Browse by Career Cluster

The National Career Clusters® Framework serves as an organizing tool for programs, curriculum design and instruction. Career Clusters contain occupations in the same field of work that require similar skills. They can help focus plans towards obtaining the necessary knowledge, competencies, and training for success in a particular career pathway.

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Careers involving the leadership of business activities, including strategic planning; resource forecasting and allocation; engaging with boards, shareholders, and other constituents; administrative support; and management consulting.
This field also involves human resources management, recruitment, and employee development, fostering a positive work environment while optimizing processes and leading growth initiatives
Example programs of study:
  • Business Essentials
  • Business Management
  • Human Resources
  • Management
CodeOccupation
11-3012.00Administrative Services Managers Bright Outlook Bright Outlook  
11-3051.03Biofuels Production Managers
11-3051.04Biomass Power Plant Managers
11-9199.11Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers Bright Outlook
13-1199.04Business Continuity Planners Bright Outlook
13-1199.00Business Operations Specialists, All Other Bright Outlook
11-1011.00Chief Executives
11-1011.03Chief Sustainability Officers
11-3111.00Compensation and Benefits Managers
11-9199.02Compliance Managers Bright Outlook
43-9021.00Data Entry Keyers
43-9031.00Desktop Publishers
19-3011.00Economists
19-3011.01Environmental Economists
43-6011.00Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
11-3013.00Facilities Managers
43-1011.00First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers Bright Outlook
11-1021.00General and Operations Managers Bright Outlook
11-3051.02Geothermal Production Managers
43-4161.00Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
11-3121.00Human Resources Managers Bright Outlook
13-1071.00Human Resources Specialists Bright Outlook
11-3051.06Hydroelectric Production Managers
11-3051.00Industrial Production Managers
19-3032.00Industrial-Organizational Psychologists Bright Outlook
13-1075.00Labor Relations Specialists
11-9199.08Loss Prevention Managers Bright Outlook
43-9051.00Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service
11-9199.00Managers, All Other Bright Outlook
43-9199.00Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
43-9061.00Office Clerks, General Bright Outlook
43-9071.00Office Machine Operators, Except Computer
13-1199.06Online Merchants Bright Outlook
43-4151.00Order Clerks
43-3051.00Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
19-3094.00Political Scientists
11-2032.00Public Relations Managers Bright Outlook
27-3031.00Public Relations Specialists Bright Outlook
11-3061.00Purchasing Managers
11-3051.01Quality Control Systems Managers
11-9199.01Regulatory Affairs Managers Bright Outlook
43-6014.00Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Bright Outlook
13-1199.07Security Management Specialists Bright Outlook
11-3013.01Security Managers
13-1199.05Sustainability Specialists Bright Outlook
11-3131.00Training and Development Managers Bright Outlook
13-1151.00Training and Development Specialists Bright Outlook
11-9199.10Wind Energy Development Managers Bright Outlook
11-9199.09Wind Energy Operations Managers Bright Outlook
43-9022.00Word Processors and Typists

Source: National Career Clusters® Framework by Advance CTE (2024 edition).