I just graduated from ABC bartending school . Now what do I do ?

Question

I just graduated from ABC bartending school and did great. I have my resume and no experience working in the food and beverage industry and over 10 years working in customer service in a corporate america setting. How can I break into this competative field. Someone out there tell me what to do step by step and please speak from real experience not theory. The only thing I will not do is work as a butlet, waiter, boss boy, or anything other than bartending. Tell me how to get a bartending job or a position that leads to bartending.

Answer 1

lie on your resume.

Answer 2

I don't know about either, but my advice would be to save your money. I've been tending bar in NY for 10 years, and have never been asked for any sort of "certifications". Once you find a job at a bar, you'll learn more in one week than you will in any class. Social skills are far more important than how many drink recipes you can memorize. The best school is the bar/club it's self, get out there and watch how the people who are getting paid do it. I'm not trying to sound negative, you just may save some time and money... if you like people (even drunk ones) it can be a fun and lucrative career. -Good Luck

Answer 3

How close do you live to any of the Casinos? I understand that the Mississippi Gulf Coast is hiring left & right. With so many that were displaced because of the hurricane in 2005, they are begging for people to come there to work.

Answer 4

Be prepared to serve before being promoted to the bar. As a restaurant manager, I don't hire bartenders off the street, particularly without experience. Sure, you know recipes, but you don't know how to work in a restaurant, and you still have to learn my restaurants recipes. Additionally, there's generally a line of tenured servers waiting for their shot in the bar.

Answer 5

doesn't the school have job placement? that would have been my first question