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Managers of Customer Service and Personal Services

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  • Job description
  • Hourly wage
  • Job prospects for 2024-2028
  • Sectors of activity
  • Training and requirements
  • Main skills and characteristics
  • Personality profiles (RIASEC)
  • Additional information

Job description

These individuals work in businesses that offer various services (maintenance, cleaning, grooming, etc.). They work in:

  • Hairdressing, beauty salons, or personal care salons
  • Schools that offer non-vocational training (driving, language, music, dance, art, cooking, fashion, etc.)
  • Home cleaning companies

Environment

  • Controlled ambient temperature

Main tasks

  • Plan, organize, direct, control, and evaluate the establishments’ activities.
  • Develop and implement policies and procedures for staff.
  • Plan and manage operating budgets and inventory.
  • Respond to inquiries or complaints and resolve problems.
  • Manage advertising and marketing contracts.
  • Hire, train, and supervise staff.

Hourly wage

The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.
Minimum
$23.08
Median
$38.00
Maximum
$62.93

Job prospects for 2024-2028

Les 2 champs de sélection ci-dessous vous permettent de comparer 2 régions. Les données des régions seront automatiquement mises à jour à la sélection. Par défaut, la province de Québec est sélectionnée pour la première région.

Job prospects for 2024-2028

Job prospects

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available

Total jobs for 2023

All of Québec

3,000

All of Québec

na

Gender distribution

All of Québec

Not available.
56.8% Female
43.2% Male

Not available.
  • 56.8% Female
  • 43.2% Male

Job types

All of Québec

Not available.
Full time
Part time

Not available.
  • Full time
  • Part time

Yearly wage on 2020

All of Québec

$45,200

All of Québec

Other characteristics

All of Québec

  • None

All of Québec

  • None

Sectors of activity

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Other Services (except Public Administration)
    NAICS 81
    37% of jobs
  2. Business, building and other support services
    NAICS 55, 56
    19% of jobs
  3. Educational Services
    NAICS 61
    16% of jobs
  4. Arts, Entertainment and Recreation
    NAICS 71
    8% of jobs
  5. Information and Cultural Industries
    NAICS 51
    5% of jobs
  6. Others
    15% of jobs

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Other Services (except Public Administration)
    NAICS 81
    37% of jobs
  2. Business, building and other support services
    NAICS 55, 56
    19% of jobs
  3. Educational Services
    NAICS 61
    16% of jobs
  4. Arts, Entertainment and Recreation
    NAICS 71
    8% of jobs
  5. Information and Cultural Industries
    NAICS 51
    5% of jobs
  6. Others
    15% of jobs

Training and requirements

Formation

Numerous training and study programs lead to managerial or executive positions.

Sometimes required

  • A professional, college is often required, depending on the type of services offered or the subject taught.
  • One to three years of experience in the service offered is often required.

Main skills and characteristics

Skills

  • Data collection
  • Coordination
  • Result evaluation
  • Oral expression
  • Human resource management
  • Service oriented
  • Critical thought
  • Social perception
  • Information processing
  • Active listening
  • Time management
  • Judgment and decision-making
  • Persuasion
  • Active learning
  • Teaching
  • System analysis
  • Reading comprehension
  • Solving complex problems
  • Learning strategies
  • Systems evaluation
  • Negotiation
  • Written expression
  • Financial resource management
  • Material resource management
More Less skills

Abilities

  • Oral comprehension
  • Verbal skills
  • Awareness of issues
  • Speech clarity
  • Deductive reasoning
  • Speech recognition
  • Written comprehension
  • Inductive reasoning
  • Idea generation
  • Written expression
  • Information organization
  • Classification
  • Near vision
  • Originality
  • Selective attention
  • Basic numeracy
More Less abilities

Knowledge and attributes

  • Leadership
  • Knowledge of administration and management
  • Autonomy
  • Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
  • Knowledge of customer and personalized services
  • Capacity to work in a team
  • Versatility
  • Rigour
  • Knowledge of sales and marketing
  • Friendliness

Interests

  • Direct, organize, and manage
  • Work in sales or client service
  • Work in hotels, restaurants, and tourism

Personality profiles (RIASEC)

Enterprising
People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
Social
People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
Conventional
People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Additional information

Official name of the NOC 60040

Managers in customer and personal services

Job titles

  • Esthetic services manager
  • Spa director
  • Automobile driver training school manager
  • Laundry manager
  • Hairdressing salon manager
  • Escort agency manager
  • Art school manager
  • Craft school manager
  • Cooking school manager
  • Dance school manager
  • Modelling school manager
  • Academy of music manager
  • Cold-storage manager
  • Septic tank service manager
  • Holidays service manager
  • Laundry and dry cleaning manager
  • Truck wash manager
  • Window washing service manager
  • Dry cleaning plant manager
  • Fur cleaning plant manager
  • Pet care services manager
  • Kennel manager
  • Movie theatre manager
  • Weight-loss clinic manager
  • Shoe repair service manager
  • Crematorium manager
  • Tanning salon manager
  • Massage parlour manager
  • Sauna manager
  • Swimming pool maintenance service manager
  • Pest control service manager
  • Laundry service manager
  • Pet-sitting service manager
  • Residential cleaning service manager
  • Dry cleaning service manager
  • Carpet cleaning service manager
  • Janitorial services manager
  • Home care service manager
  • Car wash manager
  • Barber shop manager
  • Beauty shop manager
  • Pet grooming establishment manager
  • Dog grooming establishment manager
  • Dog kennel manager
  • Boarding kennel manager
  • Tour operator
More Less job titles

Skill type

Sales and service

Related occupations

  • Accommodation service managers
  • Cleaning supervisors
  • Executive housekeepers
  • Other business services managers
  • Retail and wholesale trade managers
  • Retail sales supervisors

See also

  • Glossary (PDF 229 Kb)
  • Québec emploi

Last update: January 29, 2026

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