Service Management Jobs and MBA Programs in New Mexico

People considering careers as service worker managers can find employment and education prospects in New Mexico. There are currently 760 jobs for service worker managers in New Mexico and this is projected to grow by 10 percent to 1,200 jobs by 2016. Over the next 10 years, the state growth for service worker managers projects to be less robust than the national trend that shows a 15 percent. In general, service worker managers supervise and coordinate activities of personal service workers.

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In New Mexico, 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.

Also known as the The Land of Enchantment, New Mexico has a population of 2,009,671. It's population has increased 10.5 percent over the last 10 years. The state capital is Santa Fe. In 2008, there were a total of 1,117,433 jobs and at $33,389, the average annual income in New Mexico was higher than the previous year's per capita figure of $32,093. The unemployment rate in New Mexico was 7.2 percent in 2009. It rose by 2.7 percentage points from the previous year. Roughly 23.5 percent of state residents have college degrees. This is under the national average.

The top employing fields in New Mexico include casinos (except casino hotels), other nonmetallic mineral mining, all other miscellaneous ambulatory health care services and other technical schools.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, each October, Albuquerque hosts the world's largest international hot air balloon fiesta. One of the unique tidbits about New Mexico is Lakes and Rivers make up only .002% of the state's total surface area. The lowest water-to-land ratio of all 50 states. Most of New Mexico's lakes are man-made reservoirs. A dam on the Rio Grande formed the Elephant Butte Reservoir the state's largest lake.

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.