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Human Resources Jobs and MBA Programs in Alaska
Human relations managers plan, direct, and coordinate human resource management activities of an organization to maximize the strategic use of human resources and maintain functions.
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Nicknamed the Great Land, Alaska is home to 698,473 people. It's population has increased 11.4 percent over the last 10 years. The state capital is Juneau. In 2008, there were a total of 452,986 jobs and at $43,922, the average annual income in Alaska was higher than the previous year's per capita figure of $41,081. The unemployment rate in Alaska was 8.0 percent in 2009. It rose by 1.5 percentage points from the previous year. Roughly 24.7 percent of state residents have college degrees. This is under the national average.
The top employing fields in Alaska include oil extraction, transportation, general merchandise stores and other general merchandise stores.
While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Prudhoe Bay, on the northern Alaskan coast, is North America's largest oil field. One of the unique tidbits about Alaska is Agattu, Attu, and Kiska are the only parts of North America occupied by Japanese troops during World War II.
Human Resources
Human relations managers plan, direct, and coordinate human resource management activities of an organization to maximize the strategic use of human resources and maintain functions.
While working, they furnish employees with data related to policies, duties, working conditions, wages, and opportunities for promotion and benefits. Also, they administer compensation, benefits and performance management systems.
They are required to direct the development of teams and individuals with the aim of problem solving and task completion and listen well to others and take in their information and issues.
Human relations managers should be able to listen to and understand others in meetings and understand what others are saying to them even in a noisy environment.
In order to be successful in the workplace, human relations managers must have exceptional integrity and be able to take change and lead.
