Message 7177 of 39188 in General Discussion

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Thorne
  I'm a bartender and a restaurant manager and i would have to say that I 
agree with Miss Charming.  When I look at an application and see they have no 
bar experience and went to bartending school, I toss the application.  The 
last 2 bartenders we hired came from schools and they plain out just sucked.  
That doesn't necessarily apply to everyone but it applies to most.  In order 
to bartend, you need to get in the door, even if that means taking a step 
back. TGIFriday's will not let you bartend to you at least serve with them for 
a year.  Other corporate places are like that too.  You need to be flexiable.
  I started off as a 14 year old busboy in a fine dining restaurant.  Four 
years later I was given a chance to be a server in the same restaurant.  The 
place closed down a couple years later and i moved on to another place but 
they hired me as a busboy.  In 3 years at this place I went from being a 
busboy to a server to a barback to a bartender on Friday and Saturday nights.
  As for your specific question about reason for leaving your last job, I 
would say that there was no room for advancement.  As for special skills, I'm 
not quite sure about that one.  As for one thing Kent said about calling them 
after a week, I wouldn't.   Generally if you don't hear from them in a couple 
of days then they aren't interested in you.  
  I wish you alot of luck Thorne.

Pete