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Sports Management Jobs and MBA Programs in West Virginia
Agents represent and promote artists, performers, and athletes to prospective employers and handle contract negotiation and other business matters for clients.
West Virginia photo by the U.S. Dept. of Transportation
Nationally, their income is $39 hourly or $81,000 per year on average.
Nicknamed the Mountain State, West Virginia has a population of 1,819,777. It's population has increased 0.6 percent over the last 10 years. The state capital is Charleston. There were 934,944 total jobs in 2008 and workers in West Virginia earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $31,634, up from $30,121. The unemployment rate in West Virginia was 7.9 percent in 2009. It went up by 3.6 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 14.8 percent. This is under the national average.
The top employing fields in West Virginia include bituminous coal underground mining, plastics material manufacturing, pipeline transportation and pipeline transportation of natural gas.
While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, the world's largest sycamore tree is located on the Back Fork of the Elk River in Webster Springs. One of the unique tidbits about West Virginia is West Virginia is the only state in the Union to have acquired its sovereignty by proclamation of the President of the United States.
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.
