Information Provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook
Applicants will face keen competition because of the substantial supply of competent, experienced workers seeking managerial jobs. Administrative services managers work throughout private industry and government and have a wide range of responsibilities, experience, earnings, and education. Administrative services managers should be analytical, detail-oriented, flexible, decisive, and have good communication skills.
On average, Administrative Services Managers earn $ 67,690 per year.
Job Opportunities for Administrative Services Managers are expected to:
Increase as fast as the average.
Administrative services managers coordinate and direct the many support services that allow organizations to operate efficiently. They perform a broad range of duties. They might, for example, oversee secretarial and reception services, administration, payroll, conference planning and travel, information and data processing, mail, materials scheduling and distribution, printing and reproduction, records management, telecommunications management, security, parking, energy consumption, and personal property procurement, supply, recycling, and disposal.
Education and experience requirements for these managers vary widely, depending on the size and complexity of the organization. In small organizations, experience may be the only requirement needed to enter a position as an office manager. When an opening in administrative services management occurs, the office manager may be promoted to the position based on past performance.
Administrative services managers held about 247,000 jobs in 2006. About 65 percent worked in service-providing industries, including Federal, State, and local government; health care; finance and insurance; professional, scientific, and technical services; administrative and support services; and educational services, public and private. Most of the remaining managers worked in wholesale and retail trade, in management of companies and enterprises, or in manufacturing.
