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Management & Administration. This cluster represents one of Whether you’re working in the oil fields, in a
the fastest-growing and highest-paying groups of jobs in the department store, or in criminal investigation,
United States. pay and prospects in Business, Management &
“There is a desperate need for trained business professionals,” says Administration are excellent. Managers in big
Jamie Belinne, executive director of the Rockwell Career Services retail stores can make six-figure salaries within
Center in the University of Houston’s Bauer College of Business. You five to 10 years after college graduation, Belinne
can take your pick: jobs with many openings include accountants, says. “The hours are long and the work is hard,
administrative assistants, bookkeepers, desktop publishers, meeting but you can be extremely successful.”
planners, office managers, personnel recruiters, public relations Accounting majors straight out of college
specialists, and store managers. can earn $40,000 to $50,000 and management
information system majors can earn $60,000 to
The Bottom Line $70,000. “Information system experts are almost like
While the jobs vary widely, you can count on one thing. “The bottom interpreters who can move back and forth between
line in business is the bottom line,” says Belinne. “You can’t be too business and technology,” Belinne explains.
afraid of numbers.”
But don’t think business is just boring number crunching. For
instance, if you like solving mysteries and are good with numbers,
the FBI might hire you as an accountant. “Our country loses a lot
10
Fast-Growing Careers
of money to white-collar crime each year,” explains Belinne. “If you
really enjoy investigating and don’t mind going through mounds of
occupation
% Growth New Jobs Created
information to get to the bottom of a mystery you
(2002–2012) (2002–2012)
would probably enjoy accounting.”
compensation, Benefits, and Job analysis specialist 30.2% 2,250
A business career could take you
receptionist and Information clerk 27.9% 21,250
to exotic places as well. Ron
Training and development specialist 27.0% 4,400
Zimmerman, chief executive
Interviewer, except eligibility and loan 26.8% 4,200
officer of the Houston
pharmaceutical company PLx
public relations manager 24.3% 850
Pharma, has lived in England,
customer service representative 23.4% 38,650
Russia, and Kazakhstan. employment, recruitment, and placement specialist 22.9% 3,050
He helped bring energy
Interpreter and Translator 21.9% 700
and mining companies to
administrative services manager 20.5% 5,300
the latter, a former Soviet
republic. The company
Human resources assistant, ex. payroll and Timekeeping 20.4% 2,450
developed oil fields to
This is a projection of 10 fast-growing careers in Business, Management & Administration in Texas
pump jobs and revenue
from the year 2002 to 2012 and the number of new jobs created in each occupation. Note that while the
percentage of growth in jobs may be high, the actual number of jobs created may be low. Source: Texas
into the economy.
Workforce Commission.
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