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First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers

Also called: Hair Salon Manager, Recreation Coordinator, Direct Care Supervisor, Resident Care Supervisor

What they do:
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of personal service workers, such as flight attendants, hairdressers, or caddies.
On the job, you would:
  • Assign work schedules, following work requirements, to ensure quality and timely delivery of service.
  • Inspect work areas or operating equipment to ensure conformance to established standards in areas such as cleanliness or maintenance.
  • Train workers in proper operational procedures and functions and explain company policies.

Knowledge

Business
  • management
  • customer service
Arts and Humanities
  • English language
Education and Training
  • teaching and course design
Math and Science
  • psychology

Skills

Basic Skills
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • talking to others
Social
  • understanding people's reactions
  • changing what is done based on other people's actions
Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Abilities

Verbal
  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
  • notice when problems happen
  • use rules to solve problems
Attention
  • do two or more things at the same time
  • pay attention to something without being distracted

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include
leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
  • Dependability
  • Self Control
  • Cooperation
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Initiative
  • Leadership

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Spreadsheet software
  • Microsoft Excel
Electronic mail software
  • Microsoft Outlook
Point of sale POS software

Education

Education: (rated 3 of 5)
bachelor's degree or
high school diploma
usually needed

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Job Outlook

Average Outlook
New job opportunities are likely in the future.
Salary
$35,230
per year, on average
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