Part IV: Descriptions of the 50 Best Jobs for Each Personality Type _______________________________Gaming Managers .........................................................
! Personality Code: EC! Education/Training Required: Work
experience in a related occupation
! Annual Earnings: $64,410
! Beginning Wage: $36,740
! Earnings Growth Potential: High
! Growth: 24.4%
! Annual Job Openings: 549
! Self-Employed: 16.3%
! Part-Time: 4.5%
Plan, organize, direct, control, or coordinate
gaming operations in a casino. Formulate gaming
policies for their area of responsibility. R e s ol v e c u s -
tomer complaints regarding problems such as payout
errors. Remove suspected cheaters, such as card coun-
ters and other players who may have systems that shift
the odds of winning to their favor. Maintain famil-
iarity with all games used at a facility, as well as strat-
egies and tricks employed in those games. Train new
workers and evaluate their performance. Circulate
among gaming tables to ensure that operations are
conducted properly, that dealers follow house rules,
and that players are not cheating. Explain and inter-
pret house rules, such as game rules and betting lim-
its. Monitor staffi ng levels to ensure that games and
tables are adequately staff ed for each shift, arranging
for staff rotations and breaks and locating substitute
employees as necessary. Interview and hire workers.
Prepare work schedules and station assignments and
keep attendance records. Direct the distribution of
complimentary hotel rooms, meals, and other dis-
counts or free items given to players based on their
length of play and betting totals. Establish policies
on issues such as the type of gambling off ered and the
odds, the extension of credit, and the serving of food
and beverages. Track supplies of money to tables and
perform any required paperwork. Set and maintain
a bank and table limit for each game. Monitor credit
extended to players. Review operational expenses,
budget estimates, betting accounts, and collection
reports for accuracy. Record, collect, and pay off bets,issuing receipts as necessary. Direct workers compil-
ing summary sheets that show wager amounts and
payoff s for races and events. Notify board attendants
of table vacancies so that waiting patrons can play.
GOE—Interest Area/Cluster: 09. Hospitality,
Tourism, and Recreation. Work Group: 09.01. Man-
agerial Work in Hospitality and Tourism. Other
Jobs in " is Work Group: First-Line Supervisors/
Managers of Food Preparation and Serving Workers;
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Personal Service
Workers; Food Ser v ic e Ma na gers; Ga ming Super v i-
sors; Lodging Managers.
Skills: Management of Personnel Resources; Man-
agement of Financial Resources; Systems Evaluation;
Service Orientation; Negotiation; Operations Analy-
sis; Social Perceptiveness; Mathematics.
Education and Training Program: Personal and
Culinary Services, Other. Related Knowledge/
Courses: Sales and Marketing; Personnel and
Human Resources; Customer and Personal Service;
Administration and Management; Economics and
Accounting; Mathematics.
Work Env ironment : Indoors; noisy; contaminants;
standing; walking and running.Gaming Supervisors .......................................................
! Personality Code: EC
! Education/Training Required: Work
experience in a related occupation
! Annual Earnings: $42,980
! Beginning Wage: $26,310
! Earnings Growth Potential: Medium
! Growth: 23.4%
! Annual Job Openings: 4,602
! Self-Employed: 29.2%
! Part-Time: 12.8%Supervise gaming operations and personnel in an
assigned area. Circulate among tables and observe
operations. Ensure that stations and games are
covered for each shift. May explain and interpret