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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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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…

Advanced Snowflake: Deep Dive Cloud Data Warehousing and Analytics

Taught by Janani Ravi
Snowflake offers a powerful set of features for cloud data warehousing and analytics—and knowing how to use them effectively can…

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…

Effective Listening (2019)

Taught by Brenda Bailey Hughes
Listening is a critical competency, whether you are interviewing for your first job or leading a Fortune 500 company. Surprisingly,…

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…

Write Think and Act Like a Professional Songwriter

Taught by Cliff Goldmacher
Join professional songwriter Cliff Goldmacher as he shares his insights on the songwriting process and on what it takes to…

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…

The Business of Songwriting: First Steps

Taught by Garrick Chow
When it comes to making money in songwriting, writing great songs is only part of the equation. In this course,…

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,…

Infographics: Planning and Wireframing

Taught by Shane Snow
Join Shane Snow as he reviews the first steps in creating infographics, graphic representations of data—organizing sample data and preparing…

Running a Web Design Business: Defining Your Business Structure

Taught by Martha Garzon
Sole proprietorship, general partnership, corporation, or LLC? Choosing a business structure is one of the tougher decisions web designers face…

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…

Running a Design Business: Pricing and Estimating

Taught by Terry Lee Stone
Do you know what to charge for your design services? Too much and you risk scaring away potential clients; too…

Running a Design Business: Presentation Skills

Taught by Petrula Vrontikis
Strong presentation skills are necessary for a good designer to be a great designer. How you present your ideas impacts…

Management Tips

Taught by Todd Dewett
In this series, Todd Dewett, PhD, shares the tips respected and motivated managers use to improve rapport, navigate tricky situations,…

Running a Design Business: Designer-Client Agreements

Taught by Terry Lee Stone
As a freelance creative, you need to know how to write proposals and contracts for client-commissioned projects. Learn the basics…

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,…
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Landon Saum

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  • 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
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Justin Perry

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

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  • 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

Mailing Address

Post Office Box P
Mississippi State, MS 39762

Campus Mailstop 9533

Co-op Program Office

335 McCain Hall
Mississippi State Campus

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

Mailing Address

Post Office Box 6046
Mississippi State, MS 39762

Campus Mailstop 9548

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