18 YO; how to get a job in the Pub?

Now I'm 18 I can pour pints, don't get such a poor wage and whatever, all the perks :biggrin:

Anyway, Can anyone reccomend tips for getting a job in a local Pub?

erm, happy B'day if it was today or something.
Other than that, make with the friendly with the landlord, and ask nicely if they've got any hours you could work?
Bribery with cake?

Reply 2

SpiritedAway

just go in and ask if they have any jobs going. a friend of mine got hers pub-job there and then when she went in on a busy Saturday night when they knew that they needed extra staff.

Reply 3

Dionysus

Get to know someone on the bar staff. If you just submit a CV they generally put it at the bottom of the pile because they want one of their friends to get a job. Your best bet is to be that friend.

Reply 4

viirkokka

Ally-Beal

erm, happy B'day if it was today or something.
Other than that, make with the friendly with the landlord, and ask nicely if they've got any hours you could work?
Bribery with cake?

Nahh it was a while ago, I'm slow to act on stuff :P Problem is I doubt i'll make friends with the landlords since I find pubs boring as hell. Much prefer clubs/gigs

Reply 5

d0mz

SpiritedAway

just go in and ask if they have any jobs going. a friend of mine got hers pub-job there and then when she went in on a busy Saturday night when they knew that they needed extra staff.

My friend did the same. It was busy, he figured out who the bar manager was, he charmed her a little bit and then asked if she needed any help back there. She offered him a trial for the night, he impressed and has been working there for a year and a half now. But then again he is a natrual people person and really charming to all the customers and a really good looking boy. :rolleyes:

Reply 6

~Ally~

viirkokka

Nahh it was a while ago, I'm slow to act on stuff :P Problem is I doubt i'll make friends with the landlords since I find pubs boring as hell. Much prefer clubs/gigs

Why not try to get a job in a club then? get paid to be there :biggrin:

Reply 7

johnheyes91

some connections would be helpful. me and my mate might work in the local pub cause we know the owner.

Reply 8

viirkokka

Dionysus

Get to know someone on the bar staff. If you just submit a CV they generally put it at the bottom of the pile because they want one of their friends to get a job. Your best bet is to be that friend.

I have a friend working in one of the pubs locally (for a tiny village we have 5/6 pubs.. it was founded by drunks :biggrin:

) and that's about my best chance with that, but she doesn't like the manager there and apparently the pay and expected hours flexibility is bad..

Reply 9

viirkokka

Ally-Beal

Why not try to get a job in a club then? get paid to be there :biggrin:

Haha as good as that'd be there's hardly any clubs nearby :P Bar one with sticky floors and 30+ yo's.. :P

Besides if I was gonna do that I may as well direct porn instead, if that makes sense.

Reply 10

viirkokka

Dionysus

Get to know someone on the bar staff. If you just submit a CV they generally put it at the bottom of the pile because they want one of their friends to get a job. Your best bet is to be that friend.

You think submitting a CV is a good idea for a Pub? 'cause I was gonna waltz in there and be like "yo, biznitches, need a wash gimp?"

Reply 11

Dionysus

I'd try just asking, at which point they'll probably ask for a CV. It's just a formality to ensure you aren't completely stupid or so intelligent you're likely to defraud the business (quite pleased to say I've actually been rejected on those grounds before when I was about 15.)

Reply 12

ohwowpistol

I've got a trial shift at a pub tonight because I literally walked in yesterday lunch said 'Have you got any vacancies?', they then asked for a CV which I gave to them, then asked me to come back tonight :smile:

Reply 13

Aconite

Look in pub windows to see if there are "need staff" signs. That's how I got my job - I just strolled in off the street, asked about the vacancy, and was given the job there and then. I agree that pubs are cliquey, and jobs often go to friends and friends-of-friends, so being totally upfront and confident about asking is probably better than shyly handing over your CV and waiting for them to get back to you.

Reply 14

addagrrr8

Dionysus

nothing to do with the face you were too young to work??

Reply 15

Dionysus

addagrrr8

nothing to do with the face you were too young to work??

Wasn't a bar job, and was few enough hours that it was legal. In fact I later found the pay was so bad, I would have turned down the job anyway. It was in a newsagents, and basically they wanted someone so thick they wouldn't be able to lift the till and get away with it, but someone young enough they could pay them sod all.

Reply 16

stainedglass

I've been working in a pub for over a year and every time someone gets a job it's because they either know current staff and have been 'recommended' or they know the manager via a regular customer. Perhaps this just says something about my manager however.

Your best bet is to ask and have a CV with you to hand in. Be friendly and try to get to know the manager because it doesn't hurt.

Reply 17

Undiscovery

Hmm dunno really. CVs are the only thing I can think of. Use your friend to get you a job? Go into the pubs and chat socially with the managers? The only reason I work on a bar is because I applied for a job aggees ago, they called me in foR a trial shift (initially waitering) about a month later, I did that for about six months, and then they put me behind the bar when I turned 18. There are other jobs that pay much better, I'm sure. I was quite looking forward to moving to the bar as opposed to waitering, but it's not all that fun actually, especially as the functions we do are like...400 people. But if you're in a pub, then I suppose you'll be able to drink on the job and chat to local people, so probably easier and more fun.

Reply 18

andy_cole2

people seem to have a far too glamorous image of pub work / any kind of bar work . It's never that well paid, pulling pints is a pain cos beer and all other forms of alcohol are sticky as **** you have to clean up afterwards you work late etc etc. I got bar work through a catering company so now its on my CV as and when i need it for holiday work etc. You can easily get experience in your uni, if you go, because they take on any form of student, or just arrange to see the manager. There's not much on a CV for a pub job really. if they like how you look and they have gaps your good to go. My friend worked in a pub over xmas even xmas day then a few days after they had their xmas party and the ownesr came to the pub took the monehy from the till and flew off to s. africa. he lost 300 pounds :p:

Reply 19

Groupie

When i got a job at my local i was sat at the bar whinging to the landlord about how i needed money. Worked out quite well. BUT they we're dodgy because they employed me as a waitress when I was 15 and paid cash in hand then ran away a year later with all the money they stole.... ALso meant I cant use them as a reference as they've disappeared and the chef i worked with became a psychic in skegness. Cant even make up that kinda stuff....