Knowledge Management Jobs and MBA Programs in Maryland

People considering careers as computer services directors can find job and education opportunities in Maryland. For computer services directors, there are 6,730 jobs in Maryland and this is projected to grow by 19 percent to 7,900 jobs by 2016. Over the next 10 years, the national job pool is projected to rise by 16 percent, short of the state growth for computer services directors. In general, computer services directors create and implement information systems for a client firm and supervise their maintenance.

Maryland photo by Abhijit Tembhekar

In Maryland, the income for computer services directors is $59 per hour or $123,000 per year. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $57 hourly or $118,000 per year on average.

Maryland, also known as the Old Line State, is home to 5,699,478 people. It's population has increased 7.6 percent over the last 10 years. The state capital is Annapolis. In 2008, there were a total of 3,471,985 jobs and at $48,164, the average annual income in Maryland was higher than the previous year's per capita figure of $46,922. The unemployment rate in Maryland was 7.0 percent in 2009. It rose by 2.6 percentage points from the previous year. Roughly 31.4 percent of state residents have college degrees. This exceeds the national average.

The top employing fields in Maryland include engineering services, radio broadcasting communications equipment manufacturing, photofinishing and photofinishing laboratories (except one-hour).

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.

Knowledge Management

Computer services directors create and implement information systems for a client firm and supervise their maintenance.

They regularly design computer data resources, providing for data security and control and disaster recovery and evaluate the organization's technology use and needs and recommend improvements.

They are required to evaluate the effectiveness of systems in order to improve their performance. Also, they must use core mathematical skills in problem solving.

Computer services directors must be able to articulate ideas and problems. They should also have the ability to listen to and understand others in meetings.

In order to be successful in the workplace, computer services directors must be reliable and believe in an agile approach to problem solving and deal with change.