e-Business/e-Commerce Jobs and MBA Programs in Rhode Island

Rhode Island has plenty of educational and career opportunities for e-commerce retailers. There are currently 1,210 jobs for e-commerce retailers in Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, the income for e-commerce retailers is $45 per hour or $94,000 per year. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $46 hourly or $95,000 per year on average.

Also known as the Ocean State, Rhode Island has a population of 1,053,209. It has seen its population grow by 0.5 percent over the last 10 years. The capital is Providence. In 2008, there were a total of 612,258 jobs and at $41,261, the average annual income in Rhode Island was higher than the previous year's per capita figure of $40,147. The unemployment rate in Rhode Island was 11.2 percent in 2009. It rose by 3.6 percentage points from the previous year. Roughly 25.6 percent of state residents have college degrees. This falls short of the national average.

In Rhode Island, the top employers are in miscellaneous manufacturing, other miscellaneous manufacturing, component manufacturing and jewelry manufacturing.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, the world's largest bug is on the roof of New England Pest Control in Providence. It's a big blue termite, 58 feet long and 928 times actual termite size. One of the unique tidbits about Rhode Island is Swamp Meadow Covered Bridge in Foster is the only remaining covered bridge in Rhode Island.

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.