| Many bartenders started out their career as a | | | | the bartenders and can pick more up. However, |
| bar-back or a server in a restaurant and worked | | | | you still have to pay attention to your job first, |
| their way to bartending as their career | | | | and hope for an opening. |
| progressed. Anyone who's worked in the | | | | If you'd like to be a bartender, then bartender's |
| hospitality industry can tell you that bartending is | | | | school is a good choice because you'll learn all you |
| among the more lucrative positions in the | | | | need to know without having to wait for an |
| industry, with average incomes in a bar with a | | | | opening or having to worry about your job ahead |
| good amount of traffic around $150 to $300 a | | | | of your goal. You'll learn everything you need to |
| night. On the high end, at five nights a week that's | | | | know about bartending, from mixing drinks to |
| about $6000 a month or $72,000 a year. The | | | | customer service, all in a classroom designed to |
| average income for most bartenders is around | | | | look and feel like a real bar. |
| $50,000/yr. considering both hourly salary and tips. | | | | Once you've graduated the program you'll know |
| Why would you want to spend the money on bar | | | | everything you need to know about working as a |
| schools when you could just start as a server or | | | | bartender - you'll know how to make all the most |
| bar-back and work your way there? If you're a | | | | popular drinks from memory, as well as many of |
| server, you have to focus on your job first and | | | | the classic choices. You'll have a working |
| training for bartending second. You also have to | | | | knowledge of beer, liquors, liqueurs and wines and |
| wait for the need for an extra bartender to | | | | be able to suggest a drink from an educated point |
| come up, and you can bet that all the good | | | | of view and not simply a "most expensive" point |
| servers are waiting for the same thing you are | | | | of view like many servers will do. |
| because there's more money behind the bar than | | | | Most importantly; your knowledge, confidence, |
| on the dining floor. Bar-backs will have the same | | | | ability, and customer service skills will translate as |
| problem, though they're probably in line ahead of | | | | real experience to your customers and work to |
| servers because of their experience at the bar. | | | | increase repeat business and income. |
| They also have the advantage of being closer to | | | | |