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

People considering careers as e-commerce retailers can find employment and education prospects in Mississippi. For e-commerce retailers, there are 480 jobs in Mississippi 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.

Mississippi photo by Nathan Culpepper

In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $46 hourly or $95,000 per year on average.

Mississippi, also known as the Magnolia State, is home to 2,951,996 people. It has grown by 3.8 percent in the last 10 years. Jackson is the state capital. There were 1,558,262 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Mississippi earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $30,383, up from $29,542. The unemployment rate in Mississippi was 9.6 percent in 2009. It went up by 2.8 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 16.9 percent. This is below the national average.

Furniture product manufacturing, household furniture cabinet manufacturing, household furniture manufacturing and upholstered household furniture manufacturing are the top employing fields in Mississippi.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, the world's largest shrimp is on display at the Old Spanish Fort Museum in Pascagoula. One of the unique tidbits about Mississippi is S.B. Sam Vick of Oakland played for the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. He was the only man ever to pinch hit for the baseball great Babe Ruth.

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.