CAREER CLUSTER

Business, Finance & Information Technologies

 
 

Careers in this cluster focus on business functions, managing money, and information technology services. Business functions involve managing and administering activities essential to efficient and productive business operations, including marketing to generate sales. Finance involves financial and investment planning, banking, insurance, and business financial management. Information technology occupations are about the design, development, support, and management of hardware, software, multimedia, and systems integration services. Careers in this cluster can also involve the transportation, distribution, and logistics of moving people and things from one location to another quickly, safely, and at a low cost.


Bank managers are financial jacks-of-all-trades

As Financial Solutions Center Manager for First Commonwealth Bank in Butler, Jonathan Boyd says he needs a firm grasp of numbers and finance, but people skills are every bit as important.

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