If you are a good organiser and enjoy taking responsibility and communicating with people, then a job in administration or management could be a promising career for you. It is a wide-ranging career area, covering many varied and interesting jobs.

Administration and management jobs exist in all industries, in both the public and private sectors, so graduates of this career area are always in demand.

To see the routes to getting into each of these sectors, take a look at our Career Areas.

What areas can I work in?

The jobs and courses for this career area are in four sectors: general administration and management, economics, human resource management, and public services administration.

There is a wide range of specialisms in this career area, from medical secretarial work to academic administration in colleges and universities. You could become a personal assistant to a business director or a project manager in IT or finance.

What kind of companies can I work for?

You could work in just about any company or organisation, for example, a construction firm, car dealership, hotel, local council or hospital. 

There is a large administration and management workforce in the public sector, where you could be working for: 

• The Civil Service
• local government – a local authority or council
• public bodies, such as the National Health Service (NHS), Police Scotland or the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
• Parliament (researchers and politicians)
• a college or university.