Beth Giles
Bellingham,WA
Summary
- Quality-oriented professional with 20+ years of experience in high stress environment.
- A proven knowledge of event management, promotions, and public affairs.
- Friendly Bartender with exceptional beer knowledge and people skills. Keep work area clean, stocked and conveniently organized at all times. Successful in delivering quality service in fast-paced environments with high-volumes of patrons.
- Proactive and goal-oriented professional with excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Known for reliability and adaptability, with swift capacity to learn and apply new skills. Committed to leveraging these qualities to drive team success and contribute to organizational growth.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Bartender
McKay's Taphouse
07.2023 - 05.2024
- Performed opening and closing duties, printing sales reports, setting up for incoming shift, preparing cash drawers, and taking inventory.
- Followed alcohol awareness procedures for preventing excessive guest intoxication.
- Handled simultaneous customer, team, and business needs while avoiding unnecessary delays or errors.
- Obtained cash bank and stocked service bar to prepare for operation.
- Kept bar presentable and well-stocked to meet customer needs.
- Adhered to state laws regarding alcoholic beverage services and customer regulations.
- Organized bar inventory and storage procedures to keep stock within optimal levels and meet expected customer demands.
- Served high customer volumes during special events, nights, and weekends.
- Assisted with inventorying beverage stock and bar supplies.
- Tracked bar stock levels and promptly replenished low materials to prevent shortages.
- Built relationships with vendors to manage orders and negotiate costs.
- Cultivated strong relationships with repeat customers, engaging in friendly conversation and memorizing drink orders to promote loyalty.
- Practiced safe work habits, wearing protective equipment and consistently following MSDS and OSHA standards.
- Upheld strict regulations for safe alcohol service and food safety.
- Verified drinking age requirements of customers by carefully reviewing photo identification.
- Maintained impeccably clean, attractive and well-stocked bar area.
- Used extensive knowledge of beer, wine and spirits to make informed recommendations to customers.
- Regularly cleaned and sanitized bar area, beer lockers, refrigeration and storage areas.
Trivia Host
TRIVIA BY BEHTH
03.2018 - 05.2024
- Respectful and maintain professional approach to all staff of restaurant partners and guests
- Knowledgeable and able to use simple PA systems
- Works the crowd and keep the evening going
- Well balanced and articulate communication skills
- High Energy
- Working in a loud bar environment
- People person
Engine Boss
TRIVIA BY BEHTH
04.2001 - 09.2021
- Serve as a working leader of an engine, hand, helicopter, or prescribed fire crew of three or more firefighters
- Communicate fire details to superiors, subordinates, or interagency dispatch centers, using two-way radios
- Maintain fire suppression equipment in good condition, checking equipment periodically to ensure that it is ready for use
- Evaluate size, location, and condition of forest fires and request and dispatch crews and position equipment so fires can be contained safely and effectively
- Operate wildland fire engines or hoselays
- Direct and supervise prescribed burn projects and prepare postburn reports, analyzing burn conditions and results
- Identify staff training and development needs to ensure that appropriate training can be arranged
- Maintain knowledge of forest fire laws and fire prevention techniques and tactics
- Perform administrative duties, such as compiling and maintaining records, completing forms, preparing reports, or composing correspondence
- Review and evaluate employee performance
Driver
Fed Ex
11.2008 - 04.2013
- Obey traffic laws and follow established traffic and transportation procedures
- Load and unload trucks, vans, or automobiles
- Verify the contents of inventory loads against shipping papers
- Read maps and follow written or verbal geographic directions
- Drive vehicles with capacities under three tons to transport materials to and from specified destinations, such as railroad stations, plants, residences, offices, or within industrial yards
Education
High School Diploma -
LA GRANDE HIGH
La Grande, OR06.2001
Skills
- Computer skills
- People Skills
- Problem Solving Abilities
- Health codes compliance
- Bar restocking
- Menu design
- Maintaining a clean bar
- Cash and credit transactions
- Customer service expertise
- Service-oriented mindset
- Outstanding customer service
- Food running
- Changing beer kegs
- Identification verification
- Anticipating guest needs
- Excellent judgment
- Handling difficult customers
- Outgoing personality
Certification
- Cicerone beer server certification
- Class 12 Mixologist Permit
Timeline
Bartender
McKay's Taphouse
07.2023 - 05.2024
Trivia Host
TRIVIA BY BEHTH
03.2018 - 05.2024
Driver
Fed Ex
11.2008 - 04.2013
Engine Boss
TRIVIA BY BEHTH
04.2001 - 09.2021
High School Diploma -
LA GRANDE HIGH
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