Jeffrey
New Braunfels,#2Author of original report
Fri, December 16, 2005
I spoke with the President of Professional Bartending Schools of America. (Roger) and he says that he will talk to the school to see why they are not helping the students. He also claims that they are selling an education, not job placement. Those of us that have talked about our experience all felt that job placement was a part of the package. We dont feel like handing someone a list of bars in the area counts as job placement. (we all have a copy of the yellow pages) Here is some information from pbsa.com that explains the job placement program: Local Job Placement Program: Every one of our bartending schools offer local job placement assistance to all of our graduates. Upon graduation, the graduate may report to the job placement office for one-on-one job placement assistance. Our Job Placement Director works very hard to help each student find the job that they are looking for. Our schools have achieved a nationwide job placement rate of over 90% over the last five years. During this placement interview, our placement director will fill out a graduate profile card that helps us keep the graduates wants and needs handy. Our placement director will work to determine what type of bar the graduate wishes to work at. The placement director will recommend bars from our current list of available jobs to the student. In addition, the placement director calls students with new job openings as they come in to the school if they meet the student's requirements. Our job placement director is responsible for maintaing a current list of job openings for our students. Bar owners and managers regularly call our schools when they have an opening for a bartender. In addition, our staff makes regular calls to bars and restaurants to help them meet their staffing needs. Our services are free to bars and restaurants, and we work very hard to help them meet their staffing goals. Our bartending schools are very proud of the great bartending jobs our graduates have received. Our Graduates on-the-job pages show hundreds of pictures of our graduates working behind some of the best bars in the country. We routinely go to bars to see our graduates in action and meet with the bar managerment. As you compare bartending schools on the internet, check to see if they show pictures of graduates on the job or simply talk about. It's a lot of work for us to call on our grads as they tend bar, but our students and bar manager really appreciate it! Whether you want to work at a friendly neighborhood bar where everyone knows your name, or the fanciest hot spot downtown, we'll try hard to find the right bar for you. Our job placement director takes a personal interest in each student while they are in our school and understands that each student has a different need. --------------- Now you tell me if they should so more than furnish a list of bars in the community that may or may not be hiring.
Sean
Portland,#3Consumer Comment
Fri, December 16, 2005
I went through the same thing as you. Read my report on "The Bartending Academy". It's a shame how these people are able to get away with all this. The bartending academy's excuse to my not finding a job was because I obviously had a poor attitude. Of course I was in a bad mood dealing with these guys when after 2 months of searching I couldn't find anything. And yes, this place went through the paper for job placement as well. Best thing you can do is talk to bartenders, and get your name out that way. Good luck with bartending and with College.