e-Business/e-Commerce Jobs and MBA Programs in Alaska

There are many career and education opportunities for e-commerce retailers in Alaska. For e-commerce retailers, there are 1,590 jobs in Alaska and the national job pool is slated to rise by seven percent over the next 10 years. E-commerce retailers plan, direct, or coordinate retail activities of businesses operating online.

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E-commerce retailers earn $34 per hour or $70,000 per year on average in Alaska. Nationally, their income is $46 hourly or $95,000 per year on average.

With a population of 698,473, Alaska, also called Great Land, has grown by 11.4 percent in the last 10 years. The capital is Juneau. There were a total of 452,986 jobs in 2008 and people in Alaska earned more than the previous year as the average annual income was $43,922, up from $41,081. Unemployment in Alaska jumped by 1.5 percentage points to 8.0 percent in 2009. Roughly 24.7 percent of Alaska residents have college degrees, which is lower than the national average.

In Alaska, the top employers are in oil extraction, transportation, general merchandise stores and other general merchandise stores.

One of the many things Alaska is known for, Prudhoe Bay, on the northern Alaskan coast, is North America's largest oil field. Alaska has many unique characteristics, but one fun fact in particular is Agattu, Attu, and Kiska are the only parts of North America occupied by Japanese troops during World War II.

e-Business/e-Commerce

E-commerce retailers plan, direct, or coordinate retail activities of businesses operating online.

While working, they calculate purchase subtotals, taxes and shipping costs for submission to customers and receive and process payments from customers using electronic transaction services.

They are required to manage and maintain budgets and other financial resources. Also, they must think through complex problems and develop a critical analysis of the situation and possible solutions.

E-commerce retailers should be able to articulate ideas and problems and be creative and generate new ideas.

In order to be successful in the workplace, e-commerce retailers must be able to deal with stress and deal with situations calmly and believe in an agile approach to problem solving and deal with change.