Service Management Jobs and MBA Programs in Alaska

Alaska is a great place to settle for service worker managers as there are many educational and employment prospects. At 220, the number of jobs in Alaska for service worker managers is projected to rise 15 percent to 120 jobs by 2016. This growth is similar to the national trend for service worker managers, which sees the job pool increasing by the same percentage. Service worker managers supervise and coordinate activities of personal service workers.

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Nationally, their income is $18 hourly or $38,000 per year on average.

Nicknamed the Great Land, Alaska has a population of 698,473. It has seen its population grow by 11.4 percent over the last 10 years. The capital is Juneau. In 2008, there were a total of 452,986 jobs and at $43,922, the average annual income in Alaska was higher than the previous year's per capita figure of $41,081. The unemployment rate in Alaska was 8.0 percent in 2009. It rose by 1.5 percentage points from the previous year. Roughly 24.7 percent of state residents have college degrees. This falls short of the national average.

In Alaska, the top employers are in oil extraction, transportation, general merchandise stores and other general merchandise stores.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Prudhoe Bay, on the northern Alaskan coast, is North America's largest oil field. One of the unique tidbits about Alaska is Agattu, Attu, and Kiska are the only parts of North America occupied by Japanese troops during World War II.

Service Management

Service worker managers supervise and coordinate activities of personal service workers.

While working, they collaborate with staff members to plan and develop programs of events, schedules of activities, or menus. Also, they analyze and record personnel and operational data, and write related activity reports.

They are required to make use of strategies for learning about new situations and problems as they arise and note the reactions and responses of others in both work and social situations.

Service worker managers must be able to articulate ideas and problems. They should also have the ability to listen to and understand others in meetings.

In order to be successful in the workplace, service worker managers must have strong self control in the face of challenging situations and be able to deal with stress and deal with situations calmly.