Fitness & Wellness Coordinators

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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:

Manage or coordinate fitness and wellness programs and services. Manage and train staff of wellness specialists, health educators, or fitness instructors.

On the job, you would:

  • Maintain wellness- and fitness-related schedules, records, or reports.
  • Develop or coordinate fitness and wellness programs or services.
  • Recommend or approve new program or service offerings to promote wellness and fitness, produce revenues, or minimize costs.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

90% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
88% Leadership  -  Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
88% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
87% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
86% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
85% Concern for Others  -  Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
82% Social Orientation  -  Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
80% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
78% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
75% Achievement/Effort  -  Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
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.
73% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
73% Innovation  -  Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
71% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
71% Self-Control  -  Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
68% Analytical Thinking  -  Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

95% 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.
61% 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

83% 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.
83% Independence  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
78% 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.
72% 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.
64% 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% 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.
75% Deductive Reasoning  -  The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
72% Written Comprehension  -  The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
69% Speech Recognition  -  The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
69% Speech Clarity  -  The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
69% Written Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
69% 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.
66% Inductive Reasoning  -  The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
66% 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).

Job Details

Responsibilities
Maintain records, documents, or other files.
Provide health and wellness advice to patients, program participants, or caregivers.
Perform manual service or maintenance tasks.
Develop marketing plans or strategies.
Conduct opinion surveys or needs assessments.
Teach classes in area of specialization.
Supervise employees.
Hire personnel.
Present information to the public.
Recommend organizational process or policy changes.
Implement organizational process or policy changes.
Prepare operational budgets.
Manage outreach activities.
Coordinate special events or programs.
Teach classes in area of specialization.
Manage guest services.
Schedule activities or facility use.
Maintain personnel records.
Conduct employee training programs.
Develop training materials.
Supervise employees.
Manage outreach activities.
Analyze data to inform personnel decisions.
Train employees on environmental awareness, conservation, or safety topics.
Evaluate program effectiveness.
Present information to the public.
Evaluate program effectiveness.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

100% Electronic Mail  -  How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
96% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
92% Telephone  -  How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
90% 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?
89% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
88% Indoors, Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
88% 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?
88% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
72% Coordinate or Lead Others  -  How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
71% Responsible for Others' Health and Safety  -  How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
71% Deal With External Customers  -  How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
69% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Tasks & Values

89% Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates  -  Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
85% Scheduling Work and Activities  -  Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
85% Training and Teaching Others  -  Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
85% Coaching and Developing Others  -  Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
84% Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships  -  Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
80% Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates  -  Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
77% 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.
76% Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work  -  Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
74% Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge  -  Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
74% Developing and Building Teams  -  Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
74% Thinking Creatively  -  Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
72% Staffing Organizational Units  -  Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees in an organization.
71% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
71% Making Decisions and Solving Problems  -  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
71% Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others  -  Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
71% Performing Administrative Activities  -  Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
70% Documenting/Recording Information  -  Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
69% 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.
67% Assisting and Caring for Others  -  Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
66% Providing Consultation and Advice to Others  -  Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
66% Working with Computers  -  Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.

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Education:
50%
Master's Degree
42%
Bachelor's Degree

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