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Business Management and Finance

The Business Management career pathway is focused on careers in planning, organizing, directing and evaluating business functions essential to efficient and productive business operations. Finance is focused on planning, services for financial and investment planning, banking, insurance, and business financial management.

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Top 10 accounting skills you need for a successful career

Are you an accountant looking for a successful career? Developing the right accounting skills can be the difference between achieving your goals and simply making do.

With the ever-evolving business landscape, certain accounting competencies have become indispensable, and there are …

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Entry level finance jobs and the skills you need to land one

 

If you are considering a career related to finance, what are your options? Here we share entry-level finance jobs that are available to you, along with the salaries you can expect. We’ll also share the skills you need to …

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Finance Essentials for Small Business

Taught by Kay Stice
Manage your small business successfully with these finance essentials from accounting professors Jim and Kay Stice. They explain the five…

Tableau and R for Analytics Projects

Taught by Curt Frye
On its own, Tableau is a powerful tool that helps professionals analyze, display, and generally make sense of the data…

Information Literacy

Taught by Elsa Loftis
Information literacy is the ability to discover and use various types of information. It’s an essential skill for navigating the…

Graphic Design: Small Business Identity Redesign

Taught by John McWade
Your client needs new branding. The current design is no longer relevant, accurate, or even consistent. Where to start? In…

Graphic Design Tips & Tricks

Taught by John McWade
John McWade, founder of Before & After and former senior staff author at LinkedIn Learning, presents a series that touches…

Humor in the Workplace

Taught by Izzy Gesell
Humor can change lives and relationships. In this course, organizational consultant and former standup comedian Izzy Gesell helps us better…

Strategic Planning Foundations

Taught by Mike Figliuolo
Join executive leadership consultant and coach Mike Figliuolo as he reveals how to implement a strategic planning process in your…

Crisis Communication

Taught by Laura Bergells
Every organization needs to plan how to communicate internally and externally in the event of a crisis. In this course,…

Developing Executive Presence

Taught by John Ullmen
Learn to project self-confidence, clarity, and credibility even under conditions of stress, pressure, and uncertainty. In this course, John Ullmen,…

Learning Graphic Design: Cropping Photographs

Taught by John McWade
Cropping is essential to good design. In this course, senior author John McWade shows members how to transform images that…

Nonprofit Management Foundations

Taught by Leslie Crutchfield
Thinking about leading a nonprofit organization? Internationally renowned author Leslie Crutchfield provides a primer on nonprofit management and leadership. She…

Learning Graphic Design: Things Every Designer Should Know

Taught by John McWade
Appearance may not be everything, but how something looks has a fundamental impact on how it’s perceived, what it communicates,…

Decision-Making Strategies

Taught by Mike Figliuolo
Learn the art and science of business decision-making from leadership trainer and coach Mike Figliuolo. Mike outlines the four styles…

Managing a Customer Service Team

Taught by Jeff Toister
Secrets to managing customer service teams are revealed in this course by customer service expert Jeff Toister. Learn what separates…

Leading and Working in Teams

Taught by Amy Edmondson
Organizations thrive, or fail to thrive, based on how well the teams within those organizations work. What does it take…

Developing a Competitive Strategy

Taught by Anil Gupta
Competitive advantage is not about how good you are but about whether you’re faster, better, or cheaper than competitors in…

Building High-Performance Teams

Taught by Mike Figliuolo
High-performing teams are critical to maintaining an organization’s competitive advantage. These teams consistently show high levels of collaboration and innovation,…

Developing Your Leadership Philosophy

Taught by Mike Figliuolo
If you want your team to trust you as a leader, it’s important to articulate who you are, what you…

Influencing Others (2019)

Taught by John Ullmen
Ever had trouble persuading someone to do something, even if it was in their best interest? Sometimes people don’t budge,…

Solving Business Problems

Taught by Mike Figliuolo
Do you have a business problem that you are having trouble solving? Mike Figliuolo has a simple five-step process for…
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Alumni Connections

Landon Saum

Alumni
  • Starkville, MS
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Jim Wallis

Alumni
  • Clayton, GA
  • Managing Director Rainwater Advisors, LLC
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Ashlianna Owen Chessor, MBA

Alumni
  • Blytheville, AR
  • People Operations Business Partner Majestic Steel USA
Meet Ashlianna

Justin Perry

Alumni
  • Memphis, TN
  • Private Client Relationship Manager First Horizon Bank
Meet Justin

Fred “Buddy” Hess

Alumni
  • Mississippi, USA
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Mitchell Bentley

Alumni
  • Memphis, TN
  • Retention Specialist Bright Cellars
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Jennifer McPherson

Alumni
  • Starkville, MS
  • Financial Analyst Mississippi State University
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Bryan Sanderson

Alumni
  • Austin, TX
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Tyler Dickens

Alumni
  • New Albany, MS
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Jack VanDevender

Alumni
  • Jackson, MS
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Vivian Lepoutre

Alumni
  • Chattanooga, TN
  • Sales Enablement Specialist Signature Consultants
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David Clarke

Alumni
  • Greenville, MS
  • Manager Bridgers, Goodman, Baird & Clarke, PLLC
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Career Center Office

300 Montgomery Hall
Mississippi State Campus

Phone: 662.325.3344
Fax: 662.325.7975
Email: career@career.msstate.edu

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Mississippi State, MS 39762

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Co-op Program Office

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Mississippi State Campus

Phone: 662.325.3823
Fax: 662.325.8733
Email: coop@career.msstate.edu

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Mississippi State, MS 39762

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