Operations Research Career Profiles
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Operations Research Analyst
Operations research analysts work with an organization's management team to define a performance or inventory problem. The analyst then breaks the problem down into its basic parts and analyzes each part to determine how best to increase efficiency and lower costs. Some of the larger employers of operations research analysts include telecommunications firms, air carriers, computer and data processing firms, financial institutions and the federal government.
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Systems Analyst
Systems analysts interact with others in a variety of disciplines, depending on their particular industry, and strive to ensure that the individual parts can work together to perform a desired function. These analysts are the middleman between the end-user and the computer system. They assess the needs of the end-user and translate them into programming.
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http://www.princetonreview.com/cte/profiles/dayInLife.asp?careerID=210
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos044.htm

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