Service Management Jobs and MBA Programs in Vermont

Vermont has plenty of educational and career opportunities for service worker managers. For service worker managers in Vermont, the job pool currently sits at 260 and is expected to grow by 12 percent to 780 jobs by 2016. Over the next 10 years, the national job pool is projected to rise by 15 percent, better than the state trend for service worker managers. In general, service worker managers supervise and coordinate activities of personal service workers.

Vermont photo by Jared C. Benedict

State figures show that service worker managers in Vermont earn $18 per hour or $36,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $18 hourly or $38,000 per year on average.

Vermont, also known as the Green Mountain State, has a population of 621,760. It has grown by 2.1 percent in the last 10 years. Montpelier is the state capital. There were 434,917 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Vermont earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $38,700, up from $37,735. The unemployment rate in Vermont was 6.9 percent in 2009. It went up by 2.4 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 29.4 percent. This surpasses the national average.

Computer product manufacturing, nonupholstered wood household furniture manufacturing, sporting goods merchant wholesalers and fixture manufacturing are the top employing fields in Vermont.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Montpelier, is the largest producer of maple syrup in the U.S. One of the unique tidbits about Vermont is Montpelier, Vermont is the only U.S. state capital without a McDonalds.

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.