Business, Management, Administration

Pathway 1: Administrative Support

Managers in Administrative Support facilitate business operations through a variety of administrative and clerical duties, including information and communication management, data processing and collection, and project tracking.

Sample Occupations

• Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

• Correspondence Clerks

• Customer Service Representatives

• Data Entry Keyers

• Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

• File Clerks

• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

• Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping

• Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan

• Library Assistants, Clerical

• Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service

• Meter Readers, Utilities

• New Accounts Clerks

• Office Clerks, General

• Office Machine Operators, Except Computer

• Order Clerks

• Patient Representatives

• Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

• Postal Service Clerks

• Postal Service Mail Carriers

• Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators

• Procurement Clerks

• Receptionists and Information Clerks

• Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive

• Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks

• Stockers and Order Fillers

• Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service

• Telephone Operators

• Word Processors and Typists

Pathway 2: Business Information Management

Business Information Management is an umbrella term covering those careers that provide a bridge between business processes/initiatives and IT. Employees in this area help to align business and IT goals.

Sample Occupations

• Computer and Information Systems Managers

Pathway 3: General Management

General Management focuses on careers that plan, organize, direct, and evaluate all or part of a business organization through the allocation and use of financial, human, and material resources.

Sample Occupations

• Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers

• Chief Executives

• Chief Sustainability Officers

• Compliance Managers

• Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling

• General and Operations Managers

• Investment Fund Managers

• Loss Prevention Managers

• Project Management Specialists

• Regulatory Affairs Managers

• Security Managers

• Supply Chain Managers

• Wind Energy Development Managers

• Wind Energy Operations Managers

Pathway 4: Human Resources Management

Human Resources Management focuses on the staffing activities that involve planning, recruitment, selection, orientation, training, performance appraisal, compensation, and safety of employees.

Sample Occupations

• Compensation and Benefits Managers

• Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists

• Human Resources Managers

• Human Resources Specialists

• Labor Relations Specialists

• Training and Development Managers

• Training and Development Specialists

Pathway 5: Operations Management

Operations Management focuses on planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling the resources needed to produce/provide a business’ goods and/or services. Examples of activities in Operations Management are quality control, scheduling, procurement, and warehousing.

Sample Occupations

• Administrative Services Managers

• Biofuels Production Managers

• Biomass Power Plant Managers

• Business Continuity Planners

• Customs Brokers

• Energy Auditors

• Facilities Managers

• Fundraisers

• Geothermal Production Managers

• Hydroelectric Production Managers

• Industrial Production Managers

• Management Analysts

• Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners

• Online Merchants

• Operations Research Analysts

• Project Management Specialists

• Purchasing Managers

• Quality Control Systems Managers

• Security Management Specialists

• Sustainability Specialists