Executive / Mgt. Jobs and MBA Programs in Maryland

People considering careers as executive officers can find employment and education prospects in Maryland. For executive officers, there are 4,070 jobs in Maryland and this is projected to grow by seven percent to 4,630 jobs by 2016. This is opposite the national trend for executive officers, which sees the job pool declining at about one percent over the next 10 years. In general, executive officers recognize and create policies for the overall direction of companies or private and public sector organizations.

Maryland photo by Abhijit Tembhekar

State figures show that executive officers in Maryland earn $77 per hour or $160,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $77 hourly or $160,000 per year on average.

Maryland, also known as the Old Line State, is home to 5,699,478 people. It has grown by 7.6 percent in the last 10 years. Annapolis is the state capital. There were 3,471,985 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Maryland earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $48,164, up from $46,922. The unemployment rate in Maryland was 7.0 percent in 2009. It went up by 2.6 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 31.4 percent. This surpasses the national average.

Engineering services, radio broadcasting communications equipment manufacturing, photofinishing and photofinishing laboratories (except one-hour) are the top employing fields in Maryland.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Swallow Falls State Park near Oakland showcases Muddy Creek Falls. At 63 feet it is the largest waterfall in Maryland. One of the unique tidbits about Maryland is Fort Meade near Laurel became a base because a train engineer delivering soldiers to Meade knew only one Meade, the one in Maryland. He was not aware of Fort Meade, Florida. The confusion happened so often a second base was built in Maryland in an attempt to avoid the confusion.

Executive / Mgt.

Executive officers recognize and create policies for the overall direction of companies or private and public sector organizations.

They regularly talk with board members, organization officials, and staff members to consider issues and resolve problems and appoint department heads and assign or delegate responsibilities to them.

They are required to evaluate and judge the efficacy of solutions. Also, they must respond to the actions of other and coordinate activities with them.

Executive officers should be able to piece together evidence to, in some sense, diagnose what is going on in a situation and speak clearly.

In order to be successful in the workplace, executive officers must have exceptional integrity and be able to take change and lead.