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Operations Management Jobs and MBA Programs in Maine
There are plenty of job and employment prospects for operations managers in Maine. In Maine, there are currently 8,240 jobs for operations managers and this is projected to fall by five percent to 8,260 jobs by 2016. This is below the national trend, which shows relatively little movement. Operations managers create and execute project work plans and revise to meet changing needs and identify resources needed to complete project.
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Operations managers earn $44 per hour or $91,000 per year on average in Maine. Nationally, their income is $52 hourly or $107,000 per year on average.
Nicknamed the Pine Tree State, Maine is home to 1,318,301 people. It's population has increased 3.4 percent over the last 10 years. The state capital is Augusta. There were 840,874 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Maine earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $36,368, up from $35,028. The unemployment rate in Maine was 8.0 percent in 2009. It went up by 2.7 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 22.9 percent. This is under the national average.
The top employing fields in Maine include paper manufacturing, paperboard mills, direct selling establishments and fuel dealers.
While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, The White Mountain National Forest covers nearly 800,000 acres. The forest covers a landscape ranging from hardwood forests to the largest alpine area east of the Rocky Mountains. One of the unique tidbits about Maine is in Wilton there's a cannery that imports and cans only dandelion greens.
Operations Management
Operations managers create and execute project work plans and revise to meet changing needs and identify resources needed to complete project.
While working, they oversee the movement of goods into and out of production facilities and decide on staffing requirements and interview hire and train new employees.
They are required to respond to the actions of other and coordinate activities with them. Also, they must listen well to others and take in their information and issues.
Operations 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, operations managers must be reliable and be able to take change and lead.
