Spa Managers

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Job Outlook:
None
Education: High school diploma or equivalent
Salary
High: $96,930.00
Average: $60,510.00
Hourly
Average: $29.09

What they do:

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of a spa facility. Coordinate programs, schedule and direct staff, and oversee financial activities.

On the job, you would:

  • Schedule guest appointments.
  • Maintain client databases.
  • Respond to customer inquiries or complaints.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

94% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
93% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
92% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
88% Concern for Others  -  Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
88% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
87% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
86% Self-Control  -  Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
85% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
85% Leadership  -  Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
81% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
79% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
76% Achievement/Effort  -  Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
76% Innovation  -  Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
75% Independence  -  Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
72% Analytical Thinking  -  Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
72% Social Orientation  -  Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

100% Enterprising  -  Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertising, finance, management/administration, professional advising, public speaking, politics, or law.
67% Conventional  -  Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.
56% Social  -  Work involves helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. Social occupations are often associated with social, health care, personal service, teaching/education, or religious activities.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Values of the Work Environment

78% Independence  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
72% Relationships  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
67% Achievement  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
67% Recognition  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status.
58% Working Conditions  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.

Aptitude

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

75% Problem Sensitivity  -  The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
75% Oral Comprehension  -  The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
75% Oral Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
72% Speech Clarity  -  The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
72% Deductive Reasoning  -  The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
72% Speech Recognition  -  The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
66% Written Comprehension  -  The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
66% Inductive Reasoning  -  The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
63% Fluency of Ideas  -  The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
60% Information Ordering  -  The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
60% Written Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
56% Category Flexibility  -  The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
56% Near Vision  -  The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
53% Originality  -  The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Skills | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

59% Monitoring  -  Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
57% Social Perceptiveness  -  Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
57% Speaking  -  Talking to others to convey information effectively.
57% Critical Thinking  -  Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
57% Time Management  -  Managing one's own time and the time of others.
57% Coordination  -  Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
55% Management of Personnel Resources  -  Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
55% Active Learning  -  Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
54% Persuasion  -  Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
54% Management of Financial Resources  -  Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
54% Reading Comprehension  -  Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
52% Learning Strategies  -  Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
52% Service Orientation  -  Actively looking for ways to help people.
52% Writing  -  Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Job Details

Responsibilities
Train service staff.
Develop plans for programs or services.
Train service staff.
Evaluate employee performance.
Inspect equipment to ensure proper functioning.
Arrange facility schedules.
Develop plans for programs or services.
Supervise service workers.
Manage budgets for personal services operations.
Maintain supply or equipment inventories.
Order materials, supplies, or equipment.
Monitor operational quality or safety.
Maintain financial or account records.
Perform human resources activities.
Resolve customer complaints or problems.
Assign duties or work schedules to employees.
Verify patron or staff credentials.
Develop plans for programs or services.
Direct facility maintenance or repair activities.
Maintain client information or service records.
Maintain professional knowledge or certifications.
Schedule appointments.
Sell products or services.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

100% Contact With Others  -  How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
99% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
98% Telephone  -  How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
96% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
93% Frequency of Decision Making  -  How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
91% Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results  -  What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
91% Deal With External Customers  -  How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
86% Coordinate or Lead Others  -  How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
86% Indoors, Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
83% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
82% Physical Proximity  -  To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
78% Electronic Mail  -  How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
75% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
75% Structured versus Unstructured Work  -  To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
74% Responsible for Others' Health and Safety  -  How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
72% Responsibility for Outcomes and Results  -  How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?
63% Time Pressure  -  How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
62% Spend Time Sitting  -  How much does this job require sitting?
59% Importance of Repeating Same Tasks  -  How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?
55% Letters and Memos  -  How often does the job require written letters and memos?
55% Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People  -  How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements?
54% Frequency of Conflict Situations  -  How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job?
60% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Tasks & Values

89% Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings  -  Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
85% Assisting and Caring for Others  -  Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
85% Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates  -  Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
84% Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships  -  Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
84% Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others  -  Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
81% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
80% Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others  -  Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
80% Working with Computers  -  Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
80% Making Decisions and Solving Problems  -  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
80% Performing for or Working Directly with the Public  -  Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
79% Developing and Building Teams  -  Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
79% Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events  -  Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
78% Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge  -  Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
78% Performing Administrative Activities  -  Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
77% Coaching and Developing Others  -  Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
76% Scheduling Work and Activities  -  Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
76% Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards  -  Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
76% Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates  -  Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
75% Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People  -  Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
75% Thinking Creatively  -  Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
71% Selling or Influencing Others  -  Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.
70% Processing Information  -  Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
70% Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials  -  Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
69% Developing Objectives and Strategies  -  Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
68% Providing Consultation and Advice to Others  -  Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
65% Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work  -  Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
65% Analyzing Data or Information  -  Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
63% Training and Teaching Others  -  Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
63% Monitoring and Controlling Resources  -  Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.
62% Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information  -  Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
62% Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others  -  Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
61% Staffing Organizational Units  -  Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees in an organization.
59% Communicating with People Outside the Organization  -  Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
57% Documenting/Recording Information  -  Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
52% Performing General Physical Activities  -  Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.

Getting Started

Education:
34%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)
25%
Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)

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