Leadership Jobs and MBA Programs in New York

Operating officers can find many career and educational opportunities in New York. Trending downward, the job pool for operating officers in New York is currently 17,630. A one percent dip in the number of jobs is projected to put the figure at 24,830 by 2016. This drop equals to the national trend for operating officers. 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 New York earn $85 per hour or $176,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $77 hourly or $160,000 per year on average.

Home to 19,541,453 people, New York, known as Empire State, has grown by 3.0 percent in the last 10 years. The state capital is Albany. In 2008, the total number of jobs was 11,289,001 and the average annual income in New York was $48,809, which is up from $47,628 the previous year. In New York, the unemployment rate went up by 3.1 percentage points to 8.4 percent in 2009 from the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 27.4 percent, which is under the national average.

The top employing fields in New York include securities contracts intermediation, investment banking dealing, notions merchant wholesalers and real estate.

One of the many things New York is known for, New York's largest lake in Oneida measures 79.8 square miles. New York has many unique characteristics, but one fun fact in particular is The Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan is the only school in the world offering a Bachelor of Science Degree with a Major in Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing.

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.