Trends

The things that could make a impact on the Bartending career is:
Technology: In many years there might be new technology that can replace bartenders, having all the bottles of drinks hooked up and you just make your own drink while you sit at the bar, and you might have a device that knows when you have drank too much (a limit), which will cut you off.
Demographics: Because of the "baby boomers" there will be more older people at the bar, but it doesn’t matter because all ages go to the bar. There might be a difference of drinks, such as more types of drinks that older people drink more often. There also might be a slight change of music to what older people would like because they might be the majority.
Globalization: I think that globalization will cause the drinks to be more expensive because many people want drinks from all over the world, to try a variety of drinks. There will be more types of drinks because a lot of people are inventing them around the world.
Information Age: It is faster to get drinks from other countries with the advanced transportation. Also if a new drink appears it is sure to be on the internet so you can learn how to make it as soon as it is posted.
Environment: To adopt "green" processes bars might not use as much special lighting, and try to use energy efficient lighting. They also might save every beer bottle and bring them to beer stores so that they can be reused.

Advantages & Disadvantages

The things that attract me to being a bartender are the fact that you can talk to people all night, make them drinks, meet people from different places, keeping them satisfied and entertaining them, hearing about peoples problems and maybe give them advice if I can. Working at night and the pay isn’t that bad. My concerns are that if I have to cut someone off that they will get angry and cause a scene. Not being a good bartender by mixing drinks too slow, messing up someone’s order, and fights that could ruin many peoples nights.

Best & Least Suited For the Job

To be the best person suited for the job of being a bartender you have to have a really awesome personality, be able to handle pressure, being able to keep calm when things get hectic, making drink and giving change while still being pleasant, being able to entertain and keep customers satisfied, stamina, organized and perceptive, and being able to keep customers safe.
The person that is the least suited for the job is someone that cant multitask, keep the bar clean, cant stay calm, being not able to watch the customers at the same time as maintaining the bar, freaking out if the bar gets too hectic and not being organized.

Education

Bartenders must be the legal drinking age, and some bars might require them to have high school diplomas. Some bartenders just learn on the job, but its better to take a bartending course to start off your career. These programs are offered by colleges and private bartending schools. They teach things like the introduction of bartending skills and the laws of selling alcohol. For managing a bar, post secondary courses in hospitality or business might help. If someone is trying to be a bar owner it is better to have some experience in working in other bars.

Earnings

Many things depend on the earnings of a bartender like, hours worked, experience, and the size and location of the establishment. If a bartender works full time and in a high end workplace they tend to have the higher income. Typically bartenders get paid an hourly wage of $15 an hour, but they also get to keep their tips which is a large portion of their earnings. General full time bartenders earn around $18,000-$40,000 a year. Some bartenders that work in larger establishments or move up to management positions can earn up to $60,000 a year.

Working Conditions & Environment

There are many different places that a bartender can work at such as, bars, clubs, restaurants, hotels, airports, and large concert halls. Most of the time bartenders work indoors but occasionally they work outside for large parties or other events. They tend to work 7-8 hours a day, 30-40 hours a week, and are on their feet most of their shift. Most shifts are every weekend since Saturday is the busiest day in the bar, club, ect. And they work during the nights. Bartenders take up to 5-10 vacation days and mostly work part time so you can do other activities working part time.

Job Discription

A bartender serve alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. A bartender in a bar takes direct orders from the costumers. Most of the time alcoholic drinks require a mixture of different ingredients and a different way to present it, such as in a different salt rimmed glass. Memorizing the way to make and present drinks is just part of a bartenders job but a very important one to be successful. Interacting with customers is also important, listening and participating in conversations at the bar makes people feel more comfortable, increases the atmosphere and might make them want to come back more often. Bartenders also have to watch the customers and keep in mind how much they have had to drink, so nobody gets too drunk or cause trouble, calling taxis for customers that have had too much to drink and checking id’s to make sure the customer isn’t underage. One of the other main responsibility is tallying the bill, operating the cash register, giving change and counting the money at the end of every night. Bartenders have to order supplies too, such as liquor, mixes, and other things they might serve at the bar. They are required to have a little bit of mechanical knowledge to temporarily fix a piece of equipment that breaks during their shift.