F&B Manager for Rooftop Hotel Lounge

Allow me to introduce myself, I’m the food and beverage manager of your dreams. I’m ready to be a rockstar for your rooftop lounge and heat up your venue. I have a passion for the hospitality industry, especially hotel bars. I’ve had 5 years experience in the bar industry, and I’ve gotten guys to buy over 500 drinks for me in that timeframe. How’s that? It’s because I know how to work the bar, even if I don’t work for the bar.

I’ve worked my moves at some of the most high volume bars in downtown Chicago and I always manage to get someone to buy me a drink. I’ve got a great rapport with clientele and an excellent repeat buyer ratio. Retention is always important because once you get the first drink you have to follow through to make sure that patron buys more drinks for you.

I also know the layout of a full bar very well, and even though I’ve never paid for a drink I’ve ordered everything from Campari to Chateauneuf-du-Pâpe.

I’ve also got amazing mathematical skills, as I’ve helped many of my clients calculate a 20% tip. I’ll let you in on my trick: you move the decimal one space to the left and multiply it by two. Put those phone calculators away boys, I know math!

I can tell you’re skeptical of my ability to work a very hip downtown bar, but I know nightlife like no other. I can always tell which guys are married and which ones are looking to pay for sex, and then adjust my strategy accordingly to always get the drink that I want. The married guys don’t wear rings so you can find out if they have a family by asking what they drive; if it’s a Ford or a Volvo or something like that they’re totally married and you should appeal to their masculine side. If they drive a trashy expensive car like a Jaguar they’re looking for a hooker so you should play hard to get until they start spending money on drinks.

I’ve always had a passion for the hotel industry and have had many great one-night stands in hotels. All of the hotel staff know me by now because I leave them tips so they won’t give me dirty looks. I’m great at managing people in the service industry, I even got one guy to let me in the pool at the Palmer House by flirting with him last summer. It was so nice!

I know you’re pretty impressed by my abilities but I want to assure you that I’m completely humble and a real team player. I love to work with people, even if I’m competing with them to get guys to buy me drinks. I think it’s important to develop good relationships with your peers because they’ll definitely give you the heads up on which guys are stingy and will order you a drink then not pay for it. How tacky is that? Not I! With me it’s 100% class.

I can’t wait for an interview, how about we talk over drinks? Your treat?

Best Regards,
Zack Eliasz

Manager of Sales for a Major Retailer

Are you looking for someone confident, experienced, and personable to increase revenue and establish efficient staff protocols? Of course you are! However, what you may not know is that I'm the person to deliver these results for you. Let me tell you why.

I have outstanding leadership skills. I can lead anyone anywhere. I often convince tourists that I know my way around a neighborhood, even if I don't. Then I usually lead them to somewhere they weren't looking to go and once we get there I convince them that is where they really wanted to go. It may be true that the customer is always right, but management always knows best. And I know how to manage the expectations of those I lead. I also have extensive experience directing sales professionals. I frequent your downtown Chicago store and give clear, detailed, and effective directions for finding the clothes that I'm looking for. And I always get what I want, I have a 100% satisfaction rate with everything that I buy.

But how can I drive sales, and exceed yearly projections? Let me tell you! I used to work in the bread industry as a barista for Cosi, and people often ordered things that I didn't feel like making or would take too long to make. Everybody thinks they want caramel and whipped cream and little bits of chocolate sprinkled on top of their coffee drinks. But deep down I know that every person, every single person, wants a skim vanilla latte. So, I made skim vanilla lattes for everyone. And I know you think you know where this story is going, but prepare to be surprised! Because I wasn't using 90% of the materials at the barista station I cut costs and sped up the efficiency of the station by about four billion percent. At first, people were upset about not getting what they ordered, but I always made sure to explain to them why they actually wanted a skim vanilla latte. I not only convinced customers to drink what I made for them, I convinced them to order it again! Skim vanilla lattes were up two million percent and became the number one most popular item on the menu. And if I can do that with milk and espresso, imagine what I can do with designer jeans!

You owe it to yourself to hire someone as dynamic, revolutionary, and inspired as I am. And you owe it to me to call back for an interview.

I'm looking forward to being the best Sales Manager you've ever hired!

Best Regards,

Zack Eliasz