Global Management Jobs and MBA Programs in Mississippi

Logistics specialists can find many career and educational opportunities in Mississippi. For logistics specialists in Mississippi, the job pool currently sits at 440 and is expected to grow by 27 percent to 360 jobs by 2016. With the national projections showing a rise of just 19 percent over the next 10 years, the prospects in Mississippi are better relative to the nation as a whole. In general, logistics specialists analyze and coordinate the logistical functions of a firm or organization and be responsible for the entire life cycle of a product.

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State figures show that logistics specialists in Mississippi earn $27 per hour or $55,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $33 hourly or $68,000 per year on average.

Mississippi, also known as the Magnolia State, has a population of 2,951,996. It has seen its population grow by 3.8 percent over the last 10 years. The capital is Jackson. There were 1,558,262 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Mississippi earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $30,383, up from $29,542. The unemployment rate in Mississippi was 9.6 percent in 2009. It went up by 2.8 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 16.9 percent. This falls short of the national average.

In Mississippi, the top employers are in furniture product manufacturing, household furniture cabinet manufacturing, household furniture manufacturing and upholstered household furniture manufacturing.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, the world's largest shrimp is on display at the Old Spanish Fort Museum in Pascagoula. One of the unique tidbits about Mississippi is S.B. Sam Vick of Oakland played for the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. He was the only man ever to pinch hit for the baseball great Babe Ruth.

Global Management

Logistics specialists analyze and coordinate the logistical functions of a firm or organization and be responsible for the entire life cycle of a product.

They regularly furnish project management services, including the provision and analysis of technical data. They also explain proposed solutions to customers or other interested parties.

They are required to pay attention to ongoing situations and monitor them as they develop and respond to the actions of other and coordinate activities with them.

Logistics specialists should be able to think through problems and come up with general rules and listen to and understand others in meetings.

In order to be successful in the workplace, logistics specialists must have exceptional integrity and be able to absorb the factors involved and a problem and provide a well thought out solution.