Telecommunications Jobs and MBA Programs in Washington

Those thinking about careers as information technology directors can find educational and employment prospects in Washington. At 9,380, the number of jobs in Washington for information technology directors is projected to rise 25 percent to 11,620 jobs by 2016. Over the next 10 years, the national job pool is projected to rise by 23 percent, short of the state growth for information technology directors. In general, 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.

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State figures show that information technology directors in Washington earn $36 per hour or $74,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $33 hourly or $69,000 per year on average.

Nicknamed the Evergreen State, Washington has a population of 6,664,195. It's population has increased 13.1 percent over the last 10 years. The state capital is Olympia. There were 4,012,270 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Washington earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $42,747, up from $41,919. The unemployment rate in Washington was 8.9 percent in 2009. It went up by 3.5 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 27.7 percent. This is under the national average.

The top employing fields in Washington include software publishers, offices of dentists, monorail system manufacturing and refrigerated warehousing.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Everett is the site of the world's largest building, Boeing's final assembly plant. One of the unique tidbits about Washington is the state of Washington is the only state to be named after a United States president.

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.