Service Management Jobs and MBA Programs in North Dakota

North Dakota has an abundance of educational and career opportunities for service worker managers. For service worker managers, there are 480 jobs in North Dakota and this is projected to grow by 13 percent to 420 jobs by 2016. However, this is not quite as good as the national trend for service worker managers, which sees the job pool growing at about 15 percent over the next 10 years. In general, service worker managers supervise and coordinate activities of personal service workers.

North Dakota photo by Bobak Ha'Eri

In North Dakota, the income for service worker managers is $19 per hour or $40,000 per year. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $18 hourly or $38,000 per year on average.

North Dakota, also known as the Flickertail State, is home to 646,844 people. It has grown by 0.7 percent in the last 10 years. Bismarck is the state capital. In 2008, there were a total of 498,718 jobs and at $39,874, the average annual income in North Dakota was higher than the previous year's per capita figure of $36,678. The unemployment rate in North Dakota was 4.3 percent in 2009. It rose by 1.1 percentage points from the previous year. Roughly 22.0 percent of state residents have college degrees. This is below the national average.

Farm product raw material merchant wholesalers, farm machinery merchant wholesalers, lawn equipment stores and farm supply stores are the top employing fields in North Dakota.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Devils Lake is the largest natural body of water in North Dakota. Devils Lake derives its name from the Native American name Miniwaukan. Early explorers incorrectly translated the word to mean Bad Spirit. Bolstered by the many legends of drowned warriors and lake monsters the name evolved into Devils Lake. This very fertile prairie lake grows large numbers of the fish known as walleye, northern pike, and white bass. The lake has earned the reputation of being the Perch Capital of the World. One of the unique tidbits about North Dakota is Dakota Gasification Company in Beulah is the nation's only synthetic natural gas producer.

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.