Finding a good Bartending School is for most an extremely rewarding investment and a good step to a fulfilling career. Bartenders who work at some of the hottest clubs in the country can make anything from $400-$600 a night, which is more than enough to live off and you would only have to work a couple of nights a week to have a decent lifestyle.
Many of you out there in drinking land think "oh I can do that, thats easy" so they enroll in a bartending school and think it is all just pouring drinks - easy work, right?.....WRONG!!! If you have ever really watched a bartender at work then you will notice that it takes a lot of concentration to deal with that many orders while still keeping the crowds happy and maintaining a bar. But being in a good company of people, hearing the best music on the charts and meeting some new and interesting people is worth all the effort that is put in.
When checking out the various bartending schools, it is advisable to try the schools that have job placement assistance, as well as this, another key factor to choosing the right bartending school is to looking for the schools that have been in business the longest and have the best reputation, you do not want a school that is just willy nilly in there training.
Being a bartender is more than just pouring drinks, you have to first know the different liquor measurements, the various liquors and liqueurs and if you run out what would be good as substitute, cocktail knowledge, like the difference between a Mai Tai and a Cosmopolitan and various little bi laws, but you will learn all that at bartending school.
Bartending is really 80% personality and 20% Knowledge, making people feel welcome, providing efficient, friendly and professional service and its always good to be the life of the party! One thing I have noticed about bartenders is the more confident you are about any kind of bartending, the more tips you will get, because people love to be entertained, flattered or left astonished.
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