<p>I am majoring in Business administration and plan on transfering to Baruch college (buisness school) in manhattan. I like the fact that the job involves building relationships with people and having parterships and closing the deal. Also traveling a lot is a plus for me also. I just need just any thoughts on this career. Would be helpful to have people who actually work in business development and how to have success with this... basically how to get this career, its job growth, any tips possible would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>At first I was thinking in doing management and my dad deals with project management with information technology and I was going to follow his footsteps but this job I felt I would have a lot of passion for...</p>
<p>bump really need some info please</p>
<p>Honestly, there is no one on this forum that deals with Suppy Chain or Operations Mgmt. In defense, it is a relatively new business major…</p>
<p>In all honesty, a general biz admin degree isn’t going to get you this “dream” job straight out of school. Notice your dad has somewhat of a specialization in IT, but even that job comes with experience. Let’s be reasonable, no one is going to hire a fresh college grad to “manage” their projects and close deals. I STRONGLY suggest getting some type of concentration or focus. And even then, its going to take years before anyone trusts you with making their business deals.</p>
<p>I don’t even know what “closing deals” means by the way?</p>
<p>theres soo many internships in manhattan where I can start early to get experience so thats deff not the problem…there has to be some people that has worked in Business Development on here that would know</p>
<p>“basically how to get this career, its job growth, any tips possible would be greatly appreciated.” I didn’t know you were talking some expert jargon, my bad.
Have you even looked at Baruch’s website, they don’t even have a bogus General Business degree. They very clearly have majors…who really thinks general management is typically going to get you into IT management. Every business major knows it takes CIS, MIS or simply IS. Go ahead, keep working on your deals though. lol</p>
<p>what are you talking about general business? lol with business development its dealing with sales…i simply wanted to know from anyone who WORKS in this type of career and has experience, i don’t really need input from someone who is talking bs that doesn’t even make sense lol</p>
<p>I’m not going to argue, its clear you need alot of advice…Why do you think the two people that replied both mentioned general business? In your post you clearly said you were majoring in Business Admin. Most people consider that a bogus degree. At Baruch, they don’t have a business admin major, they have a BBA with several majors. I have never had anyone correlate business development with sales. Regardless, I have two uncles that are in sales each eventually got marketing degrees to get promoted.</p>
<p>Your right i apologize for what I messaged you, I just got frustrated cause I didn’t get the information I was hoping to get… My dad sent me information about baruch and they don’t have Business Administration as a major… I narrowed my majors down to :</p>
<p>-International Business</p>
<p>-Management</p>
<p>-Marketing Management
-Marketing
-International Marketing
Communications
-Advertising & Marketing
-Business to Business Marketing</p>
<p>Business Development correlates to all of these majors…Im just curious in your opinon which major is more beneficial to have, that has more job opportunities and salary…I don’t want to get a major that will screw me over in the future by no job opportunities</p>
<p>Ive researched and accounting & finance are both the best but I have no interest is doing those kind of things. I rather have a job where im basically im constantly being social and working with others…then staying in an office being isolated and doing countless amount of hours of in my opinion boring work</p>
<p>Not going to lie, Marketing can destroy your prospects if your GPA is a 3.0 or below. I say this because of my school’s salary reports. On the other hand, being in NYC if you can keep a 3.6 or up you should earn a entry level position pretty easily. </p>
<p>I’m from Texas, I only have 3 people in my extended family that went to college, all went for marketing. My uncles went when they were around 30 and 35, they got promoted to higher sales positions. They travel all over the state, sometimes more, about a quarter of the time especially when pursuing new clients. The 3rd, a cousin, she graduated with a 3.7 or something, but ended up hating it because all she could get was sales and customer service type management even 3 years out. She’s going to grad school to be a teacher now, that should tell you something. I think the biggest thing was her school was D-III with no name recognition 100 miles away. So marketing can be limiting.</p>
<p>Personally, most people want to stay away from the jobs you seem to want. So if you know for sure, I think Acct and Finance would be not right for you. Which is wierd to say…</p>
<p>It does seem that you want the jobs that most others shy away from. But I guess that can be a good thing. I will tell you this: avoid a management degree like the plague, especially if that’s your ONLY major. What could you possibly manage besides a Target store? Your prospects are better with any of the other majors.</p>
<p>Very good points guys thanks, im kind of strongly going for International business. I love traveling and I feel like pushing my comfort zones and try to be social with others, it could never boring I feel. My dad recommend me that regardless you should have a minor in information technology which is very handy for the future. Also International marketing and communications seems like it fits with what also thoug.h, im going to have to do more research…</p>
<p>Yeah do more research. Business development is a glorified term for marketing, and majoring in marketing tends to get you hardly anywhere. Sales, by nature, is an inherit skill and not something you learn academically. If you have ever seen the movie, Tommy Boy, the guy “could see a ketchup popsicle to a woman wearing white gloves.” That’s not a skill you learn in school.</p>
<p>If you are looking for a job that is “business development” per se, accounting and finance will give the best inroads for a job that involves such a topic.</p>
<p>Yeah so many people are saying accounting and finance as the top two. Its just when I took my associates in cc the most hated class I had was accounting. I just don’t want to take something I have no interest in and worst case do bad in all my accounting classes because of how much I dislike it. I read a site that mention </p>
<p>"The best way to get into business development is by first gaining experience in finance or corporate sales. The minimum degree requirement for an entry-level position in business development is a BA or BS. For more senior positions, an MBA is often preferred, along with five or more years of previous business development or sales experience. </p>
<p>Business development positions at high-tech companies may require a technical background, or sales experience in a related field. Strategic-planning or corporate-development positions usually require a minimum of two years’ experience in investment banking or consulting. </p>
<p>Networking with friends or alumni will give you an advantage getting your foot in the door."</p>
<p>maybe a major in finance is something I have to look into, although I see finance and accounting as the same exact thing…</p>