Service Management Jobs and MBA Programs in Kansas

Those thinking about careers as service worker managers can find educational and employment prospects in Kansas. Currently, there are 1,320 jobs for service worker managers in Kansas and the job pool is projected to rise by 15 percent over the next 10 years nationally. In general, service worker managers supervise and coordinate activities of personal service workers.

Kansas photo by Edwin Olson

In Kansas, the income for service worker managers is $15 per hour or $31,000 per year. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $18 hourly or $38,000 per year on average.

Kansas, also known as the Sunflower State, has a population of 2,818,747. It has grown by 4.8 percent in the last 10 years. Topeka is the state capital. In 2008, there were a total of 1,875,134 jobs and at $38,886, the average annual income in Kansas was higher than the previous year's per capita figure of $37,414. The unemployment rate in Kansas was 6.7 percent in 2009. It rose by 2.3 percentage points from the previous year. Roughly 25.8 percent of state residents have college degrees. This is below the national average.

Supplies merchant wholesalers, mineral wool manufacturing, medical laboratories and manifold business forms printing are the top employing fields in Kansas.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, The three largest herds of buffalo in Kansas are located on public lands at the Maxwell Game Preserve, Big Basin, and Buffalo Game Preserve. One of the unique tidbits about Kansas is Fort Riley, between Junction City and Manhattan, was the cradle of the United States Cavalry for 83 years. George Custer formed the famed 7th Cavalry there in 1866. Ten years later, at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the 7th was virtually wiped out. The only Cavalry survivor was a horse named Comanche.

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.