Your Comprehensive Guide to Choosing the Right Business Program

The world of business is vast and the varied opportunities within it near limitless. As you look to align your career goals with a business course in person or business studies online, you need a clear vision of your options. If you’re searching for a leading-edge business college, Anderson College has a track record for keenly aligning programs offered with market needs to ensure all our graduates receive relevant training, are highly skilled and in demand. Our business offerings are no exception.

Here is a comprehensive overview of precisely how to determine your best fit, a breakdown of your program options, and links to topline details from our most popular blogs, so you can make an informed and confident decision.

Your Comprehensive Guide to Choosing the Right Business Program

Where Do I Begin?

First, you’ll want to run down a few key considerations. Settle in with a cup of coffee or tea, turn on your favourite music for concentration and flow and think about each one of these areas and record what comes.

Consider:

1. Your Personality and the Vibe You Seek – Are you looking for a place where you can get to know your instructor, join not just a class but a community, receive support along your educational journey, feel as though people truly care about your long-term success? You’ll want to match your personality with the place you’ll be studying within. Do the values and vision speak to you? Are the reviews of students like you stellar? Do your research, take a tour, and consider the way you feel all along the way.

2. Your Current Strengths and Skillset – Reflecting on your interests and the skills and experience you’ve gleaned to date, review each program, and see what resonates. If you’re still considering if your interests really align with a business program, you can take our “Business Career Discovery Quiz” and see for yourself.

3. Your Career Goals – Where do you see yourself in the years ahead; what you can envision doing in three to five years? What do you want to contribute to a workplace? What kind of workplace environment do you want to contribute to? Do you want to be working behind the scenes or on the frontlines of decision making? Are you a wiz at numbers, a stellar leader, a person particular about the details and jazzed by keeping all in order? As you review each program, ask yourself these questions and see what responses come.

4. Your Program Objectives and Timeline – There are myriad options, so you’ll want to get clear about what makes sense for you. Are you looking to get your career launched as quickly as possible? Do you need to work during your studies? Do you have family responsibilities you’ll need to consider? Does the ability to learn hands-on speak to you? Do you want a program that includes a practicum where you can apply the skills you’ve learned in the real world with potential employers?

If you’re not quite sure, no problem, our Admissions Advisors, are here to help each student find their best program fit and navigate their way through, from application to graduation. You can book that appointment right away. And when it comes to applying skills to life and landing that career opportunity, our Career Services team is poised to help you align goals with practicum and potential employers. Incidentally, this service is available to our grads, for life!

What Are My Options?

And now, here is the comprehensive breakdown of each of Anderson College’s business programs, and links to all you need to know.

• Business Administration – 34/44 weeks, including a 4-week practicum with on-the-job training, offsite with potential employers, leads to your diploma in business administration. In this program you will gain the skills to contribute to various business departments within companies of your choice. With your broad understanding of business practices and knowledge, you can consider working in accounting; operations; personnel or general administration; as an executive assistant; management trainee; as a sales and marketing executive and more.

Top Blogs for Details:
• Career Specializations to Consider as a Business Admin Grad
• Essential Skills you Need to Succeed as a Business Administrator
• Your Career Options as a Business Administration Graduate

• Accounting & Payroll Administration – A 49-week program that provides you with an understanding of manual and computerized accounting payroll systems and the ability to apply this knowledge to business situations. The National Payroll Institute (NPI), formerly known as the Canadian Payroll Association, offers the only payroll designation in Canada – the Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) designation. This designation is the foundation for a successful career in payroll and our program not only prepares you for the exam, but the designation exam fees are included in the tuition.

Top Blogs for Details:
• How a CPA Certification Can Catapult Your Career as an Accountant
• Top 10 Skills Needed to Work in Accounting and Payroll

• Supply Chain & Logistics – Our supply chain management program is 46 weeks, including a 16-week practicum with on-the-job training, offsite with potential employers. It introduces you to the modern practices and concepts of logistics and supply chain management as a vital part of corporate success in the local and global marketplace. You will gain professional competencies needed for entry-level careers in purchasing, logistics and supply chain management in various industries, public sector, retail, freight forwarding, import/export and others.

Top Blogs for Details:
• Your Thrilling Career in Supply Chain and Logistics – What You Should Know
• 9 Traits to Take Your Supply Chain and Logistics Career to the Next Level

*Please note – program content or practicum duration is as per registration with the Ministry and may vary from campus to campus. You can contact us for details.
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The world and all its opportunities are before you. If business is the career for you, then you should now have a better understanding of where your passions lie and the options available to you. You need not go it alone. If you’re ready to launch your business career, we’re here to help you navigate your way. Simply book a virtual appointment with our Admissions team. Our community of professionals and fellow students are ready to welcome you to the next amazing experience of your life. See you soon!

Quick Links to Fuel Your Success!

We want to make sure you have what you need to succeed! Check out these reference links:

• Anderson College – Business Programs for You
• Anderson College – Business Administration Program
• Anderson College – Accounting and Payroll Administration Program
• Anderson College – Supply Chain and Logistics Program