Professional Expectations

Trissie18

I am writing a paper for my degree planning class and I need to get some outside perspectives on the professional expectations of someone with a Business Administration degree. I was hoping you ladies might be able to help me out. TIA!

roar

This is a bit vague.... do you mean, what would a prospective employer expect?

Trissie18

Sorry...yes, what would a prospective employer expect an employee with a bachelor's in business administration to know?

roar

When I interviewed for financial analysts (I was mid-management at a bank) I looked for the following for my entry level positions - I split this into knowledge and ability. The reason why is that knowledge can be gained as you learn a job (for example, when I graduated from college, I had basic knowledge of financial/accounting principles, but learned about banking principles as I learned the job). With abilities/skill - some people do certain things better. Like, I have the ability to shoot a basketball, and with practice can learn to do it better, but some people have that ability to hit a shot 99 out of 100 times.

Knowledge:

• Basic knowledge of accounting/finance principals and concepts
  

Ability/Skill:

• Ability to write well (if I didn't have a cover letter handy, I would ask if they could send a writing sample)
• Ability to speak well to people of all levels. I didn't want a shrinking violet if they were meeting with executives and I didn't want someone who would talk down to the interns or receptionists.
• Competency and knowledge of MS office suite
  

Trissie18

Thank you!!