Getting jobs in bartending, club promoter and night life, how hard is it?

[Indian Race Troll (IRT)]

One of the most common pieces of advice that gets thrown in when you ask about how to build the partying and wild sex lifestyle is getting a job as a bartender but it seems like a lot of guys want these kinds of jobs. Back in my college days, bartending jobs ONLY went to pledge leaders of fraternities and sorority sisters in general.

If you want to get a job in the nightlife scene as a bartender at a place that attracts a lot of hot girls like say Las Vegas, New York City, Tempe, Tallahassee, or just about any place known for having a high concentration of attractive women and a great nightlife scene; how hard would it be?

 

[Franco]

Proactivity,

To add to what radeng mentioned, Anatman actually got hired in San Diego without knowing anyone. However, he played it smartly by attending one of the actual bars he wanted to work at and talking to bartenders there in person. It shows that you're socially keen and not afraid of speaking to strangers, which are two important aspects to becoming a bartender. It puts him way ahead of all the people who sent in applications by e-mail.

At the same time, you're going to want to already have some experience. At the very least, you'll probably want to take a bartending class if you've never bartended before so that you have both experience and credibility. If you can work at a bar at a restaurant or something first (which is usually a lot less competitive), then that helps immensely as well.

Once you're in the industry, it's much easier to hop from bartending job to bartending job. You'll usually meet all of the other bartenders and higher-ups in the nightlife scene during your first gig, so all you need to do is network at that point to move yourself around.

- Franco

 

[Indian Race Troll (IRT)]

Then I must also ask this, a lot of bartenders and club promoters, do they do that job for a living or is it possible to do it as a sidejob? Like Franco, I've seen you mention that you work with computers or something along those lines, could you do bartending on the side?

 

[Franco]

Proactivity,

Then I must also ask this, a lot of bartenders and club promoters, do they do that job for a living or is it possible to do it as a sidejob? Like Franco, I've seen you mention that you work with computers or something along those lines, could you do bartending on the side?

Could I? Probably... but would I want to? I don't think so.

At that point, it probably depends on the person. You could certainly attempt to do both at the same time, but working all week at a tech job and then having to work late hours at a bar on the weekend sounds pretty taxing to me. But maybe you can handle it.

Only you can answer that question, really!

- Franco

 

[Zoro]

Many places will hire bartenders from within their already employed staff.

So one way is to start as a host/server/barback at a place you like and work you're way up. Let them know you want to be behind the bar and work your butt off to out do the competition.