If you have professional work experience before pursuing your MBA and want to continue to work in the area of your experience or something closely related, you may be a prime candidate for a career in consulting. Additional areas where career opportunities appear to be plentiful include financial services, specialized banking and operations management. Most companies have some kind of investment portfolio and the careers involved in managing and investing those funds are exciting and rewarding. As the country moves toward mega-banks, the breadth of services they offer becomes more and more specialized. Some areas within the bank may work exclusively with commercial developers to provide construction financing for new ventures, while others work with small business clients to provide factoring services, and still others work to develop new marketing opportunities for expanded credit-card services.
Operations is another significant growth area.
No matter what the business, operations people are always needed to help produce the desired results. The knowledge base and skills set typically acquired through MBA study can be used quite effectively in most organizations within this sector. In recent years career opportunities for MBAs have been increasing in areas like foundation management, arts management, higher education, association management and community and economic development. Many of you have determined that quality of life issues, environmental issues, etc., are more important than salary and other compensation. The importance of doing something with socially redeeming value has moved many of you toward careers in some of these public sector areas.