i have a degree in business management and every ad i have looked at says?

Question

2-5 years experience, 2-3 year but my question is how do you get the experience and how do you know what job level is below and above another job.


Also what types of jobs could i get thanks

Answer 1

Most of experience comes from an internship in college. Also you ma have to start at a lower level in a company and work up to a management position.

I had the same problem. I am a programmer, no one would hire me cause of no experience. I started as a customer service rep for a large company. Then I would walk over to the programmers and talk to them. Eventually I talked them into letting me write some code for them and I did this off the clock. So I was basically an intern. I did this for a year. I added it to my resume. Then I had a bunch of offers.

Answer 2

Experience can be anything management related, like a retail store or chain restaurant. Really anything where you supervise people at all.

Are the jobs you are looking at requiring a degree? If not, then your degree might substitute for experience. Generally, a year of school can substitute for a year of experience.

Use creativity when you write your resume. Did you ever babysit? Include this if you don't have experience. You "supervised" and had to plan "projects," like dinners and activities. Did you volunteer anywhere? Include this anyway if you need to fill up space. I know this guy who helped organize one fundraiser that lasted only half a day. He put this on his resume to fill up space, and ended up with a job as a project manager that paid over $200,000 per year. Not to shabby...

Project management is a job you can get if you're particularly good at something. If you have strong leadership skills, you'll be a good project manager. Even if no supervisory skills, did you take the lead on any school projects? Include this on your resume, it may help substitute for experience. As a project manager, if, for example, you are really bad at managing finances, then you select somebody to be on your team who is good at it. You are a leader, that means you delegate responsibilities, not do everything yourself.

Remember, you have to pay your dues. This means that your first job might be cruddy. You might have to work as a manager at a mall store to get some experience. But if you can keep that job for a year, then your future employers will see that you are serious about having a job and that you can handle the responsibility of having a job and being a leader.

Answer 3

Someone should have told you that an undergrad in business management doesn't qualify you to do anything. No one is going to hire a person off the street to be a manager with no experience.

You'll probably have to search for a very long time, get lucky, and/or temp until you find something.

If it's an option for you, go back and get a double major or minor in a functional area: (i.e. accounting, finance, human resources, info systems, etc). Management is only useful as an MBA concentration once you have experience under your belt.

Answer 4

Sounds like you just got out of college or just finished your degree. Try looking into entry level jobs or even internships. They pay less, but builds your experience. I can't tell you specifically what kind of jobs can you get because it will mostly depend on what area you're looking into and what kind of degree you have (AA, BA, BS).

Hope this helps! Good luck.

Answer 5

Unless performance in the management degree is exceedingly good, it is better to start from the middle level management.
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