Build that resume!! Thats the key! Like lance said, EMT, Dispatcher, Loss Prevention, Security at a High profile facility (preferably Non-contract security) or Campus Police.
Blueknight, don't get discouraged - keep at it!! I've been in the same boat as you, had the training and cert.'s but not enough "experience". So, I started as an Auxiliary, then as a Special Police Officer for a town, Then Campus Police, and then onto part-time patrolman for a town. I also worked full-time in Loss Prevention Management (which gave me experience dealing with some emergencies, report writing, apprehensions, interpersonal skills, investigation and court time and my success demonstrated my skills) and then moving on to working at Mass. General in Boston.
I'm still working on the FT position, but I'm chipping away by continuing to add training to my resume, I go to every training class I can to help myself be sharper on the street and valuable to my department. The PD I work for now is AWESOME, truly a great Chief and great fellow Officers, it really is a blessing. All in due time for a FT position, for now I'll work the couple shifts a week and enjoy the details :wink: $$$$$ while working a Full-time job (MGH) also.
Bouncer? no, no, no... Bouncer is like calling yourself a professional Bully... granted you might not be, but in general that job has a BAD rapport. Working at MGH, I've seen more people come in fucked up by bouncers than people involved in fights with other patrons. The EMT's and BPD are aware of which clubs' bouncers tend to have more "victims" or "accidents". Like Jeep said, go with the 'host' title and play off the people skills. I know a few guys that work as a "Bouncer", and they are NOT "bullies", but thats part-time work for them, they also have FT Jobs and would not normally put that on their resume unless applying for another bouncer position. If its a part-time position - forget you ever worked it... put it on the background portion when you get to it, but leave it off the resume. As a Loss Prevention Manager I hired guys that worked as Bouncers, but they did not have it on their Resume as they did that on the side or started "Bouncing" after I hired them. Usually the guys that put "Bouncer" on their resume are the guys you DON'T want to hire. Putting it on your resume makes you look like a "die-hard" for being a brute... but if you don't put it on there and just mention it as a side/part-time job for money it seems more innocent... if that makes any sense...