Service Management Jobs and MBA Programs in Colorado

For a service worker manager, Colorado is a land of educational and employment opportunities. The job pool for service worker managers in Colorado is growing and currently sits at 2,420. A projected rise of 20 percent in employment opportunities will make the figure 4,880 jobs by 2016. This exceeds the national growth trend for service worker managers. National projections show a rise of just 15 percent over the next 10 years. Service worker managers supervise and coordinate activities of personal service workers.

Colorado photo by Wayne L. Bart

Service worker managers earn $18 per hour or $37,000 per year on average in Colorado. Nationally, their income is $18 hourly or $38,000 per year on average.

With a population of 5,024,748, Colorado, also called Centennial State, has grown by 16.8 percent in the last 10 years. The state capital is Denver. There were a total of 3,285,413 jobs in 2008 and people in Colorado earned more than the previous year as the average annual income was $43,021, up from $42,449. Unemployment in Colorado jumped by 2.8 percentage points to 7.7 percent in 2009. Roughly 32.7 percent of Colorado residents have college degrees, which is higher than the national average.

The top employing fields in Colorado include professional equipment merchant wholesalers, computer peripheral equipment merchant wholesalers, repair and other financial investment activities.

Having known landmarks is a staple for Colorado. The tallest building in Colorado is the Republic Plaza at 57 stories high, in Denver. While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, the world's largest flat-top mountain is in Grand Mesa.

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.