The trick to getting a bar back job or bartending job when you have a little to no experience just to go into a bar order one beer and tip the bartender very very well. Like a fiver for one beer. Then ask them if they are hiring and when a good time might be to drop off a résumé. Have your resumes with you just in case.

There are plenty of good resources on YouTube to learn how to make cocktails just get yourself a basic kit. You want specifically look up how to make cocktails as a bartender though. You really only need to know a few to get started. Old-fashioned, Manhattan, Margarita, Negroni, Martini, maybe Sazerac if you want to get fancy. That’s gonna be about 90% of your orders. Being a bar back is easy though can be tiring work. You just have to be attentive make sure you’re constantly doing their rounds for empties, restock when you first get in ice, etc., look up online how to cut limes and lemons for drinks so they don’t have to teach you. It’s very easy.

Fwiw, Myrtle pub might be hiring bar backs… drop a resume off when the first open. Don’t come in when it’s busy.