1. Employment Profile: What exactly does a Manager/Teacher do? |
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 What field is your job in?
Martial arts
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What is your job title?
Manager/Teacher
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Please provide a brief description of the firm or organization that you currently work for
(size and general description of what type of organization it is)
We are a martial arts organization with schools across the country dedicated to teaching traditional martial arts. The central office houses about 10 full time employees with individual school employment based on class/seminar sizes.
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How long have you been employed in this position?
7 years.
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How many hours do you work a week on average?
30
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Please provide a BRIEF description of your duties and responsibilities. (job description)
Day to day running of a commercial martial arts school with about 100 students. Includes advertising, signing up new students, running the small martial arts store in the school, and teaching classes.
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What was your gross income last year? Please include any bonuses or incentives received.
35000
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What is your expected gross income for this year? Please include any bonuses or incentives you expect to receive.
40000
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Please
list any benefits you have (Please include number of weeks vacation,
sick leave and type of health insurance, retirement plan 401k)
Dental/health/vision
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Do you feel you are under/well/over compensated at your current position?
Well
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2. Work environment! |
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Does
your job entail you working with others on a daily basis? Is this
something you like/dislike about your job? Explain
Yes. I work with 2 other teachers and a cashier for the store. Also with the students. I really enjoy teaching classes so I suppose working with people is enjoyable to me.
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Do you work collaboratively with supervisors/managers?
No
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Do you work collaboratively with your co-workers?
Yes
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Describe
your work location (e.g., office, home, theatre, in the field) and what
you like/dislike about working in it
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Please rank in order of importance from 1-8 (1- most important 8- least important) Assign each number once.
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5 Income
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4 Work Environment - co-workers
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6 Work Environment - supervisors
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7 Benefits
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3 Hours
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2 Level of responsibility
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1 The actual "work" you do at your job
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8 Job Title
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3. How should someone new to the workforce get a J-O-B like yours? |
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If someone wanted to go about getting a job similar to yours, what would you recommend for him or her to do?
They would first have to go through martial arts training, I'd reccomend several styles for at least 3 years a piece. A minimum of 4 years training pretty close to full time (20-30 hours a week training)
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What
skills do you think a person should have if they want to pursue a
position like yours? Please be specific and explain why (e.g., social
skills, organization skills, technical skills)
Must be a people person. You are selling yourself when you sign up new students. If you aren't in shape and competent in your abilities, you won't sign up the new student. Some clerical experience will come in handy if you are going to run the contracts yourself, but there are many companies that will do that for you now.
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Do you feel that you need a certain level of education or training to be successful in your job?
The aforementioned 4 years of martial arts training would be good. At least high school level english/math/speaking skills.
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What advice would you give to someone who was about to start work in your position/ line of work?
It takes a lot of hard work to build up a nice school. It will probably take a while. Don't expect to make a mint teaching.
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