Summary
Education
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Sarah Perritt

Bartender
Shreveport,LA

Summary

Professional Bartender with extensive knowledge of spirits and engages customers one-on-one. Friendly, open and committed to building customer base by providing positive service experience. Capable bartender passionate about serving customers well while exceeding customer expectations and maintaining poise and sense of humor in demanding environments. Strong history of exceptional service in night-life establishments.

Education

High School Diploma -

Southwood High School
Shreveport, LA
05.2008

Skills

  • Drink Consistency
  • Measurement Accuracy
  • Safe Food Handling Procedures
  • Cash Handling
  • Guest Satisfaction
  • Suggestive Selling
  • High-Volume Environments
  • Mixed Drinks Preparations
  • Taking Inventory
  • Handling Difficult Customers
  • Bartending License
  • Cash Handling and Management
  • Responsible Serving

Work History

Bartender

Time Out Sport Bar
Shreveport, La
02.2019 - 05.2023
  • Served high customer volumes during special events, nights, and weekends.
  • 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.
  • Adhered to state laws regarding alcoholic beverage services and customer regulations.
  • Upsold menu items to customers, driving up per sale revenues and maximizing profits.
  • Prepared custom drink orders by accurately measuring and mixing house ingredients.
  • Maintained impeccably clean, attractive and well-stocked bar area.
  • Handled simultaneous customer, team, and business needs while avoiding unnecessary delays or errors.

Entertainer

Larry Flynt's Hustler Club
Shreveport, LA
12.2011 - 09.2017
  • money management, human resources management, entrepreneurship;
  • communicate with, manage and retain clients, how to quickly make people feel comfortable and safe, how to read people’s emotions, therapy,, listening skills, networking skills, teamwork, care skills (i.e., dealing with people on drugs), conflict resolution;
  • advertising, building and promoting a brand/image, maintaining image
  • working independently, stress management, booking and organizing a work schedule, self-motivation; and
  • adaptability, creative problem-solving, long-term planning, strategizing to work around criminalization, assertiveness, boundaries, self-confidence, intuition/reading body language/assessing people, and self care.

Head Bartender

Break N Run
Shreveport, LA
06.2009 - 10.2011
  • Performed opening and closing duties, printing sales reports, setting up for incoming shift, preparing cash drawers, and taking inventory.
  • Closed out cash register and prepared cashier report at close of business.
  • Conducted regular inventory count to keep bar and drink supplies stocked, avoiding expensive rush orders.
  • Managed bar at special events, leading team in providing coordinated service for weddings, business meetings and social gatherings.
  • Implemented drink prep procedures, significantly reducing wasted stock.
  • Developed specialty drinks to work with menu changes, sustaining customer interest and solid bar revenue.
  • Served high customer volumes during special events, nights, and weekends.
  • Developed new signature cocktails to support bar marketing brand and increase profits.
  • Upsold menu items to customers, driving up per sale revenues and maximizing profits.
  • Cultivated strong relationships with repeat customers, engaging in friendly conversation and memorizing drink orders to promote loyalty.
  • Completed requisitions to maintain required stock par levels.
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