. These professionals need to look after | | | | It is important when you choose any job that |
| the bar supplies as well. | | | | you take it very serious and you give it all that |
| Something you probably already know is that the | | | | you've got, in order to succeed. If your job pays |
| cycles of the economy come and go, wax and | | | | well and makes you happy, then apparently you |
| wane, bull and bear. Something you may not | | | | are not doing anything wrong, all is good. It does |
| know is that a bartending job may be one of the | | | | not matter if you are a professional bartender or |
| best ways to recession proof your income. I've | | | | some high profile business executive, if you are |
| been behind the wood for over a dozen years | | | | happy and earning enough money, that is when |
| now and have worked through all cycles of the | | | | you know you have made the correct choice, as |
| economy and here is the weird part. When the | | | | far as a career goes. |