Retail Enterprise Management Jobs and MBA Programs in North Carolina

Those considering careers as retail sales managers can find education and job opportunities in North Carolina. For retail sales managers in North Carolina, the job pool currently sits at 48,540 and is expected to grow by 10 percent to 77,990 jobs by 2016. Over the next 10 years, the national job pool is projected to rise by five percent, short of the state growth for retail sales managers. 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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State figures show that retail sales managers in North Carolina earn $17 per hour or $36,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $19 hourly or $39,000 per year on average.

North Carolina, also known as the Tar Heel State, has a population of 9,380,884. It's population has increased 16.5 percent over the last 10 years. The state capital is Raleigh. There were 5,497,808 total jobs in 2008 and workers in North Carolina earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $35,249, up from $34,865. The unemployment rate in North Carolina was 10.6 percent in 2009. It went up by 4.4 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 22.5 percent. This is under the national average.

The top employing fields in North Carolina include beverage product manufacturing, tobacco manufacturing, pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing and apparel manufacturing.

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.

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.