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

E-commerce retailers can find prosperity in Minnesota as the state has an abundance of educational and career opportunities. Currently, there are 13,360 jobs for e-commerce retailers in Minnesota and the job pool is projected to rise by seven percent over the next 10 years nationally. In general, e-commerce retailers plan, direct, or coordinate retail activities of businesses operating online.

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In Minnesota, the income for e-commerce retailers is $50 per hour or $103,000 per year. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $46 hourly or $95,000 per year on average.

Minnesota, also known as the North Star State, has a population of 5,266,214. It's population has increased 7.0 percent over the last 10 years. The state capital is Saint Paul. In 2008, there were a total of 3,567,295 jobs and at $42,953, the average annual income in Minnesota was higher than the previous year's per capita figure of $41,693. The unemployment rate in Minnesota was 8.0 percent in 2009. It rose by 2.6 percentage points from the previous year. Roughly 27.4 percent of state residents have college degrees. This is under the national average.

The top employing fields in Minnesota include hospital equipment merchant wholesalers, general-line grocery merchant wholesalers, real estate credit and outpatient care centers.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Minneapolis is home to the oldest continuously running theater (Old Log Theater) and the largest dinner theater (Chanhassan Dinner Theater) in the country. One of the unique tidbits about Minnesota is the climate-controlled Metrodome is the only facility in the country to host a Super Bowl, a World Series and a NCAA Final Four Basketball Championship.

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.