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

Oregon is a good place to settle for e-commerce retailers as there are many educational and career opportunities. Figures show 8,130 jobs for e-commerce retailers in Oregon 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 Oregon earn $38 per hour or $78,000 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 Beaver State, Oregon has a population of 3,825,657. It has grown by 11.8 percent in the last 10 years. Salem is the state capital. There were 2,339,488 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Oregon earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $36,365, up from $35,737. The unemployment rate in Oregon was 11.1 percent in 2009. It went up by 4.6 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 25.1 percent. This is below the national average.

Wood product manufacturing, lumber construction materials merchant wholesalers, wood panel merchant wholesalers and footwear merchant wholesalers are the top employing fields in Oregon.

Oregon is known for having important landmarks. At 329 feet the Coast Douglas-Fir in Oregon is considered the tallest tree in the state. One of the many things Oregon is known for, in 1880 a sea cave was discovered near what is now known as Florence. Sea Lion Caves is known to be the largest sea cave in the world.

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.