Career Opportunities
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Earning a master’s degree can have a significant impact on your lifetime earnings and employability. Many studies have been conducted and articles written on the topic, but here are a few resources you can read for more information:
- In Defense of the Master’s Degree, Sean Gallagher (Forbes)
- For Millennials, a Bachelor’s Degree Continues to Pay Off, but a Master’s Earns Even More, Richard Fry (Pew Research Center)
- Lifetime Earnings by Education Level, The College Board (College Board)
You may have earned your undergraduate degree and entered a career in a field like biology, history, or marketing. After working for a few years, you are ready to move up the career ladder. Typically, as you look at higher-level job opportunities, you will see they focus less on technical expertise and more on managerial expertise – i.e. the ability to lead people, analyze information, make good decisions, and plan strategically. The MSOL program is designed to supplement your technical background with the necessary management, leadership, and communication knowledge and skills needed to progress up the career ladder. As such, the program provides an excellent complement to almost any academic or professional background.
Growing Market for MSOL Graduates
The diagram below illustrates the growing job opportunities for graduates of the MSOL and related programs. This growth is not surprising given that the MSOL provides the specific skills that employers are seeking of organizational leadership professionals. As the table shows, both Colorado and the nation are providing increasing opportunities for those with a background like that provided by the MSOL program.
Job Opportunities for Graduates of MSOL and Related Programs
(Note: The Educational Advisory Board determined demand for Organization Leadership graduates using Burning Glass Technologies’ Labor Insight™ program, which collects millions of online job postings from close to 40,000 sources and applies a patented technology to mine and code detailed data from each posting per the job parameters and candidate backgrounds specified by client companies – in this case, identifying job postings of organizations seeking potential employees specifically with an MSOL-related professional/graduate degree and competencies similar to those of MSOL graduates.)
See the Impact the MSOL Can Have
When combined with your academic and professional background, the MSOL degree will likely offer you the perfect qualifications for your next management position. It affords excellent preparation for many of the management positions included in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ oft-referenced Occupational Outlook Handbook. (This publication offers excellent data regarding working conditions, needed qualifications, growth trends, and salaries for potential careers.) To get a better sense of the types of positions that you might qualify for with an MSOL, you can also search popular online job sites such as Indeed, USAJOBS, and Idealist. Use terms such as “organizational leadership,” “MBA,” or the name of your field (e.g., biology, history, or marketing) combined with the term “manager” or “management.” So, for example, put the words “biology management” in your search if you have an academic and professional background in biology; use the term “marketing manager” if your background is in marketing; etc.
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