Marketing Jobs and MBA Programs in Connecticut

Marketing managers can find prosperity in Connecticut as the state has an abundance of educational and career opportunities. For marketing managers in Connecticut, the job pool currently sits at 4,930 and is expected to grow by 10 percent to 2,940 jobs by 2016. Over the next 10 years, the national job pool is projected to rise by 12 percent, better than the state trend for marketing managers. In general, marketing managers determine the demand for products and services offered by a firm and its competitors and identify potential customers and develop strategies for maximizing profits while ensuring customer satisfaction.

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In Connecticut, the income for marketing managers is $53 per hour or $111,000 per year. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $57 hourly or $118,000 per year on average.

Connecticut, also known as the Constitution State, has a population of 3,518,288. It's population has increased 3.3 percent over the last 10 years. The state capital is Hartford. In 2008, there were a total of 2,279,011 jobs and at $56,245, the average annual income in Connecticut was higher than the previous year's per capita figure of $55,629. The unemployment rate in Connecticut was 8.2 percent in 2009. It rose by 2.6 percentage points from the previous year. Roughly 31.4 percent of state residents have college degrees. This exceeds the national average.

The top employing fields in Connecticut include petroleum bulk stations, sales financing, paper product merchant wholesalers and nursing care facilities.

One of the unique tidbits about Connecticut is the first telephone book ever issued contained only fifty names. The New Haven District Telephone Company published it in New Haven in February 1878.

Marketing

Marketing managers determine the demand for products and services offered by a firm and its competitors and identify potential customers and develop strategies for maximizing profits while ensuring customer satisfaction.

While working, they conduct economic and commercial surveys to pinpoint potential markets for products and services. Also, they work with developers and production managers to direct promotional efforts and trade shows aimed at marketing products and services.

They are required to talk through and persuade others when needed and speak clearly and communicate with others.

Marketing managers should be able to listen to and understand others in meetings and articulate ideas and problems.

In order to be successful in the workplace, marketing managers must be reliable and be thorough and dependable.