I am going back to school to earn a post-masters certificate, because it's free & I need more recent education for my resume. Which concentration should I select?
My undergrad degrees are in finance and business economics. Now I focus on process efficiencies for service companies. I wish I had more project management technical training. I would recommend that, but really depends on where you want to take it.
Thanks! I am not positive. I am thinking I want the one that will offer me the most opportunities. My first thoughts are data, budget, or cost analysis.
I can tell you in my business, evaluation of efficiency require analysis of data, budgets and definitely cost analysis. My finance and economic back ground helps with these areas. I have had to hire a couple of specialist in project management to help me understand the language and structure of these groups within the companies who hire us. It gives us a common conduct for the flow of information. Probably why I envy those with project management expertise.
I don't know enough about either field or about your own strengths to give a helpful opinion. Somebody below talked about talking to a counselor. I think that's a great idea!
When I earned the degree, my plan was to be a budget/cost analyst, because I only needed the MBA. I did 18 hours of MIS to teach at the college level. I would love to get my PMC in data analytics, but that isn't one of my free options.
My current job title is student records analyst. Other institutions sometimes call it an evaluator. Basically I evaluate transcripts for transfer credit, for basis of admissions, etc.
With your degree and experience, I would aim for financial program. Predictive analytics will be huge in the years to come. Big data analyzes are just in their infancy.
Between those two options I would choose Financial Management bc it has a higher potential in the long run, BUT I can see Project management being easier to get your foot in the door bc companies are hesitant to leave anything involving finance (even analysis) up to anyone that isn't experienced in that field.
If it was me, Id go Finance and know I'm going to have to grind it out a bit before I get that position Im looking for.
Project management has numerous non-engineering functions. New product development and launches, strategic footprint planning and execution, and a wide variety of other corporate functions.
Financial management is generally a higher paying career but may be more difficult to enter and advance but once in you may have more varied career opportunities
I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, a Bachelors of Business Administration, & a Masters of Business Administration with an emphasis in Information Systems.
Currently, I don't, but I would like to work in one of those fields. Due to life stuff, I didn't get to go into something using my MBA when I first earned it, so this is hopefully a way to change that. I am not such which field is more in demand.
Hmm. That's really too bad. It would depend on what your specific goals are, how realistic they are, given the job market, and what future trends are projected for the positions. I would try to find out as much as possible about the jobs themselves, because that will go a long way toward determining how rewarding your workdays will be and how satisfied you will eventually be with your choice. You've received a lot of good input here from people in the field. My shooting-from-the-hip opinion is that project management may have a wider application than financial management, if that matters. That's my long-winded academic advisor answer.🤓Best of luck, whichever you choose!
Thanks! Yeah, I decided to ask here to get input from those in the field. I looked at the OOH online & am doing other research, but I knew I could get good info here.
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