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e-Business/e-Commerce Jobs and MBA Programs in Washington
The education and job opportunities are plentiful for e-commerce retailers in Washington. Figures show 6,940 jobs for e-commerce retailers in Washington 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 Washington, the income for e-commerce retailers is $51 per hour or $106,000 per year. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $46 hourly or $95,000 per year on average.
Nicknamed the Evergreen State, Washington has a population of 6,664,195. It's population has increased 13.1 percent over the last 10 years. The state capital is Olympia. In 2008, there were a total of 4,012,270 jobs and at $42,747, the average annual income in Washington was higher than the previous year's per capita figure of $41,919. The unemployment rate in Washington was 8.9 percent in 2009. It rose by 3.5 percentage points from the previous year. Roughly 27.7 percent of state residents have college degrees. This is under the national average.
The top employing fields in Washington include software publishers, offices of dentists, monorail system manufacturing and refrigerated warehousing.
While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Everett is the site of the world's largest building, Boeing's final assembly plant. One of the unique tidbits about Washington is the state of Washington is the only state to be named after a United States president.
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.
