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Subject: Re: Tips on getting a job...
From: Corey
Posted: Tue Aug 23. 2005, 14:36 UTC
Followup to: "Tips on getting a job..."  by Bacardi Man  (Wed Aug 10. 2005, 03:12 UTC)
   As far as applying to chains and franchises like TGIFriday's, Chili's, 
Applebee's, etc, most of them will only "promote from within," meaning you 
will have to start as a server, busser, cook, hostess, etc and work a very 
long time before you are moved up to bartender, because nearly everyone you 
see there when you get the job is already waiting to get to the bar...
   Save yourself some frustration and find a small bar with a decent little 
crowd of regulars; managers of these types of bars are more willing to train 
someone new rather than take on a diva-like, money-hungry, 
set-in-his-or-her-ways bartender, which I can tell you I have seen bar divas 
in nearly every bar I have worked!
   Pounding the pavement works well if you are not easily frustrated. Get used 
to the word "NO" and don't take it to heart. Apply at as many establishments 
as you can visit.
   Try a different "type" of bartending and get away from that 
tavern/nightclub cliche on bartending. Apply with a catering company or hotel 
banquet staff. Weddings and other functions can mean big money for you, and 
the drinks are often very limited. Often, bartenders here make anywhere from 
$8-$15 per hour plus tips...you prob won't see many or any $500 nights, but 
you will consistently make $100-$250 per event.
   If you are set on working in a club, go in as a barback. It putsd you 
beside the bartenders all night and you will pick up things along the way. 
They may even have you make simple drinks, like pouring beer, wine, simple 
shots, etc. But study the most popular drinks away from work, so if you do get 
called on to fill a void, you already know the drinks and will also know the 
flow of the bar from watching the other 'tenders!

Cheers,
Corey Keys
www.totallyfreebartending.com
"Where Bartender Training is On the House!"


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