Explore the Business and Administration Career Cluster

Business Analysis

This pathway covers any activity that helps people understand how a particular aspect of a business works. Workers in this pathway include management consultants, management analysts, operations analysts, systems analysts, and business analysts.

Human Resources

This pathway focuses on the management of people. Jobs include labor relations manager, personnel manager, industrial-organizational psychologist, and human resources manager.

Administrative and Information Support

Workers in this pathway help a company operate efficiently. Jobs include receptionist, secretary, mail clerk, information systems manager, transcriptionist, database manager, office manager, and records clerk.

Marketing and Communications

Workers in this pathway help their firms market and sell products and services more effectively. Jobs include marketing assistant, market researcher, marketing manager, marketing director, public relations specialist, product developer, and promotions manager.

Financial Management and Accounting

Workers in this pathway perform a company's financial operations, tracking sales and expenses, planning budgets, handling invoicing, receiving payments, preparing tax statements, and more. Jobs include auditor, accountant, tax examiner, bookkeeping clerk, and auditing clerk.

Management

Management is the direction or control of a business or enterprise. Management occupations include administrative manager, restaurant manager, hotel manager, marketing manager, advertising manager, small business entrepreneur, and retail manager.