Sports Management Jobs and MBA Programs in North Carolina

North Carolina has an abundance of educational and career opportunities for agents. For agents, there are 170 jobs in North Carolina and this is projected to grow by 24 percent to 810 jobs by 2016. This is better than the national trend for agents, which sees the job pool growing at about 22 percent over the next 10 years. In general, agents represent and promote artists, performers, and athletes to prospective employers and handle contract negotiation and other business matters for clients.

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In North Carolina, the income for agents is $23 per hour or $48,000 per year. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $39 hourly or $81,000 per year on average.

North Carolina, also known as the Tar Heel State, is home to 9,380,884 people. It has grown by 16.5 percent in the last 10 years. Raleigh is the state capital. In 2008, there were a total of 5,497,808 jobs and at $35,249, the average annual income in North Carolina was higher than the previous year's per capita figure of $34,865. The unemployment rate in North Carolina was 10.6 percent in 2009. It rose by 4.4 percentage points from the previous year. Roughly 22.5 percent of state residents have college degrees. This is below the national average.

Beverage product manufacturing, tobacco manufacturing, pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing and apparel manufacturing are the top employing fields in North Carolina.

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.

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.