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I'm still not really sure of what career I want to take when I grow up.  What are careers related to ABM?
Lucky for you, we have a list of careers related to our track!  ABM has a lot of career possibilities but the careers we'll be presenting to you are the most common ones.

Accountant 
- one that keeps, audits and inspects the financial records of individuals or business concerns and prepares financial and tax reports.
- they ensure that financial records are accurate and that taxes are properly on time.
- they prepare and examine financial records.

Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- a public accountant works for a public accounting firm that performs auditing, tax, consulting, and accounting services for other businesses, organizations, or individuals.
- they give advice and provide basic financial information to a range of clients, from individuals to corporate
- they also perform bookkeeping, consulting, and auditing tasks.

Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
- a certification offered to accountants who conducts internal audits.
- CIA must meet several requirements to meet this designations, such as passing a four-part exam that covers all issues, risks, and remedies that to internal audits.
- The CIA designation is conferred by the institute of internal audits (IIA) and is the only such credentials that is accepted worldwide.

Market Research Analyst 
- it is principally responsible for interpreting data, formulating reports and making recommendations based upon the research findings.
- to accomplish this task, the market research analyst works with the client (either internal or external) to understand, define, and document the overarching business object.
- the market research analyst applies qualitative and quantitative techniques to interpret the data produce substantiated recommendations.

Marketing Management
- responsible for managing marketing, advertising and promotion staff and activities at a company or organization.
- takes steps to measure, enhance and enrich the position of a company through various goals and objectives.

Operation Research Analyst
- formulate and apply mathematical modeling and other optimizing methods to develop and interpret information that assists management with decision making, policy formulation, or other managerial functions.
may collect and analyze data and develop decision support software, service, or or products develop and supply optimal time, cost, or logistics networks for program evaluation, review, or implementation

Financial Adviser
- it provides clients with specialist advice on how to manage their money.
- the role involves researching the marketplace and recommending the most appropriate products and services available, ensuring clients are aware of and understand products that best meet their needs and then securing a sale
- advisers may specialize in particular products, depending on their clients, such as selling employee pension schemes to companies or offering mortgage, pension or investment advice to private clients.

Administrative Service Manager
- plan, direct, or coordinate one or more administrative services of an organization, such as records and information management, mail distribution, facilities planning maintenance, custodial operations, and other office support services.

Computer Information Services Manager
- Information system manager work in every size of organization in the industry and the service sector, usually with a staff of technicians, programmers and database administrators reporting to them

Construction Management 
- Plan, direct, coordinate, or budget, usually through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities concerned with the construction and maintenance of structures, facilities and systems.
- Participate in the conceptual development of a construction project and oversee its organization, scheduling, and implementation.

Let us show you a list of famous people who have become successful through their careers which is in relation to our track.  They were also just like you.  They had to start first at the bottom to be able to reach that level and we're sure these people will truly inspire you to become a part of our track.

Steve Jobs

Yes, the founder of our very beloved Apple.  He left Apple at some time in 1985 after a struggle with the company's board of directors.  He has returned once again 1986 to serve as an interim CEO when stock prices were decreasing.  He was finally the permanent CEO of Apple in the year 1997.  Originally, Apple had 350 projects but Jobs reduced them to 50 which later on became 10 instead.  He then released the iMac, iPod, iTunes, and iPhone.  Later on, Apple stock rose more than 9 000 percent.

Colonel Sanders

The founder of the tastiest fried chicken ever, KFC.  He failed a lot of times before he became successful.  When he reached the age of sixty-five, after running a restaurant for so many years, he found his pockets empty.  But he didn't give up just yet!  He loved to share his fried chicken recipe.  He left his home at Kentucky and traveled to different states in the US just to sell his chicken.  He cooked his chicken on the spot in front of restaurant owners.  He was rejected for lots of times until finally, he was entered into a handshake agreement.  He has taught us that we shouldn't give up because someday you'll be able to find the right door for you!

