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Business and Management Careers

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You’ve just earned your MBA. Congratulations/condolences.

If you went to one of the top half-dozen vaunted business schools, you will be sought after by corporate America like you’re the only pretty girl in a harbor town when the navy has just come back from eight months at sea.

However, if you were the valedictorian of the University of Phoenix, the welcome will…not involve tongue.

So what do you do with your newly minted letters?

How about going to Wall Street? If trading bonds like they’re sardines gives you chills (in a good way), and you went to one of the top few schools, get ready to be a millionaire in a few years. Maybe even one year if you’re willing to go without that whole “sleeping” nuisance.

Not so great at math? No problemo. How about taking a brand marketing job selling cereal, cars, and/or heated, massaging toothbrushes? At the end of a long day, don’t your gums deserve to be pampered a little?

Okay…not comfortable with the idea of having skin in the game? Easy answer. Become a management consultant and advise business leaders on the lowest friction method of firing people. Hint: Post-It Notes can go a long way.

If you really are a glutton for punishment, how about throwing away everything you learned in business school and starting your own company? This way, when you look for an idiot bureaucrat to scream at for ruining your company…all you need to do is find a mirror.

Long story short: if you want to be stuck with the enviable problem of having to figure out where in the world you’re going to store all your mounds of cash, business/finance is the way to go. There isn’t quite the money in medicine and law there used to be. Today, it’s the hospital administrators and heads of insurance companies raking in far more than the doctors themselves…i.e., people with business degrees.

So go the business route, and look and feel like a Million Bucks Always. (aka MBA)

Careers In This Field

Corporate Events Manager

Fashion Designer

Market Research Analyst

Political Campaign Manager

Auctioneer

Grant Writer

Country Club Manager

Correctional Institution Administrator

Fast Food Franchise Owner

Mortgage Broker

Archivist

Bookkeeper

Etsy Crafter

Niche Food Entrepreneur

Recycling Plant Manager

Sales Worker Supervisor

Wind Farm Operator

Food Service Manager/Entrepreneur (Pizza Parlor)

Logistician

Commercial Bank Manager

Corporate Relocation Specialist

Corporate Social Responsibility Manager

Gun Store Owner

Green Grocer Manager

Oil Tycoon

Credit Analyst

Poultry Processor CEO

HMO Executive

Occupational Health and Safety Specialist

Hotel Chain Owner

Energy Broker

Equal Rights Opportunity Officer

Hotel Manager

Investment Banker

Rare Book Dealer

Baseball Manager

Demolition Contractor

B&B Owner

Loan Officer

Accountant, Certified and Public

Public Relations

Property Manager

President of the United States

Personal Financial Advisor/Private Wealth Manager

Mutual Fund Manager

Music Producer

Marketing Manager

Management Consultant

Literary Agent

IT Manager

International Sales

Insurance Sales Agent

Insurance Claims Adjuster

Entrepreneur - Small Business

Entrepreneur - Silicon Valley

Financial Analyst

Film Producer

Funeral Director

Headhunter

Hedge Fund Manager

HR Director

Wedding Planner

Union Head

Stockbroker/Financial Services Sales Agent

Talent Manager

Sports Agent

Spa Manager

Band Manager