Leadership Jobs and MBA Programs in Alaska

Operating officers can find many career and educational opportunities in Alaska. There are currently 1,510 jobs for operating officers in Alaska and that number is growing. A projected rise of seven percent in employment opportunities will make the figure 1,720 jobs by 2016. This increase goes against the national trend for operating officers. National projections show a decline of one percent over the next 10 years. Operating officers recognize and create policies for the overall direction of companies or private and public sector organizations.

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Operating officers earn $64 per hour or $134,000 per year on average in Alaska. Nationally, their income is $77 hourly or $160,000 per year on average.

With a population of 698,473, Alaska, also called Great Land, has grown by 11.4 percent in the last 10 years. Juneau is the state capital. There were a total of 452,986 jobs in 2008 and people in Alaska earned more than the previous year as the average annual income was $43,922, up from $41,081. Unemployment in Alaska jumped by 1.5 percentage points to 8.0 percent in 2009. Roughly 24.7 percent of Alaska residents have college degrees, which is lower than the national average.

Oil extraction, transportation, general merchandise stores and other general merchandise stores are the top employing fields in Alaska.

One of the many things Alaska is known for, Prudhoe Bay, on the northern Alaskan coast, is North America's largest oil field. Alaska has many unique characteristics, but one fun fact in particular is Agattu, Attu, and Kiska are the only parts of North America occupied by Japanese troops during World War II.

Leadership

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

They regularly present data at meetings or conventions to promote services and accomplish objectives and direct business or departmental efforts concerned with the production or distribution of products.

They are required to evaluate and judge the efficacy of solutions and manage and maintain budgets and other financial resources.

Operating officers should be able to think through problems and come up with general rules and piece together evidence to, in some sense, diagnose what is going on in a situation.

In order to be successful in the workplace, operating officers must have exceptional integrity and want to innovate to meet new challenges.