Leadership Jobs and MBA Programs in Nevada

For a operating officer, Nevada is a land of educational and employment opportunities. There are currently 1,250 jobs for operating officers in Nevada and this is projected to grow by 34 percent to 2,000 jobs by 2016. This is opposite the national trend for operating officers, which sees the job pool declining at about one percent 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.

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State figures show that operating officers in Nevada earn $73 per hour or $151,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $77 hourly or $160,000 per year on average.

Also known as the Silver State, Nevada has a population of 2,643,085. It has grown by 32.3 percent in the last 10 years. Carson City is the state capital. There were 1,638,004 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Nevada earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $40,936, up from $40,930. The unemployment rate in Nevada was 11.8 percent in 2009. It went up by 5.1 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 18.2 percent. This is below the national average.

Accommodation services, accommodation, traveler accommodation and casino hotels are the top employing fields in Nevada.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Nevada is the seventh largest state with 110,540 square miles, 85% of them federally owned including the secret Area 51 near the little town of Rachel. One of the unique tidbits about Nevada is Pershing County located in Cowboy Country features one of only two round courthouses in the United States.

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.