Want to find a part-time bar job but already have a desk job, what if they ask me for a CV

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Hi there,
Hope it is not a weird situation. I want to work part time in a bar/pub as I really miss the interaction with people (being WFH alone for almost 3 years), and I do like making cocktails and pulling a pint (was bartending at uni during weekend. I had great time and made so many friends.). So I want to find a part time bar/pub job. However, most of them ask for a CV which my desk job CV is totally irrelevant. How cab I get over this hurdle and find a part time bar/pub job. I live in London if it matters.

Any suggestion welcome. Thank you very much in advance.

Easy. Make a bar job CV where your bar experience is at the top, extend the dates by a bit if you can to make this experience more relevant, play it up as much as you can.

Below under previous experience put the other work.

I have CVs for a few areas that I work in and I just treat the current role as priority and then put all my other roles underneath to show I've got a complete work history.

At the top I put the tagline as "experienced bar staff seeking new part-time opportunity' or 'experienced medical secretary seeking full-time role"

Etc. etc.

@milkmaiden - this is very useful and detailed advice. Will do the cv this weekend. Thank you very much.

I've recently had similar - I have done a few shifts for a temporary second job. HMRC sent a letter having calculated the temp shifts as if I was to be full time employed on top of the original job. They then adjusted the tax code (as I think if I had been earning 2 X full time salaries I've be nudged into higher tax band). I just went online and corrected the estimated income from the second job and they had it all sorted and put back on the correct tax code within a couple of days.

Yes, I think that was it. They thought the job was full time on top of her normal full time job…

I was a registered professional by day and worked in a pub in the evenings. I got the job whilst chatting to the land lord, complaining I was broke because he'd taken all my money ( in exchange for beer). I asked if he'd employ me to redress the balance. I started 5 days later!

Every job I've applied for I've tweaked my CV a little to make it fit that role a little better.
Just re desk job; some 'day' jobs want to know if you have a second job in case of conflict if interest etc - if I did this I'd have to declare to my current employer. I would just check this with your desk job boss/HR

If you read a few Bar Staff ads, they are all basically looking for the same qualities. positive can-do attitude, confident, warm and welcoming personality and good communication skills.

You probably need/use those in your desk job to, so you have transferable skills, plus previous bar work experience. You seem like a good candidate to me.

@MuthaHubbard - thank you so much for the reminder.
My desk job is very different from the bar job so don't think there will be conflict of interest. I am main purpose is to have more human interactions which is serious lacking for an extrovert like me. It is for my mental health really.
London can be a very lonely city.