Service Management Jobs and MBA Programs in Nebraska

Nebraska has plenty of educational and career opportunities for service worker managers. The job pool for service worker managers in Nebraska is growing and currently sits at 540. A projected rise of 10 percent in employment opportunities will make the figure 920 jobs 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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Service worker managers earn $18 per hour or $36,000 per year on average in Nebraska. Nationally, their income is $18 hourly or $38,000 per year on average.

With a population of 1,796,619, Nebraska, also called Cornhusker State, has grown by 5.0 percent in the last 10 years. The state capital is Lincoln. There were a total of 1,253,549 jobs in 2008 and people in Nebraska earned more than the previous year as the average annual income was $39,182, up from $37,899. Unemployment in Nebraska jumped by 1.3 percentage points to 4.6 percent in 2009. Roughly 23.7 percent of Nebraska residents have college degrees, which is lower than the national average.

The top employing fields in Nebraska include food manufacturing, animal slaughtering, animal slaughtering and animal slaughtering.

One of the many things Nebraska is known for, The Naval Ammunition Depot located in Hastings was the largest U.S. ammunition plant providing 40% of WWII's ammunition. Nebraska has many unique characteristics, but one fun fact in particular is Nebraska is the only state in the union with a unicameral (one house) legislature.

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.