Leadership Jobs and MBA Programs in Kentucky

Operating officers can find many career and educational opportunities in Kentucky. For operating officers in Kentucky, the job pool currently sits at 4,850 and is expected to grow by 12 percent to 8,510 jobs by 2016. Prospects are significantly better for operating officers in the state when compared to the national trend, which projects a one percent drop in the number of jobs over the next 10 years. In general, operating officers recognize and create policies for the overall direction of companies or private and public sector organizations.

Kentucky photo by Richard Hurt

State figures show that operating officers in Kentucky earn $71 per hour or $146,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $77 hourly or $160,000 per year on average.

Kentucky, also known as the Bluegrass State, has a population of 4,314,113. It has seen its population grow by 6.7 percent over the last 10 years. The capital is Frankfort. There were 2,442,252 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Kentucky earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $31,936, up from $31,060. The unemployment rate in Kentucky was 10.5 percent in 2009. It went up by 3.9 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 17.1 percent. This falls short of the national average.

In Kentucky, the top employers are in tobacco product merchant wholesalers, alumina production, couriers and couriers.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Thunder Over Louisville is the opening ceremony for the Kentucky Derby Festival and is the world's largest fireworks display. One of the unique tidbits about Kentucky is Cumberland is the only waterfall in the world to regularly display a Moonbow. It is located just southwest of Corbin.

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.