Students and full time workers throughout the Maryland,Washington DC, and Virginia region have found bartending jobs as one of the best part time job opportunities around. We are intimately aware of this having operated the Professional Bartending School, located just outside of Washington DC for the last 38 years
Bartending jobs often make the perfect part-time job. Usually work is in the evening. Employers are happy to hire part-time employees for this type of work. It has been an industry norm for decades. The work is usually fun and it isn't difficult. (When it gets difficult it means you are busy and probably earning more!)
Bartenders can be found at restaurants, bars, clubs, hotels, country clubs, at the airports, and can work for caterers. After gaining experience many of our grads have a flourishing bartending/catering business. More and more of them have repeat customers.
We have aggressively advertised to thousands of bartending employers for decades. These constant reminders turn up hundreds of current new bartending opportunities each year. We constantly refresh these leads for graduates who have access to them at all times. The most important thing we do for our grads is to regularly turn up these valuable part-time and full time bartending jobs throughout the region. As of January 2007 we have over 128 bartending job leads throughout Maryland, DC, and Virginia; including part-time and full time positions!
Within this region you need to be 21 or older to bartend in Virginia, Washington DC, and parts of Maryland. Certain counties within Maryland allow bartenders to work at 18 and above. Among these counties are Prince Georges and Montgomery County, the two counties that are adjacent to Washington DC. It is true though, that while people can bartend at 18 and above in various counties in Maryland, not all employers will hire at that age, with some wanting their bartenders to be 21 or older.
Clearly older college students and graduate students find this to be one of the best part-time jobs in the region. In fact there are probably thousands of attorneys in the Washington DC metro area that partially paid their way through regional law schools by bartending in Georgetown and throughout the Washington DC region. This has occurred for decades.
Starting times for different types of establishments vary significantly. Restaurants will often want their evening shift bartenders to be on site by 4:30 -5:00 PM or close to that time. This can make it more difficult for workers with 9-5 jobs. On the other hand there are many establishments with large or multiple bars on premise that will bring in their evening bartenders at different hours to accommodate late night crowds.
As mentioned above catering is an alternative that many people don't consider. The region has dozens of caterers, large and small that staff events all year long. By example on one weekend in March 2006 we personally staffed a corporate event with a combination of 10 bartenders/servers from amongst our grads and additionally notified grads of up to 45 bartending positions for a major event at the DC convention center. During the December holiday season it is not unusual to have caterers require well over 100 bartenders every weekend.
Bartending salaries at restaurants, bars, clubs, and hotels are similar to waitstaff salaries and are quite low. It is anticipated that the bartenders will make most of their earnings through tips. Tip earnings range all over the map. We are aware of grads earning minimal amounts such as $20/night while there are other nights we see grads earning over $1,000. The more typical ranges are from $50-400/night. Obviously it varies dramatically from establishment to establishment and from night to night.
One of the best things to consider, though, is that it doesn't take much experience to move from slow places to busier places and increase your earnings dramatically.
Our school provides hands-on training in a fully built out bar. We teach over 100 popular and classic drink recipes and enable the students to practice in an entirely realistic environment. On top of that we provide a national certification on alcohol management that employers often demand, customer service training and thorough instruction on alcohol.
Possibly the most rewarding part of this program is to receive referrals from a wide variety of employers and further referrals from past grads who enjoyed and profited by the experience.
» left by Anonymous (2 years 277 days ago.)
This has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with part time bartending jobs in MD, DC, and VA. All it talks about is the school. I don't need a school, I need a job. Please update this info to be more relative to the key word search. Respond to this comment
» left by Thanavan(2,768) (2 years 277 days ago.)
Thanks for the response and sorry you were so disappointed. We think the article has information about both the industry and the school. You might be interested to know three things: We advertise to thousands of employers in the region and regularly get hundreds/possibly thousands of specific bartending job leads directly into the school for our grads. Secondly, the majority of our grads/students have full time jobs and are looking for part time work. Using our leads and methods many of them find this kind of work all across the region. We invite people into the school to see both the current volume of leads and who is getting work and where. Thirdly, some people have been curious about bartending as a potential part-time job and visited the school to learn about the possibilities. We are always happy to help them or at least inform them about the industry. They ultimately make up their own minds if they want to take our program or not.
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