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Subject: Re: Is it necessary to work as a server/barback first?
From: Cheryl Charming
Posted: Sat Aug 27. 2011, 06:21 UTC
Followup to: "Is it necessary to work as a server/barback first?"  by CocktailKitty2  (Thu Aug 25. 2011, 05:11 UTC)
> I am a graduate of an excellent bartending school and I have been 
> freelancing since then, though looking for a more permanent 
> restaurant/lounge position.  It seems that these are hard to find 
> though; I have been told more than once that bartenders reach the bar 
> after putting their time in as a server or barback.
> 
> I am wondering if this is true, if this is the only way to get a job 
> starting out?  Our school instructors insist that it isn't, but it 
> helps to know if this is the way things are usually done in the real 
> world.
> 
> If so, I would be happy to take a barback position if I thought I 
> could easily move up to where I really want to be.  
> 
> By the way, I am also a mixologist and getting ready to sit for 
> certification, so I don't know if this helps or not.
> 
> Thanks!

Read these links:
http://www.misscharming.com/bartender/become-a-bartender.html
http://www.misscharming.com/bartender/tipshintsecrets.htm


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