Service Management Jobs and MBA Programs in Wisconsin

There are plenty of job and employment prospects for service worker managers in Wisconsin. For service worker managers, there are 2,900 jobs in Wisconsin and this is projected to grow by 11 percent to 5,760 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.

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In Wisconsin, the income for service worker managers is $18 per hour or $37,000 per year. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $18 hourly or $38,000 per year on average.

Wisconsin, also known as the Badger State, is home to 5,654,774 people. It has seen its population grow by 5.4 percent over the last 10 years. The capital is Madison. In 2008, there were a total of 3,619,782 jobs and at $37,770, the average annual income in Wisconsin was higher than the previous year's per capita figure of $36,990. The unemployment rate in Wisconsin was 8.5 percent in 2009. It rose by 3.7 percentage points from the previous year. Roughly 22.4 percent of state residents have college degrees. This falls short of the national average.

In Wisconsin, the top employers are in dairy product manufacturing, dairy product manufacturing, cheese manufacturing and converted paper product manufacturing.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, The American Birkebeiner, a 52K cross-country ski race between Cable and Hayward, is the largest on the North American continent. Wisconsin was the birthplace of several prominent figures such as Frank Lloyd Wright, who was born in Richland Center on June 8, 1867.

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.