Telecommunications Jobs and MBA Programs in Maryland

Information technology directors can find many career and educational opportunities in Maryland. The job pool for information technology directors in Maryland is growing and currently sits at 9,640. A 35 percent bump in the number of jobs is projected to put the figure at 12,230 by 2016. This exceeds the national growth trend for information technology directors. National projections show a rise of just 23 percent over the next 10 years. Information technology directors install, configure, and support an organization's local area network, wide area network, and Internet system or a segment of a network system.

Maryland photo by Abhijit Tembhekar

The income for information technology directors is $37 per hour or $77,000 per year on average in Maryland. Nationally, their income is $33 hourly or $69,000 per year on average.

Home to 5,699,478 people, Maryland, known as Old Line State, has grown by 7.6 percent in the last 10 years. The state capital is Annapolis. In 2008, the total number of jobs was 3,471,985 and the average annual income in Maryland was $48,164, which is up from $46,922 the previous year. In Maryland, the unemployment rate went up by 2.6 percentage points to 7.0 percent in 2009 from the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 31.4 percent, which is above the national average.

The top employing fields in Maryland include engineering services, radio broadcasting communications equipment manufacturing, photofinishing and photofinishing laboratories (except one-hour).

One of the many things Maryland is known for, Swallow Falls State Park near Oakland showcases Muddy Creek Falls. At 63 feet it is the largest waterfall in Maryland. Maryland has many unique characteristics, but one fun fact in particular is Fort Meade near Laurel became a base because a train engineer delivering soldiers to Meade knew only one Meade, the one in Maryland. He was not aware of Fort Meade, Florida. The confusion happened so often a second base was built in Maryland in an attempt to avoid the confusion.

Telecommunications

Information technology directors install, configure, and support an organization's local area network, wide area network, and Internet system or a segment of a network system.

They regularly maintain computer networks and related computing environments including both hardware and software. They also operate master consoles to track the performance of computer systems and direct computer network access and use.

They are required to evaluate the effectiveness of systems in order to improve their performance. Also, they must think through complex problems and develop a critical analysis of the situation and possible solutions.

Information technology directors should be able to articulate ideas and problems and think through problems and come up with general rules.

In order to be successful in the workplace, information technology directors must be reliable and believe in an agile approach to problem solving and deal with change.