is Business, Management & Administration the
right cluster for you? Take this quiz to find out.
Answer “yes” or “no” to the following questions.
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do you Are you good at can you do you like Are you good at do you play if you play sports, do you like to do you like do you read
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like math? organizing clubs persuade people selling things? paying attention chess, other are you a team be in charge of working and business
or parties? to accept your to details? board games, leader? group projects? earning your magazines or
point of view? or computer own money? keep track of the
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games? stock market?
If you answered “yes” to five or more of the above questions, Business, Management & Administration may
be the right cluster for you. To get a more specific and scientific measurement of your attitudes and abilities,
ask your guidance counselor or teacher about taking a career assessment test or interest inventory.
Across the board, the outlook is bright. The number of jobs kind of management or business degree should get you in the door.
nationwide in Business, Management & Administration is expected “To work as a human resources assistant or clerk,” he adds, “you
to grow 42 percent during this decade. need to have a high school diploma and a good sense of organization.
Practical courses in using desktop computer systems will make
Wide Opportunity you much more marketable. If you can prove yourself in some
And you can chart your own course. Opportunities are available for kind of an office-related internship job, this will also improve your
talented managers in every industry in every part of the world. career opportunities.”
Zimmerman—who began his work life sacking groceries—put Whichever route you choose, take rigorous math or English.
himself through the University of North Texas by working summers These skills can help you succeed in a career. Belinne, who helps
as an oil field roustabout. “I was fortunate the oil field was a high- college students obtain job interviews and evaluate offers, says,
paying job,” he says. “That was my primary financial support.” “If you can write and speak well and are good at math, you can be
After exploring banking after college, he spent most of his phenomenally successful.”
career in the energy business. “I was mainly working with energy
companies,” Zimmerman says, “advising on selling and partnering
with companies overseas—mainly in oil and gas exploration and
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Top-Paying Careers
production.”
Qualifications
occupation
Average Entry-Level Experienced
Wage Wage Wage
Many—but not all—Business, Management & Administration
chief executive $69.96 $35.11 $87.39
jobs require a college degree. For top positions in human resources,
Industrial production manager $40.49 $24.65 $48.40
companies vary widely in what they require. Monty Stanley, human
public relations manager $34.39 $17.54 $42.81
resources director at the San Angelo Standard-Times, says, “Any
operations research analyst $32.13 $21.10 $37.64
administrative services manager $31.42 $16.46 $38.89
statistician $26.93 $15.49 $32.64
THe mccomBs
accountant and auditor $26.38 $16.56 $31.29
scHool of BusIness
Budget analyst $26.23 $18.03 $30.33

compensation, Benefits, and
aT uT ausTIn Has THe HIgHesT percenTage
Job analysis specialist
$23.74 $15.05 $28.09
of afrIcan-amerIcan professors of
property, real estate, and
community association manager
$23.57 $11.57 $29.50
anY Top BusIness scHool.
This is a chart of hourly wages for 10 of the top-paying careers in the Business, Management &
Administration cluster in Texas. Note how entry-level wages are often much lower than pay for the
average worker and experienced workers in each profession. Source: Texas Workforce Commission.
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