Miss Charming has it right. In over 14 years in the bartending business I have yet to meet anyone who graduated (or admitted to graduting) from a bartending school actually work behind a bar. Unfortunately most of these places are just scams and trying to take your money. Therefore managers don't put much stock in them.

You do, however, need a great resume. If you check out Miss Charmings resume service you will see what a great bartending resume looks like.

There are some great strategies to overcome the catch-22 of "I can't get a job without experience and I can't get experience without a job."

I've summarized lots of these with articles written on hubpages.com under the author name the publican. I also have a more comprehensive newsletter and program available on how to get bartending jobs. Check it out at http://getabartendingjob.com

Sorry, I should have made it easy to link to those sites.

Here are the links to Hubpages

and

How to Get Bartending Jobs

Good Luck