Senior Business Administration, Retail, & HR

Launch your future in business administration, retail, and HR as a senior.

Our business administration, retail, and HR community will provide you with on-demand career support and direction at every stage of your career management journey. Bookmark this page and return throughout the year to see what you need to know (and do!) now and later. Here you’ll find resources, advice, events, personal connections, and other career opportunities — created and curated for senior business administration, retail, and HR students.

• Business Administration
  

  Prepare to manage people, finances, and risk for organizations of all sizes. Immerse yourself in courses related to forecasting demand, planning inventory, purchasing services, conducting skillful negotiations, and building strategies for the future. With a business administration degree from W. P. Carey, you will graduate with the skills and knowledge to create value throughout your career.

  Learn more: Career Fast Facts | W. P. Carey Advising | ASU Degree Search

• Retail Management
  

  Learn to reduce complexity, create gratifying buying experiences, and provide superior customer service to consumers worldwide. Through the online business degree in retail management from W. P. Carey, you’ll explore courses like Business and Sustainability, Essentials of Services Marketing, and Food Retailing.

  Learn more: Career Fast Facts | W. P. Carey Advising | ASU Degree Search

• Human Resources

  Apply foundational business concepts and HR theory in a professional environment while you develop critical thinking, communication, decision making, and leadership skills. Explore topics related to corporate social responsibility and ethics, sustainability, workplace diversity and inclusion, and labor relations. Meet the demand with a business degree from W. P. Carey.

  Learn more: Career Fast Facts | W. P. Carey Advising | ASU Degree Search

• Consulting

  Consultants are professional experts who provide solutions and strategies to improve the financial and operational health of an organization. Consulting can be an attractive post-graduation goal, but these roles are competitive and preparation is demanding. It is important to begin establishing advocacy and relationships within target firms early in order to succeed in this relationship-driven market. To that end, if you are interested in consulting, check out the links below to learn more.

  Learn more: Consulting Program | Consulting Career Map | Consulting Workshops

How you can expect to engage in your job search

There are three primary ways business school students find jobs. Understanding which of these is part of your job search will help you build an efficient plan. Although each of these types of job searches requires a different plan, they all require the same core capabilities for success: Personal narrative, market research, networking, applications, and interviewing. Let us help you figure it out!

• On-campus/Global Job Search
  The majority of on-campus recruiting happens in the fall semester with a smaller set of firms doing campus recruiting in the spring. This requires you to be prepped and ready to interview soon after school starts. If the firms you are focused on do not visit ASU’s campus, then you will need to supplement your On-campus strategy with a Networked or Just-in-time job search.
• Networked Job Search
  All job searches require networking skills. If you are targeting firms that do not recruit on-campus at ASU then a Networked job search is your avenue. This requires a proactive approach to research, as well as developing relationships with the goal of building advocates within a firm. You’ll need to ensure your personal narrative and job search skills are well developed to convince these firms to consider you.
• Just-in-time Job Search
  A majority of firms, whether they participate in on-campus recruiting or not, will have a need for immediate hires throughout the year. Although applications are submitted at the time of need, your preparation and networking should be ongoing in order to be ready when these opportunities arise. These opportunities can be limited and are not predictable, so you’ll want to view this as a back-up strategy, rather than an excuse to delay your job search.