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

E-commerce retailers can find many career and educational opportunities in Nevada. Currently, there are 5,160 jobs for e-commerce retailers in Nevada 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 Nevada earn $43 per hour or $89,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $46 hourly or $95,000 per year on average.

Nevada, also known as the Silver State, has a population of 2,643,085. It has seen its population grow by 32.3 percent over the last 10 years. The capital is Carson City. There were 1,638,004 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Nevada earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $40,936, up from $40,930. The unemployment rate in Nevada was 11.8 percent in 2009. It went up by 5.1 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 18.2 percent. This falls short of the national average.

In Nevada, the top employers are in accommodation services, accommodation, traveler accommodation and casino hotels.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Nevada is the seventh largest state with 110,540 square miles, 85% of them federally owned including the secret Area 51 near the little town of Rachel. One of the unique tidbits about Nevada is Pershing County located in Cowboy Country features one of only two round courthouses in the United States.

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.