Administration, management, and consulting services influence how businesses, governments, and institutions make decisions. People in these career fields often work behind the scenes and have a variety of responsibilities. Administration, management, and consulting providers offer one or more resources that clients cannot provide themselves. Usually this resource is experience in the form of knowledge, special skills, or creativity. Sometimes the resource is time or personnel that the client cannot spare.

The Administration, management, and consulting field is projected to be one of the fastest growing through the year 2008. Projected growth can be primarily attributed to the increasing complexity of business. Companies will need well-trained, well-informed administration, management and consulting services professionals.

A bachelor’s degree or higher is generally preferred by employers. Most careers in this field also require extensive on-the-job training or related experience. Advancement opportunities are best for workers with the highest levels of education.

There are several courses of study that would help make someone successful in this career field. Some suggested courses are: accounting, business & consumer law, marketing, keyboarding, word processing, personal finance/business economics, business systems & procedures, and computer information management.

Working conditions in administration, management, and consulting are similar to those for most office workers operating in a teamwork environment.