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| Median Wage (USD, 2024) | Projected Job Openings (2024-2034) | Projected Growth (2024-2034) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Statistics | $161700 | 74600 | 14.8% |
| State Statistics | - | - | - |
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Experience Requirements Overview
- Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
- Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Education, Training and Experience
Required Level of Education: Bachelor's Degree
Related Work Experience: Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
On-Site or In-Plant Training: N.A.
On-the-Job Training: Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months
Detailed Work Activities
- Establish interpersonal business relationships to facilitate work activities.
- Supervise employees.
- Direct financial operations.
- Recruit personnel.
- Prepare operational progress or status reports.
Work Values
Achievement
Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
Working Conditions
Recognition
Relationships
Support
Independence
Tasks
- Establish and maintain relationships with individual or business customers or provide assistance with problems these customers may encounter.
- Oversee the flow of cash or financial instruments.
- Plan, direct, or coordinate the activities of workers in branches, offices, or departments of establishments, such as branch banks, brokerage firms, risk and insurance departments, or credit departments.
- Recruit staff members.
- Evaluate data pertaining to costs to plan budgets.
- Oversee training programs.
- Establish procedures for custody or control of assets, records, loan collateral, or securities to ensure safekeeping.
- Communicate with stockholders or other investors to provide information or to raise capital.
- Develop or analyze information to assess the current or future financial status of firms.
- Approve, reject, or coordinate the approval or rejection of lines of credit or commercial, real estate, or personal loans.
- Prepare financial or regulatory reports required by laws, regulations, or boards of directors.
- Examine, evaluate, or process loan applications.
- Evaluate financial reporting systems, accounting or collection procedures, or investment activities and make recommendations for changes to procedures, operating systems, budgets, or other financial control functions.
- Network within communities to find and attract new business.
- Prepare operational or risk reports for management analysis.
- Review collection reports to determine the status of collections and the amounts of outstanding balances.
- Review reports of securities transactions or price lists to analyze market conditions.
Work Styles
Innovation
A tendency to be inventive, to be imaginative, and to adopt new perspectives on ways to accomplish work.
Innovation
Achievement Orientation
Achievement Orientation
Intellectual Curiosity
Intellectual Curiosity
Tolerance for Ambiguity
Tolerance for Ambiguity
Initiative
Initiative
Adaptability
Adaptability
Self-Confidence
Self-Confidence
Perseverance
Perseverance
Leadership Orientation
Leadership Orientation
Humility
Humility
Sincerity
Sincerity
Empathy
Empathy
Cooperation
Cooperation
Optimism
Optimism
Social Orientation
Social Orientation
Cautiousness
Cautiousness
Attention to Detail
Attention to Detail
Dependability
Dependability
Integrity
Integrity
Stress Tolerance
Stress Tolerance
Self-Control
Self-Control
Data Source: This page includes information from the O*NET 30.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. This page includes Employment Projections program, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.