Employers
Contract administrators are employed in many industries, but especially those—such as government, construction, manufacturing, technology, and healthcare—that are reliant on contracts. Contract administrators may also operate their own firms and offer their services to companies and other organizations on a freelance basis.
Starting Out
Become a student member (free) of the National Contract Management Association to take advantage of its career development and educational resources, as well as its publications and conferences. The association also offers both an intern board (https://ncmaib.careerwebsite.com) and a job board (https://www.ncmahq.org/Web/Web/Resources/Career-Center.aspx).
Other job-search strategies include creating a profile on LinkedIn and joining contract management groups to learn more about the field and attract the interest of recruiters, attending career fairs and other networking events, and applying for jobs directly on the Web sites of target employers.
- Accountants
- Arbitrators
- Auditors
- Automotive Dealership Owners
- Bail Bondsmen
- Bailiffs
- Bankruptcy Lawyers
- Billing Clerks
- Biotechnology Patent Lawyers
- Bodyguards
- Bookkeeping and Accounting Clerks
- Border Patrol Agents
- Bounty Hunters
- Budget Analysts
- Business Continuity Planners
- Business Development Managers and Directors
- Business Intelligence Analysts
- Business Managers
- Buyers
- Chief Customer Officers
- Chief Executive Officers
- Chief Financial Officers
- Chief Information Officers
- Chief Information Security Officers
- Chief Medical Officers
- Chief Restructuring Officers
- Chief Revenue Officers
- Chief Robotics Officer
- Chief Strategy Officers
- Chief Sustainability Officers
- Chief Trust Officers
- Citizenship Reclamation Specialists
- Civil Litigation Lawyers
- Client Services Managers
- Collection Workers
- Community Health Program Coordinators
- Compliance Managers
- Continuous Improvement Managers
- Corporate Climate Strategists
- Corporate Community Relations Directors
- Corporate Lawyers
- Corporate Librarians
- Cost Estimators
- Court Interpreters and Translators
- Court Reporters
- Criminal Lawyers
- Cultural Advisers
- Customer Service Directors
- Customer Service Representatives
- Customs Brokers
- Data Entry Clerks
- Data Governance Managers
- Decision Scientists
- Digital Workplace Experience Engineers
- Directors of Corporate Sponsorship
- Directors of Security
- Document Management Specialists
- Economists
- Elder Law Attorneys
- Entrepreneurs
- Environmental Lawyers
- Ethical Sourcing Officer
- Event Planners
- Executive Recruiters
- Family Lawyers
- Fashion Models' Agents
- Forensic Accountants and Auditors
- Forensic Experts
- Forensic Meteorologists
- Franchise Owners
- Go-to-Market Managers
- Health Care Managers
- Health Club Owners and Managers
- Health Data Analysts
- Hedge Fund Lawyers
- Human Resources Managers
- Information Technology Infrastructure Engineers
- Intellectual Property Lawyers
- Internet Consultants
- Internet Executives
- Internet Store Managers and Entrepreneurs
- Internet Transaction Specialists
- Judges
- Labor Union Business Agents
- Law Librarians
- Lawyers
- Legal Nurse Consultants
- Legal Operations Specialists
- Legal Secretaries
- Litigation Support/eDiscovery Analysts
- Localization Specialists
- Loss Prevention Managers
- Management Analysts and Consultants
- Mergers and Acquisitions Attorneys
- Music Agents and Scouts
- Music Venue Owners and Managers
- Mutual Fund Lawyers
- Office Administrators
- Paralegals
- Patent Agents
- Patent Lawyers
- Payroll Directors
- Polygraph Examiners
- Process Servers
- Product Designers
- Professional Organizers
- Project Managers
- Proposal Managers
- Public Interest Lawyers
- Purchasing Agents
- Real Estate Lawyers
- Receptionists
- Regulatory Affairs Managers
- Regulatory Affairs Specialists
- Remote Work Coordinators
- Retail Business Owners
- Retail Managers
- Risk Managers
- Sales Managers
- Sales Representatives
- Secretaries
- Space Lawyers
- Space Port Managers
- Space Tourism Managers
- Statisticians
- Stenographers
- Strategy Managers
- Tax Attorneys
- Tax Managers
- Temporary Workers
- Traffic Managers
- Typists and Word Processors
- Wealth Management Risk Managers
- Wealth Management Vice Presidents
- Wind Energy Project Managers
- Workplace Diversity Experts
- Zoo and Aquarium Curators and Directors
