Leadership Jobs and MBA Programs in Maryland

Those considering careers as operating officers can find education and job opportunities in Maryland. For operating officers in Maryland, the job pool is currently 4,070 and climbing. A projected rise of seven percent in employment opportunities will make the figure 4,630 jobs by 2016. This increase is opposite 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.

Maryland photo by Abhijit Tembhekar

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

Nicknamed the Old Line State, Maryland has a population of 5,699,478, which has grown by 7.6 percent in the last 10 years. The capital is Annapolis. There were a total of 3,471,985 jobs in 2008 and people in Maryland earned more than the previous year as the average annual income was $48,164, up from $46,922. The unemployment rate in Maryland was 7.0 percent in 2009, which has grown by 2.6 percentage points since the previous year. Roughly 31.4 percent of Maryland residents have college degrees, which is higher than the national average.

In Maryland, the top employers are in engineering services, radio broadcasting communications equipment manufacturing, photofinishing and photofinishing laboratories (except one-hour).

One of the many things Maryland is known for, Swallow Falls State Park near Oakland showcases Muddy Creek Falls. At 63 feet it is the largest waterfall in Maryland. Maryland has many unique characteristics, but one fun fact in particular 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.

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.