Retail Enterprise Management Jobs and MBA Programs in Maine

The education and job opportunities are plentiful for retail sales managers in Maine. At 6,970, the number of jobs in Maine for retail sales managers is projected to rise one percent to 10,110 jobs by 2016. This rise is below the projected rise of the national job pool, which shows an increase of five percent in the number of retail sales manager jobs over the next 10 years. In general, retail sales managers directly supervise sales workers in a retail establishment or department and participate in purchasing, budgeting and personnel decisions.

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In Maine, the income for retail sales managers is $18 per hour or $36,000 per year. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $19 hourly or $39,000 per year on average.

Nicknamed the Pine Tree State, Maine has a population of 1,318,301. It's population has increased 3.4 percent over the last 10 years. The state capital is Augusta. In 2008, there were a total of 840,874 jobs and at $36,368, the average annual income in Maine was higher than the previous year's per capita figure of $35,028. The unemployment rate in Maine was 8.0 percent in 2009. It rose by 2.7 percentage points from the previous year. Roughly 22.9 percent of state residents have college degrees. 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.

Retail Enterprise Management

Retail sales managers directly supervise sales workers in a retail establishment or department and participate in purchasing, budgeting and personnel decisions.

While working, they supervise employees working on sales, inventory-taking, reconciling cash receipts, and performing services for clients and work with company officials to evolve methods to increase sales and promote business.

They are required to pay attention to ongoing situations and monitor them as they develop and train others in tasks and process.

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

In order to be successful in the workplace, retail sales managers must have strong self control in the face of challenging situations and be reliable.