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Sports Management Jobs and MBA Programs in Missouri
People considering careers as agents can find job and education opportunities in Missouri. In general, agents represent and promote artists, performers, and athletes to prospective employers and handle contract negotiation and other business matters for clients.
Missouri photo by Andrew Selman
State figures show that agents in Missouri earn $23 per hour or $48,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $39 hourly or $81,000 per year on average.
Nicknamed the Show Me State, Missouri has a population of 5,987,580, which has grown by 7.0 percent in the last 10 years. Jefferson City is the state capital. There were a total of 3,672,794 jobs in 2008 and people in Missouri earned more than the previous year as the average annual income was $36,356, up from $35,120. The unemployment rate in Missouri was 9.3 percent in 2009, which has grown by 3.2 percentage points since the previous year. Roughly 21.6 percent of Missouri residents have college degrees, which is lower than the national average.
Stationery supplies merchant wholesalers, specialized freight trucking, related equipment merchant wholesalers and used household goods moving are the top employing fields in Missouri.
One of the many things Missouri is known for, Anheuser-Busch brewery in St. Louis, Missouri is the largest beer producing plant in the nation. Several important people were born in Missouri such as President Harry S. Truman, who was born in Lamar, May 8, 1884.
Sports Management
Agents represent and promote artists, performers, and athletes to prospective employers and handle contract negotiation and other business matters for clients.
They regularly collect fees or other payments, in line with contract terms. They also arrange meetings concerning issues involving their clients.
They are required to respond to the actions of other and coordinate activities with them and speak clearly and communicate with others.
Agents should be able to listen to and understand others in meetings and read and understand documents and reports.
In order to be successful in the workplace, agents must be able to deal with stress and deal with situations calmly and be persistant in the face of problems and impediments.
