Service Management Jobs and MBA Programs in New Hampshire

Service worker managers can find prosperity in New Hampshire as the state has an abundance of educational and career opportunities. At 660, the number of jobs in New Hampshire for service worker managers is projected to rise 16 percent to 1,200 jobs by 2016. With the national projections showing a rise of just 15 percent over the next 10 years, the prospects in New Hampshire are better relative to the nation as a whole. In general, service worker managers supervise and coordinate activities of personal service workers.

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State figures show that service worker managers in New Hampshire earn $17 per hour or $35,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $18 hourly or $38,000 per year on average.

Nicknamed the Granite State, New Hampshire has a population of 1,324,575. It has seen its population grow by 7.2 percent over the last 10 years. The capital is Concord. There were 857,040 total jobs in 2008 and workers in New Hampshire earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $43,423, up from $42,665. The unemployment rate in New Hampshire was 6.3 percent in 2009. It went up by 2.4 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 28.7 percent. This surpasses the national average.

In New Hampshire, the top employers are in retail trade, motor vehicle dealers, automobile dealers and new car dealers.

One of the unique tidbits about New Hampshire is New Hampshire is the only state that ever played host at the formal conclusion of a foreign war. In 1905, Portsmouth was the scene of the treaty ending the Russo-Japanese War. New Hampshire was the birthplace of several prominent figures. An example, the Irish-born American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens lived and worked in Cornish from 1885 until his death at age 59 in 1907.

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.