Leadership Jobs and MBA Programs in Massachusetts

People considering careers as operating officers can find job and education opportunities in Massachusetts. For operating officers, there are 18,630 jobs in Massachusetts and the job pool is projected to shrink by one percent over the next 10 years nationally. In general, operating officers recognize and create policies for the overall direction of companies or private and public sector organizations.

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In Massachusetts, the income for operating officers is $80 per hour or $166,000 per year. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $77 hourly or $160,000 per year on average.

Massachusetts, also known as the Bay State, is home to 6,593,587 people. It's population has increased 3.9 percent over the last 10 years. The state capital is Boston. In 2008, there were a total of 4,251,139 jobs and at $50,897, the average annual income in Massachusetts was higher than the previous year's per capita figure of $49,644. The unemployment rate in Massachusetts was 8.4 percent in 2009. It rose by 3.1 percentage points from the previous year. Roughly 33.2 percent of state residents have college degrees. This exceeds the national average.

The top employing fields in Massachusetts include brokers, portfolio management, control instruments manufacturing and nautical system manufacturing.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Massachusetts holds the two largest cites in New England, Boston, the largest, and Worcester. One of the unique tidbits about Massachusetts is The Boston University Bridge on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.

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.