Kristen Said:

Can I use a business management degree to get in to personal management or human resource management?

We Answered:

Yep, most degrees are NOT confined to just one area of careers. With that business degree and depending on the school system, you might be able to teach in some of their schools.

Annie Said:

How much is a average salary for a Business Management degree?

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Starting salaries are around $36,000 for recent grads with that degree. If you have any kind of part-time work experience, internships, or certain skills (computer skills, foreign language), a potential employer may be willing to increase it.

Todd Said:

What is a business management degree? Can you explain that to me?

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As to whether it is necessary to have the degree, the answer is no. The only time it is truly necessary to have a degree is when you wish to be hired by an existing company that requires a degree, or when you wish to be credentialed for for some practice that requires a degree, such as medicine or engineering.

The things you should get from the degree include business computing skills, business communication, a bit of human resources, possibly a good internship, and maybe some other things like marketing and job seeking skills. I would get ahold of their catalog and read the course description for every course in the curriculum. If the descriptions sound like things that could be useful to you then you might give it a shot.

Alternatively, you might just take only the classes you're most interested in. It's likely that the community college offers a one year certificate with many of the same courses, so you might think of doing that instead.

I will offer one caveat - what if your plan doesn't work out and you decide you'd be better off with a bachelors or masters degree, like an MBA or MBF? The problem with the degree you're considering is that it is probably not a good choice should you decide to try to transfer. If you think you may eventually be interested in a four year degree or beyond, you might look into your community college's general studies curriculum. Also, check out to see whether this college has a career center. Those folks should be able to help you out. If not, speak to an advisor from the business program.

Good luck!

Marvin Said:

Tell me what do you do with YOUR business management degree?

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My first thought reading your question was the physical degree - it's in my closet, somewhere.

My bachelor's is in business management and my master's is in finance - so some of the later jobs might be different from what you might consider but here's my list, in job order:
management consultant
restaurant management
corporate administration
investment analyst
marketing supervisor
college instructor (still do this)
sales analyst
financial auditor
financial analyst
now working in a small accounting firm

My suggestion is try to figure out where your interests and special abilities are and focus on including them in your job search. You'll be happier. Example: I like number crunching and have discovered an interest in historical restoration - so if/when I look again, my ideal would be finding something that combines both - so maybe a financial analyst in an architectural firm, construction company, or with a neighborhood revitalization group.

Billie Said:

Can you start a small business with a business management degree?

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Studying a management course may contribute near to nothing when your really out there (in the market - I know because ive experienced it) However those degrees and your previous achievements may count in a lot in gathering investors especially considering that your going for banking industry where credibility is considered top priority.

Ask yourself a question, would you rather save your money at a bank made by ivy grads plus 20 years of experience or just someone with B.A in management and bank license.

Not to sound cruel and I know that i'm saying out of my lines but I wouldnt really go into banking industry if i were you. Also if you want to go make a bank you rather do economics than business management (both may be great)

Don't take my words too hard because you know that major businesses started from scratch and those ceos (back in the days) werent ivy grads. But just know the statistics and facts before you start.