Service Management Jobs and MBA Programs in Indiana

People considering careers as service worker managers can find employment and education prospects in Indiana. For service worker managers in Indiana, the job pool is currently 2,800 and climbing. A nine percent bump in the number of jobs is projected to put the figure at 5,220 by 2016. This is lower than the national growth trend for service worker managers. National projections showing a rise of just 15 percent over the next 10 years. Service worker managers supervise and coordinate activities of personal service workers.

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The income for service worker managers is $16 per hour or $33,000 per year on average in Indiana. Nationally, their income is $18 hourly or $38,000 per year on average.

Home to 6,423,113 people, Indiana, known as Hoosier State, has grown by 5.6 percent in the last 10 years. The capital is Indianapolis. In 2008, the total number of jobs was 3,718,148 and the average annual income in Indiana was $34,543, which is up from $33,702 the previous year. In Indiana, the unemployment rate went up by 4.3 percentage points to 10.1 percent in 2009 from the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 19.4 percent, which is under the national average.

In Indiana, the top employers are in manufacturing, primary metal manufacturing, iron mills manufacturing and motor vehicle transmission train parts manufacturing.

One of the many things Indiana is known for, Most of the state's rivers flow south and west, eventually emptying into the Mississippi. However, the Maumee flows north and east into Lake Erie. Lake Wawasee is the states largest natural lake. Indiana has many unique characteristics, but one fun fact in particular is Crawfordsville is the home of the only known working rotary jail in the United States. The jail with its rotating cellblock was built in 1882 and served as the Montgomery County jail until 1972. It is now a museum.

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.