PUB & BAR Pubs and bars are
sociable workplaces with great team camaraderie;
they are also fantastic places
to build a career. It’s easy to find a venue that suits your career aspirations, whether that’s a buzzing drinks-led bar where you can learn to mix cocktails,
a food-focused pub offering incredible meals with wine pairings and great service levels, or a community venue where you can get to know the locals.
The roles available are as varied as the
range of venues: from chefs to hosts, waiters, bar staff, and managers up to head office positions. Large groups such as Mitchells & Butlers, Fuller’s and Greene King as well as smaller operators such as Peach pub group, Oakman Inns and Chestnut Group offer great training programmes and opportunities to develop across properties. Best of all, whether you work in a bar for a summer or a few years or build your career there, you’ll learn skills, such as being able to interact confidently with customers and adapt to busy work environments, that will stand you in good stead wherever life takes you.
Georgia Price, training manager, Oakman Inns
“I left school with good A Levels but I didn’t really know what I wanted to do. I didn’t want to go to university, but I wanted to do something that was hands on. So I ended up working in a local village pub, and then that became my full-time job. I fell in love with the industry and the people and the experiences that it creates. I started in a standard bartender role and then progressed to have more responsibilities. “Oakmann Inns is where I
got my big break. Within three
years of starting with them, I had become the youngest general manager in the company, having taken on my own site aged 21. “At pubs, you meet all walks of
life. It’s also where I’ve learnt to read people and read the room. It’s such a transferable skill. You can talk to people, you can crisis manage, time manage – all those different things that you just don’t even realise you are doing. I think that’s why I love it. I think everyone should work in a pub
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at one point in their life just to have that experience. “If anyone is deciding between pubs and bars, I would say bars can be a bit more high pressure and fast-paced, so if you’ve never done hospitality before, pubs would be the easiest way to get in. That said, there’s something for everyone. It just depends if you want to be a mixologist and absolutely smash out those cocktails on a Friday night, or you want to be serving the best produce at a gastropub.”
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