To explore your interest in the computer and technology aspect of this work, take every opportunity to work with computers. Surf the Web to visit sites of businesses and organizations and find out what services they offer. Improve your computer skills by joining a users group, setting up your own Web page, and taking extra computer classes at a local community center or tech school. Volunteer to create and maintain the Web site for organizations and clubs you may belong to.
To get experience as an executive, start with your own interests. Whether you're involved in drama, sports, school publications, or a part-time job, there are managerial and executive duties associated with any organized activity. Look for ways in which you can be involved with planning, scheduling, managing other workers or volunteers, fund-raising, or budgeting. Contact a local business executive—the best source would be one whose company also has a Web site—and ask for an information interview during which you can talk with him or her about this career. Some schools or community organizations arrange "job shadowing," where interested young people can spend part of a day following selected employees to see what their job is like. Joining Junior Achievement (https://jausa.ja.org) is another excellent way to get involved with local businesses and learn about how they work. Middle- and high-school students who are interested in business can join Future Business Leaders of America (http://fbla.org). Finally, get a part-time or summer job at a local business to get hands-on experience working in an office environment. Although your job may only be that of cashier, you'll be able to see how the business is organized and run. You may also find a manager or executive there who can act as a mentor and give you advice.
- Accountants
- Animators
- App Services Workers
- Arbitrators
- Art Directors
- Auditors
- Automotive Dealership Owners
- Back-End Developers
- Billing Clerks
- Bloggers
- Bookkeeping and Accounting Clerks
- Brand Ambassadors
- Budget Analysts
- Business Continuity Planners
- Business Development Managers and Directors
- Business Intelligence Analysts
- Business Managers
- Buyers
- Cartoonists
- Chief Customer Officers
- Chief Executive Officers
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- Chief Information Officers
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- Chief Robotics Officer
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- Client Services Managers
- Collection Workers
- Columnists
- Community Health Program Coordinators
- Compliance Managers
- Computer and Video Game Designers
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- Economists
- Editorial Assistants
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- Editors
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- Information Brokers
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- Internet Consultants
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- Internet Developers
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- Magazine Editors
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- Typists and Word Processors
- User Experience Designers
- Video Game Art Directors
- Video Game Producers
- Visual Interaction Designers
- Webmasters
- Wireless Service Technicians
- Workplace Diversity Experts
- Writers