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Bartender cover letter: example and tips
A complete cover letter for bartender jobs in Switzerland, what recruiters in the field look for, and the openings available right now.
What the recruiter wants to read
- Your bar experience: type of venue, cocktails, specialty coffee, volume.
- Your product knowledge (spirits, wines, beers) and speed during service.
- How you are with guests and your availability in the evening and at weekends.
A complete example
Names and facts are made up: replace each one with your own. A copied letter shows, an adapted one gets read.
Subject: Application for the bartender position
Dear Mr Darbellay,
Your cocktail bar is looking for a bartender. I have worked behind the bar for five years, three of them in a cocktail bar, and your menu of creations made with Swiss products prompted me to write.
At Bar du Théâtre, I make up to 200 cocktails a night at weekends, handle spirits orders and stock, and create three cocktails for the menu each season. I have trained as a barista and in spirits, and I train new colleagues.
The way you work with products from local distilleries is what I love about this job.
I am available from 1 February, evenings and weekends, and would gladly come in for a trial evening.
Kind regards,
Lucas Ferreira
The structure, paragraph by paragraph
The opening
the job, and what draws you to this particular employer.
What you bring
two or three requirements from the listing, each backed by a fact.
Why them
what you know about the employer and what the job would give you.
The close
when you can start, and a request for an interview.
Our cover letter guide covers the Swiss layout, the sign-off and the mistakes that cost an interview.
Bartender openings right now
There are 14 openings in this field across Switzerland today, 6 of them posted in the last seven days.
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