Service Management Jobs and MBA Programs in Wyoming

Those thinking about careers as service worker managers can find educational and employment prospects in Wyoming. At 310, the number of jobs in Wyoming for service worker managers is projected to rise 24 percent to 430 jobs by 2016. Over the next 10 years, the national job pool is projected to rise by 15 percent, short of the state growth for service worker managers. In general, service worker managers supervise and coordinate activities of personal service workers.

Wyoming photo by David Jolley

State figures show that service worker managers in Wyoming earn $15 per hour or $31,000 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 Equality State, Wyoming has a population of 544,270. It's population has increased 10.2 percent over the last 10 years. The state capital is Cheyenne. There were 404,855 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Wyoming earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $48,580, up from $46,726. The unemployment rate in Wyoming was 6.4 percent in 2009. It went up by 3.2 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 21.9 percent. This is under the national average.

The top employing fields in Wyoming include mining, mining (except oil), crude petroleum gas extraction and coal mining.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, the largest coal mine in the USA is Black Thunder located near Wright.

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.