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Subject: Re: Bartending school a joke??
From: Jrock
Posted: Thu Dec 6. 2001, 00:57 UTC
Followup to: "Bartending school a joke??"  by T-Bone  (Wed Dec 5. 2001, 05:14 UTC)
> Several times on this board I have seen posts that say managers laugh 
> at an applicant who lists bartending school on the app.  Just 
> wondering why is that?  Incidently, I have never attended a school, 
> just curious.

     Generaly I believe the fault of the whole problem is to blame on the 
schools for all the propoganda they throw at you.  Have you ever seen a 
commercial for a "Bartending School"?  They start off by saying you can 
"become" a bartender in just 2 weeks.  Then they go on by having testemonials 
from people claiming to make up to $400.00 in one night.  This kind of 
advertisement isn't entirely false, but they fail to mention alot of things.  
They all talk about job placement, which IMO is worthless.  The whole time 
your in class all they do is hype you up by acting like your gonna be working 
the day you get your certificate.  So in a sense you can't really blame people 
for thinking that they could be bartenders straight outta school because 
that's all that is put in their heads for 2 weeks.  I went to a school and I 
must admit that is the way I thought at first, but after many interviews I 
learned that my supposed "education" isn't as valuable as I thought.  The way 
that managers should look at a possible bartender who only has experience 
through the school
is like this:  This person went out and spent a good deal of money to become 
something.  If he/she is really passionate about becoming a bartender than 
they shouldn't mind barbacking (or something similar) for a little while.  
Going to school (even if you have to barback) is still a faster track than 
working through the resturaunt ranks.  We all started with no experience at 
one point and everyone was given a chance by someone at somepoint.  We 
shouldn't forget that.   


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