Works for a city, region or state to attract businesses and jobs, showing sites to companies, preparing incentive packages and supporting local firms.
Gives a tour of empty factory sites to a company looking to expand, prepares a tax-incentive package, and meets with local business owners.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in economics, planning, or business; CEcD certification.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Economics, Urban Planning, Business.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years). Estimate.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI drafts site reports and incentive packages; touring sites and building trust with companies and towns stay human.
Classes: AP Macroeconomics, AP Government, Speech and debate.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1199.
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