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The Bartender's Blog
Tuesday, 13 February 2007
bartending jobs
Bartending isn’t quite as easy as it is made out. Acquiring a license is only step 1, within the intricate process of obtaining a bartending job. There are certain perceptions people in general have of bartenders, it is expected they should possess a certain aura, a persona if you like that is friendly but not overly confident witty and all knowing. But in all honesty true bartending job requires that a bartender be able to work under a lot of scrutiny and quite alot of the time, hard environments.

Think of it this way being called upon by numerous people, screaming shouting various brands of liquor. One of the keys to a bartending job is personality, but at the same time he has to be able to perform and sell liquor and to be able to make any drink promptly to a professional standard.

Bartender jobs in the inner city are as common as the air we breathe, but in saying this some people still have a hard time find such opportunities. It’s not really because you aren’t able to do the job, its mainly about face presenting yourself well and getting noticed for all the good things.

Posted by mario at 5:09 PM EST
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Tuesday, 24 April 2007 - 2:45 PM EDT

Name: Mr B. Ourbon

Mario, love the site!

It's refreshing to find so much useful information in one place. Your style is truly eloquent. While researching the perfect stool for my lard-arsed clientele, to suit a substantial customer base, I couldn't help but notice that you neglected to mention a fundamental part of the bartending career structure; being asked to leave your job due to molestation and harrassment of colleagues. This is not something to fear, however, as in the inner city, bartending jobs are as common as the air we breathe. Onwards and upwards! With best wishes for your eloquent retirement,

Your First Commenter

Wednesday, 9 May 2007 - 3:11 AM EDT

Name: mario

Thanks for the feedback about http://www.marios-bar.com posts!

Thursday, 1 October 2009 - 12:14 AM EDT

Name: "BlazinBartender"
Home Page: http://www.bartending-license.com/bartending-classes-di

Did you know that you don't even need a bartender's license to be a bartender although it helps!  But not even the best school could've prepared these bartenders from the crazy stories that I published in this blog post...

Thursday, 14 January 2010 - 10:01 AM EST

Name: "Purg"
Home Page: http://www.cheatsheetpublishing.com

A lot of truth to this article.  Too many other articles talk about how you can make a grand per night....bartending has its own school or hard knocks...

Sunday, 7 February 2010 - 11:55 PM EST

Name: "Bad link"

This website has bad links in it, look at the source, why is it pointing to http://personal-development.com/images/clearpixel.gif which is a bad link?  What the hell?

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