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

There are many career and education opportunities for e-commerce retailers in Kentucky. Figures show 3,740 jobs for e-commerce retailers in Kentucky and national projections show the job pool increasing by seven percent over the next 10 years. In general, e-commerce retailers plan, direct, or coordinate retail activities of businesses operating online.

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State figures show that e-commerce retailers in Kentucky earn $37 per hour or $77,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $46 hourly or $95,000 per year on average.

Nicknamed the Bluegrass State, Kentucky has a population of 4,314,113. It's population has increased 6.7 percent over the last 10 years. The state capital is Frankfort. There were 2,442,252 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Kentucky earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $31,936, up from $31,060. The unemployment rate in Kentucky was 10.5 percent in 2009. It went up by 3.9 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 17.1 percent. This is under the national average.

The top employing fields in Kentucky include tobacco product merchant wholesalers, alumina production, couriers and couriers.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Thunder Over Louisville is the opening ceremony for the Kentucky Derby Festival and is the world's largest fireworks display. One of the unique tidbits about Kentucky is Cumberland is the only waterfall in the world to regularly display a Moonbow. It is located just southwest of Corbin.

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.