Service Management Jobs and MBA Programs in Iowa

Iowa has plenty of educational and career opportunities for service worker managers. There are currently 970 jobs for service worker managers in Iowa and this is projected to grow by 15 percent to 1,630 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.

Iowa photo by Bill Whittaker

The income for service worker managers is $16 per hour or $32,000 per year on average in Iowa. Nationally, their income is $18 hourly or $38,000 per year on average.

Also known as the Hawkeye State, Iowa has a population of 3,007,856. It has seen its population grow by 2.8 percent over the last 10 years. The capital is Des Moines. In 2008, there were a total of 2,025,350 jobs and at $37,509, the average annual income in Iowa was higher than the previous year's per capita figure of $35,755. The unemployment rate in Iowa was 6.0 percent in 2009. It rose by 1.6 percentage points from the previous year. Roughly 21.2 percent of state residents have college degrees. This falls short of the national average.

In Iowa, the top employers are in machinery manufacturing, mining machinery manufacturing, grain milling and farm supplies merchant wholesalers.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Strawberry Point is the home of the world's largest strawberry. One of the unique tidbits about Iowa is The Saint Francis Xavier Basilica in Dyersville is the only basilica in the United States situated outside a major metropolitan area.

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.