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Try to find your best job

After taking a quiz to help me find the best job for myself. Two of the jobs from the result interested me the most which are business intelligence analyst and corporate controller.

First of all, my major which I am studying now is sociology,however, I have the intention to change my major into Fisher College of Business. My father impacts me a lot because he used to get an MBA when I was young and he was the general manager of state-owned enterprises in my China. In my opinion, people who study business thinking-thoughtful and they have the adaptability to changes. Business intelligence (BI) analysts help guide and improve the way that businesses’ management staff foster collaboration within and between departments. This job and my major have a focus on the same part,the knowledge which I am going to learn will lay a solid foundation before I get the job. Furthermore, BI analysts are generally tasked with collaborating with a team of cross-departmental managers and are usually expected to be able to demonstrate excellent leadership capabilities. For myself, I used to be the leader in my class to organized lots of activities since middle school. Besides, I had experience in communicating with the staff of the school and the administrative department outside so I think I have the skills about communicating with others. The average salary for a Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst is $67,484, the data attract me a lot and without a doubt that the higher salary means a higher challenge in this job. Analysts should be capable of working within a diverse, global workforce that is consumer-oriented. If I take this job, I have a chance to further enrich myself while working.I may choose some classes to fulfill myself about some relevant professional skills so that it will help me to put my job into the next level to get more salary. As far as I am concerned the level of satisfaction is more important than the salary because people should choose their job because of their interests so that they will put all of their efforts and focus on it.

[ Smart BI Manager]

Secondly, the corporate controller impressed me a lot. A corporate controller oversees all the financial and accounting functions of a given organization, including billing, accounts payable and receivable, budgeting, and other functions. There will have some relevant knowledge between my major and this job. Moreover, I think that a corporation is the center of a team or company. The Corporate Controller is one of the important roles in it. From the website, it said that the corporate controller must have relevant work experience and an educational background in finance or a related field. In my freshman year, I have already study microeconomics and I found that economic influence us in our life every day. I decide to learn more and deeply about economic in my next three years. The average salary for a Corporate Controller is $97,156, the job requires a strong set of skills: excel experience and the ability to adapt. It suits me well because I have the ability to adapt to a new environment and I like to learn more about a new area. At the same time, I will have a chance to get in touch with others who have already work in this position in order to improve my ability. The gender breakdown also shows that the female percentage of this job is greater than the male, I believe the female will be more competent than male in this job because they have more careful thinking.

[Corporate controller is doing data analysis].