Ernesto Tanmantiong

The founder of the happiest bee alive, Jollibee!  His life is another one of those rags to riches stories.  One day he went on a trip to an ice cream plant, and he got inspired to become a part of the restaurant business.  He had a franchising opportunity with Magnolia Dairy Ice Cream and opened two ice cream parlors.  Several years later, he discontinued the Magnolia franchise and converted his parlors into fast food outlets.  These fast food outlets are what we know now as Jollibee which is also sold in different countries.  Today Jollibee Foods Corporation now uses different brands aside from Jollibee like Greenwich and Chowking.

Isaac Perimutter

The creator of our favorite super hero company, Marvel!  He was a member of the Marvel Comics' board of directors when it unfortunately reached bankruptcy in 1996.  Since he was the owner of Toy Biz, Inc., he merged the company with Marvel to release it from bankruptcy in 1998.  In 2005, Perimutter was now Marvel's CEO.  Marvel was purchased by Walt Disney in the year 2009 for $6 billion.  Today, he still continues to serve Marvel as its CEO and the company is currently at $4.2 billion.

Henry Sy

The richest man in the Philippines and the founder of our very own SM Malls!  Once again we have here another rags to riches story.  He arrived at the Philippines at the age of 12 to help his father in his small sari-sari store for more than 12 hours.  He decided to put up his first Shoemart and due to its popularity, he was able to open two more outlets.  Later on, he decided to add appliances division to his stores.  His stores were expanded by the 1960s and in the 1970s, it became a full-line department store and decided to change the name from Shoemart to SM.

Okay, so now I decided to choose ABM for my track.  But what if I graduate Senior High? What colleges/universities are best for courses related to my track?

In this track, there will be skills that you will be able to develop and practice.  These skills are very applicable to almost any career and you will be surprised of the great benefits it will give you.

Communication Skills
You will be learning how to communicate with different kinds of people.  You can't always stay in one corner and be quiet.  Running a business involves communication, but don't worry no one's going to scare you.  You're eventually going to speak up because people will be coming to you back and forth.


Finance Skills
Accounting is part of this track.  As previously said in our last post, accounting has math, but it's basically addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.  Through this, you will understand how money really works and probably be able to know how to use it wisely by then.


Collaboration Skills
You're not going to be alone when you have your own business.  There will be people who will be willing to help you.  You also need to know how to communicate with your co-workers and give them motivation because they're the ones who are going to be with you in your company.  You'll also be able to develop your negotiation skills as this is one of the most important skills when you have a career.


Analytical Skills
You need to know how to use your common sense.  When you get to the real world, there may be scams out there and you might not be noticing it.  In this track, you will be able to practice this skill because this is also related to your finance skills.


Time Management
This is one of the greatest skills you can have, most especially once you get to Senior High School. You need to know how to budget your time so that everything will be simpler.  All tracks will be experiencing heavy workloads, but maybe not so much for ABM because you will be able to practice this skill when you get to this track.

Let's start with a brief description about our track.  ABM has three specializations.  These are Accounting, Business, and Management.
What do those words mean?
Accounting is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial information about economic entities.  In other words, there is math here.  But don't worry, you will only be using the four basic operations!  No Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, or any other math subject you can think of.

Next we have Business.  Business is an organization or enterprising entity engaged in commercial, industrial, or professional activities.  This is one of the most popular courses.  You will be able to learn how to run your own business and communicate with different types of people.

Last but not the least, we have Management.  Management is the coordination of the activities of a business in order to achieve defined objectives.  Your leadership skills are being developed in this specific area.  You will also be practicing your communication skills here.

So... why should I take this track?
You don't know what you're missing!  You will be able to have the opportunity to try running your own business.  Who knows, you could actually be the next Steve Jobs.  You will be able to practice proper time management.  Time management is very important most especially when you get to Senior High with all the workload you will be given by then.  Choose wisely!