Welcome To The Business Administration Career Community!

Here you will find career-related information such as articles/guides, jobs, resources, courses, and events specific to Business Administration to help you embrace your career and academic journey. 

Start Here: What Can I Do With My Degree?

Become successful entrepreneurial thinkers and decision-makers. Embrace your career and academic journey and get ready to embark upon career exploration that will lead to a more meaningful and informed career plan as you complete your education and beyond! Business administration majors generally consider jobs in the following functional areas:

  • Management strategies
  • Team collaboration
  • Ethical business practices
  • Global business contexts
  • Data-driven strategies
  • Audience communication tactics

From interpersonal skills to strategic problem solving and operational principles, your degree gives you the knowledge, skills and abilities you will need to succeed in a wide variety of fast paced business environments!

What Can I Do With This Major? features 100 major profiles with information on common jobs and career paths, types of employers that hire in the field, and strategies to maximize opportunities. Scroll to the bottom of each profile for links to professional associations, occupational outlook information, and job search resources.

Hear From Your Alumni: Shared Career Stories

Current Students: Benefits of Selecting a Concentration (Optional)

Selecting a concentration in business administration can provide you with a more focused, tailored education that enhances your career prospects and allows you to pursue your interests within the field of business. A concentration in business administration can be advantageous for several reasons:

Specialized Knowledge: Concentrations allow you to delve deeper into a specific area of interest within business administration, such as marketing, finance, human resources, or operations management. This specialization provides a more focused education and expertise in a particular field.

Career Focus: Concentrations help you tailor your education to your career goals. By choosing a concentration aligned with your career aspirations, you can gain relevant skills and knowledge that make you more competitive in the job market.

Networking Opportunities: Concentrations often come with specialized courses, workshops, and networking events that connect you with professionals and peers in your chosen field. This networking can lead to internship opportunities, mentorship, and potential job offers.

Increased Marketability: Having a concentration on your resume demonstrates to employers that you have specialized knowledge and skills in a specific area of business. This can make you more attractive to employers seeking candidates with expertise in a particular domain.

Personal Interest: You may have a strong interest or passion for a specific area within business administration. Choosing a concentration allows you to explore that interest in-depth and pursue a career that aligns with your passions.

Click on each concentration to explore various options:

Career Resources

Learn how to become a data analyst and discover everything you need to know about launching your career, including the …

LinkedIn Learning

SNHU’s partnership with LinkedIn Learning offers free non-credit bearing continuing education & professional development courses to individuals already in SNHU’s community that can help you skill-up and gain experience! To gain skills and experience through LinkedIn Learning courses, you can search for project-based courses that align with your career goals and take courses on relevant technologies, soft or hard skills, or industry-specific topics. View our dedicated page for more information!

Global Strategy

Taught by Anil Gupta
Globalization is a double-edged sword. Global firms benefit from a larger market, scale- and location-based cost efficiencies, and exposure to…

Analyze Data with Codex: From Questions to Insights

Taught by Chris French
Learn how to use Codex to move from raw data to stakeholder-ready insights. This course provides a practical, end-to-end workflow…

Tableau 10 for Data Scientists

Taught by Matt Francis
Tableau is designed for data science! Move beyond the basics and delve deeper into the power of this data visualization…

Project Management: Government Projects

Taught by Oliver Yarbrough
Want to transition from managing corporate projects to government project management? Learn the nuances of managing government projects—a subset of…

Sallie Krawcheck on Risk-Taking

Taught by Sallie Krawcheck
To create any type of opportunity for ourselves—and our companies—we must take chances. Yet as we progress in our careers…

Setting Team and Employee Goals Using SMART Methodology

Taught by Mike Figliuolo
Employee goals should be driven by the organization’s needs—whether it’s to cut costs, drive revenue, or build skills—and keep employees…

Entrepreneurship: Finding and Testing Your Business Idea

Taught by Dave Crenshaw
The prospect of starting your own business from scratch can feel at once exhilarating and overwhelming. Before you launch a…

Fred Kofman on Managing Conflict

Taught by Fred Kofman
Do you dread difficult conversations? Avoiding conflict doesn’t save relationships. Managing conflict makes them stronger. Learn the tools that turn…

Creating Your IT Strategy

Taught by Peter High
The role of information technology (IT) in organizations has changed dramatically. While historically the role of IT departments has been…

Balanced Scorecard and Key Performance Indicators

Taught by Kay Stice
There’s a critical link between an organization’s goals and its performance metrics. A beautiful mission statement is nothing without specific,…

Designing Growth Strategies

Taught by Anil Gupta
Companies need to grow in order to attract and retain top talent, sustain competitive advantage, and create shareholder value. Drawing…

Running a Design Business: Pricing and Estimating

Taught by Terry Lee Stone
Do you know what to charge for your design services? Too much and you risk scaring away potential clients; too…

Guy Kawasaki on Entrepreneurship

Taught by Guy Kawasaki
In this interview-style course, author, entrepreneur, evangelist, and venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki discusses a variety of topics centered on entrepreneurship.…

Excel 2016 Essential Training

Taught by Dennis Taylor
Start mastering Excel, the world’s most popular and powerful spreadsheet program, with Excel expert Dennis Taylor. Learn how to best…

Pitching to Investors

Taught by Jana Lee
Find out what angel investors and venture capital firms are looking for in this course by investor and entrepreneur Jana…

Creating a Business Plan

Taught by Mike Figliuolo
Looking to build a business or expand one you’re already running? You’ll need to build a business plan before you…

Developing a Competitive Strategy

Taught by Anil Gupta
Competitive advantage is not about how good you are but about whether you’re faster, better, or cheaper than competitors in…

Learning Everyday Math

Taught by Vince Kotchian
This course explains essential math concepts in clear language, using real-world problems that will help learners of all levels feel…

Going Paperless: Start to Finish

Taught by Suzanna Kaye
Go paperless! Reduce your paper use and make sure all of the information you need is immediately available via a…

Getting Things Done

Taught by David Allen
Join world-renowned productivity and time management expert David Allen as he walks you through his five-step process for Getting Things…

Vault Guides

The Vault Guides to Jobs series provides essential information about key careers and industries, with an emphasis on preparing for …

The Vault Guides to Jobs series provides essential information about key careers and industries, with an emphasis on preparing for …

The Vault Guides to Jobs series provides essential information about key careers and industries, with an emphasis on preparing for …

Gain Experience

Do you need to gain relevant work experience? Here you will find a variety of opportunities to gain real work experience, in a virtual setting – right from home! You can participate in studies abroad, SNHU experiential learning programs, or participate in virtual job simulations through our partner, Forage. These simulations are real case studies submitted by corporations across the country, and they are 100% free, open access, and self-paced. Company representatives will offer you feedback on your project.

You will find experiential learning opportunities for every major of study. Simply click ‘view all experiences’ and search for one that supports your career goals. With these experiences, you will be able to speak to the work you did within the simulations or other experiences in an interview, on your LinkedIn profile, and on your cover letter.

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