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Subject: Re: Yet Another Bartending Job Question
From: Bryan
Posted: Sat Feb 19. 2000, 20:07 UTC
Followup to: "Yet Another Bartending Job Question"  by Lo  (Fri Feb 18. 2000, 00:27 UTC)
Five suggestions: 
1) Don't try for a bartending job right off the bat, go for a job as a waiter 
or even a busboy in a restaurant with a decent bar. I've know many 
establishments that only hire new bartenders by picking worthy 
waiters/waitresses, who have expressed interest in becoming a bartender and 
done an excellent job in their current position, and then training them to 
bartend. Hey, paid training!
2) Consider the dreaded bartending schools. Many, many people on here will 
tell you bartending schools are a rip off and I do somewhat agree with that. I 
went to a bartending school and paid far too much money to learn something I 
could have trained myself on or just worked my way up as a barback. One 
advantage of bartending schools is most, including the one in Ventura (or 
Oxnard) California, will assist you with job placement. Basically what you do 
is call in once a week and they give you a list of places known to be hiring 
and it's up to you to do the rest. Many of the jobs are with hotels but that's 
a start right! 
3) Offer to work for free. I've heard of people offering to work a night or 
even train for free. The philosophy is that the manager will be so empressed 
they will hire you. Not sure how sucessful this approach is.
4) Lie. Pick some bar that closed down, out of town, say you worked there for 
some short time. This is risky because any good manager could probably tell 
someone who has worked in a bar before versus someone who hasn't, but i've 
heard of this trick working before. Experience is everything.
5) What do you look like? Maybe, instead of saying they aren't hiring, they're 
saying that your pony tail or tatoo or beard or whatever is not the look 
they're going for. Appearance means a lot in bartending, more in some 
establishments than in others. Look at the others bartending in the bar/club 
and then yourself and see if there is a big difference. I know this sound bad 
but it is often true. 
These are the best suggestions I have, good luck!
Bryan
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Interested in custom handmade knives? Check out my fathers site at
http://www.mrcalifornia.com/~hjensen 
He would be happy to work with you on creating the perfect knife
to meet your needs.


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