Leadership Jobs and MBA Programs in North Carolina

Those thinking about careers as operating officers can find educational and employment prospects in North Carolina. Currently, there are 2,940 jobs for operating officers in North Carolina 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.

North Carolina photo by Jan van der Crabben

In North Carolina, the income for operating officers is $88 per hour or $182,000 per year. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $77 hourly or $160,000 per year on average.

North Carolina, also known as the Tar Heel State, has a population of 9,380,884. It has grown by 16.5 percent in the last 10 years. Raleigh is the state capital. In 2008, there were a total of 5,497,808 jobs and at $35,249, the average annual income in North Carolina was higher than the previous year's per capita figure of $34,865. The unemployment rate in North Carolina was 10.6 percent in 2009. It rose by 4.4 percentage points from the previous year. Roughly 22.5 percent of state residents have college degrees. This is below the national average.

Beverage product manufacturing, tobacco manufacturing, pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing and apparel manufacturing are the top employing fields in North Carolina.

North Carolina is known for having important landmarks. Fontana Dam is the tallest dam in the Eastern United States, at 480 feet high. One of the many things North Carolina is known for, Cape Hatteras is the largest lighthouse ever to be moved due to erosion problems.

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.