Year: 2023

“Before I started this course there wasn’t much to my knowledge of bartending or anything to do with hospitality but with the help of the great people at Springboard – that all changed. I wasn’t doing much of anything before I began the course. I was just trying to get a job anywhere without any luck, so I decided to go on this course to help improve my knowledge of bartending. It all started with a 2 day introduction to what the course has to offer and to get to know all the people I was getting to know over the 3 weeks. This also served as a thinking opportunity to see If I wanted to stay on and continue with the 3 weeks, which I obviously did.

The course involved tours of a hotel and a great cocktail making session to know all the ins and outs of making cocktails and how to be a good bartender. Also, there was a good session on how to be a waiter and how to make peoples food and drinks order. There were also a few sessions online about how to present your CV and how to make it look good for an employer.

There was a whole morning dedicated to your interview skills and a mock interview to see what needs improving in regard to your interview skills. When the course ended everyone got a placement week in a company in which they are most interested in. I wanted something to do with bartending and Springboard got me a placement week in The Ivy Collection. Towards the end of my third day the head bar manager pulled me to the side and offered me a job their full time because of my attitude to the staff and the customers.

Overall I would highly recommend this course to anyone who with any interest in hospitality as it covers all the bases in the field.”