Leadership Jobs and MBA Programs in Oregon

Those considering careers as operating officers can find education and job opportunities in Oregon. For operating officers in Oregon, the job pool currently sits at 1,750 and is expected to grow by 11 percent to 1,770 jobs by 2016. This goes against the national trend for operating officers, which sees the job pool actually falling at 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.

Oregon photo by Kelvin Kay

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

Oregon, also known as the Beaver State, has a population of 3,825,657. It's population has increased 11.8 percent over the last 10 years. The state capital is Salem. There were 2,339,488 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Oregon earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $36,365, up from $35,737. The unemployment rate in Oregon was 11.1 percent in 2009. It went up by 4.6 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 25.1 percent. This is under the national average.

The top employing fields in Oregon include wood product manufacturing, lumber construction materials merchant wholesalers, wood panel merchant wholesalers and footwear merchant wholesalers.

Oregon is known for having important landmarks. At 329 feet the Coast Douglas-Fir in Oregon is considered the tallest tree in the state. One of the many things Oregon is known for, in 1880 a sea cave was discovered near what is now known as Florence. Sea Lion Caves is known to be the largest sea cave in the world.

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.