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

People considering careers as e-commerce retailers can find employment and education prospects in Tennessee. Figures show 7,140 jobs for e-commerce retailers in Tennessee and according to national projections, the job pool will rise by seven percent over the next 10 years. E-commerce retailers plan, direct, or coordinate retail activities of businesses operating online.

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The income for e-commerce retailers is $36 per hour or $75,000 per year on average in Tennessee. Nationally, their income is $46 hourly or $95,000 per year on average.

Home to 6,296,254 people, Tennessee, known as Volunteer State, has grown by 10.7 percent in the last 10 years. The capital is Nashville. In 2008, the total number of jobs was 3,759,569 and the average annual income in Tennessee was $34,833, which is up from $34,156 the previous year. In Tennessee, the unemployment rate went up by 3.8 percentage points to 10.5 percent in 2009 from the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 19.6 percent, which is under the national average.

In Tennessee, the top employers are in bakeries manufacturing, bread product manufacturing, commercial bakeries and household cooking appliance manufacturing.

One of the many things Tennessee is known for, The Tennessee Aquarium is the largest facility of its kind to focus on fresh water habitat. It features 7,000 animals and 300 species of fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals. Tennessee has many unique characteristics, but one fun fact in particular is the only person in American history to be both an Admiral in the Navy and a General in the Army was Samuel Powhatan Carter who was born in Elizabethton.

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.