Job on Board - Bartender

We all know that the Hotel and Tourism Industry right now speaks jobs! With the potential of the industry to generate jobs, it is a good thing for one to know what are needed by the establishments and what is the work of the jobs at hand.

For a possible bartender, here are the details:

Task:

• Serves alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages behind a bar in a pub, club, tavern or similar establishments;
• Take payment from customers;
• Maintain the liquor, garnishes glassware and other supplies or inventory for the bar;
• Serve food to customers;
• Keep the bar area clean.

Education and Training:

• High school graduate;
• Training on Food and Beverage handling and salient legal issues in serving beverages and tobacco.
• Bartending 

Skill and Competency Requirements:

• Knowledge of laws and regulations on the minimum requirements in serving alcoholic beverage, cocktail recipes, proper attire and conduct;
• On-the-job training by observing and working with more experienced Bartenders.

Physical Attributes and Characteristics

• Neat, friendly and enjoy talking with customers;
• Proper attire, good grooming and a good conduct is a must.

Salary/Compensation

•  Entry level P8,000-9,000 per month
• Customer's Tips

Career Advancement

• Supervisory jobs as dining room supervisor and/or maitre d' hotel.

Employment Opportunities

• High demand for well-trained Filipino front-liners in the Tourism Industry abroad.

Jobs On Board is a series of occupational briefs which aims to provide information on hard-to-fill and highly-in-demand occupations. It contains such information as the nature of the job, its education and competency requirements, earnings, employment and job outlook. This occupational brief is taken from the Occupational Brief No. 1, from the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).  

Understanding "Career"

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Career, what is it?

The dictionary defines career as this:

An occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress.

But you can never say that your present work is your career because there are careers other than your work. Some mothers consider mothering as a career but they are not paid to do it but because they have been living that for years and they love it. Career to a mother means a significant day to day job even if does not receive any remuneration for what she does.

As a young professional, a career is actually a choice of what you perceive to do when you graduate from school. Some choose to be a doctor and some choose to become lawyers thus paving way to subjects leading them to becoming lawyers. Some like number and they choose to get college diplomas leading them to become Certified Public Accountants.

You see, a career is something you love doing, and it must be something you have been enjoying doing for a significant time. Some define a career as a course of progress in a life, and I believe it is so. If one gets to progress because of a certain job, then that means a career.

There are so many careers, and as a young jobseeker, you need to check your choices and what you really want to get the career you really want.

What to do?

Ask yourself what you really want, what work will make you happy, and what your expectations are when you get to it. If you are happy with your answers, then taking a course leading to that job you want will mean a career for you. You only have to choose well!

Career Guidance for Young Professionals

There are a lot of opportunities for our Filipino youth. Some may say there are no jobs for the young professionals, but fret now, we have a lot and Department of Labor and Employment's logo of More Than Jobs says it all. There are abundant career choices, here and abroad.

But yes, despite these multiple opportunities, most Filipinos still do not have jobs because there is a high incidence of unemployment among our youth.

There are times when we see long lines of applicants looking for a job and only to be rejected after the interview. We still wonder why there are more classified ads on the newspapers and dailies, and yet, why the clamor for the lack of jobs?

Well, unemployment does not mean the lack of jobs but it may be the result of a job and skills mismatch, inappropriate job skills and the lack of qualifications so to speak.

This career guide is for our young professionals. This will help the young professionals, even the out of school youths, young Filipino jobseekers, and even our unemployed adults to look for the perfect career they will have to tread.

In this blog, I will be posting tips on career guidance, tips for looking for a job, interview tips, and even business tips for the young businessmen of our country. Please visit this blog for more of your career guidance tips and for other guides for the young jobseekers to sell themselves to employers.

I myself, had a long journey to looking for a PERFECT CAREER, but when it came, I knew it was the best for me.

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