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What interests you?

  • Money and business finance
  • Buying and selling things
  • Developing new products and ideas
  • Figures and spreadsheets
  • laptop with business figures
  • calculator, pen and papers with statistical figures
  • hands hold a pen to a notepad with another hand punches numbers on a calculator
  • skyline of a city center at dusk
  • business woman in a suit works on her computer
  • two colleagues review presentation on a laptop
  • young man working while on a couch
  • hands typing on a laptop
  • three colleagues discuss something while looking at laptop
  • printed papers with analytics and data
  • colleagues discuss work in a modern tech office
  • stack of coins sits atop colorful money

Check out these careers:

bookkeepers reviewing data in a meeting
Bookkeeping, Accounting and Auditing Clerks
annual salary range
$28,250 - $68060
accountant ready to review information
Accountants
annual salary range
$47,190 - $127,520
general manager leading discussion in a meeting room with her team
General and Operations Managers
annual salary range
$53,510 - $208,000
financial manager reviewing information
Financial Managers
annual salary range
$73,560 - $208,000
business operations specialist
Business Operations Specialists
annual salary range
$39,550 - $136,610
supervisor meeting with adminstrative support workers
Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
annual salary range
$53,510 - $208,000

Explore

Do you...

  • Read the financial news
  • Admire people who manage companies and businesses
  • Have a lot of ideas for development
  • Believe in yourself
  • Enjoy managing people
  • Analyze financial news and markets

Gain Some Experience

  • Start a small business
  • Work part-time in a retail store or real estate office
  • Participate in student government
  • Intern at an advertising, public relations, or market research firm
  • Join DECA (Marketing Association)
  • Join Business Professionals of America (BPA)
  • Junior achievement
  • Take an online e-commerce class
  • Attend a local Chamber of Commerce meeting
  • Help local businesses cater events
boss discussing issues with two workers
team meeting around the conference table
business presentation in a busy office
two business colleagues dressed in sharp suits in an office building
stylish black businessman walks down steps outside modern building
business team meeting in a causal setting

School

Related Programs at Local Colleges

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Work

Career Interviews

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