Career Guides

Ever wondered what it takes to be a business analyst? This guide explores prerequisites, top skills, average salary, certifications, and much more. Find out if this is the right career for you!

Ever wondered what it takes to be a controller? This guide explores prerequisites, top skills, average salary, certifications, and much more. Find out if this is the right career for you!

Looking to start your career as an operations manager? This operations manager career guide explores job prerequisites, top skills, average salary and much more. Find out if this is the right career for you!

Ever wondered how to become a marketing manager? This guide explores job requirements, top skills, salary, and much more. Find out if this is the right career for you!

Wondering how to get a job as a software engineer? This career guide explores software engineer job requirements, top skills, average salary and much more. Find out if this is the right career for you!

Would you like to know what it takes to be an office manager? This office manager career guide explores job requirements, top skills, average salary, and much more. Find out if this is the right career for you!

Salary $35,000 - $110,120 Education Bachelor’s degree (human resources preferred)  Experience 1-7 years Upward Mobility Average - Above average Certification SHRM,MRCI (not required) Job Outlook 7-9% growth 2016 - 2026 A human resources employee helps maintain or grow a business or organization by recruiting and hiring new employees, training them, helping them to get benefits, managing data ...

Salary $81,390 (May 2017) Education Bachelor’s degree (comp. science, math or related)  Experience 1-3 years Upward Mobility Average to above average Certification Big Data Certification (not required) Job Outlook 27% growth between 2016-2026 (super fast!) A data analyst is someone who gathers and analyzes data for a client, business or organization.

Salary $58,958 (Nov. 2018) Education Bachelor’s degree (comm., PR, marketing preferred)  Experience 5+ yrs (sales) 1+ yrs (account mgmt.) Upward Mobility Average Certification not needed Job Outlook unavailable An account manager is the connecting agent a company provides for its clients. They make sure that the goods or services clients are paying for are working well and meeting their needs ...

Salary $48,700 Education Bachelor’s degree (graphic design or related)  Experience 1-5 years Upward Mobility Average Certification not needed Job Outlook 4% growth 2016 - 2026 A graphic designer creates visualizations that have just the right aesthetic to communicate the images their clients want to deliver. They design these visualizations for products, advertisements, print media, book cove ...

Salary $69,350 Education bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field Experience Entry-level 0-2 yrs Senior-level 5-7 yrs Upward Mobility Above average Certification CPA, CMA, CGAC (recommended) Job Outlook 10% growth (2016-2026) An accountant advises clients and helps them to manage their finances, pay taxes, administer and audit accounts, evaluate their financial position and guide them thro ...

Salary $37,870 Education High school Experience 0-2 years Upward Mobility Above average Certification Not needed Job Outlook 5% decline 2016-2026 An administrative assistant helps an office run smoothly and helps managers make sure their teams have all they need to get the job done, whatever it may be. A common administrative assistant job description includes: Administrative assistant jobs are so ...