Liliana Melo
Professor Lucy Sardell
CEP 121.2264
November 16, 2006
Career and Transfer Report
My name is Liliana Melo. I studied Metallurgical Engineering at La Libre University – Bogotá. I got my
Bachelor of Science in Engineering in 1,995. Presently, I am studying Business Administration at LaGuardia
Community College. I chose this major because I would like to increase my knowledge of how to lead a company
according to American laws and improve my management skills in order to acquire more experience. In fact, I am
interested in developing academic knowledge through the following careers: Purchasing Manager and Management
Analyst because I can complement my experience as an engineer and my studies in Business Administration.
If I work as a purchasing manager, I will have the following job duties: directs and coordinates activities of
personnel engaged in buying, selling, and distributing materials, equipment, and supplies; prepares report regarding
market conditions and merchandise costs; analyzes market and delivery systems to determine present and future
material availability; represents company in formulating policies and negotiating contracts with suppliers; develops
and implements office, operations, and systems instructions; determines merchandise costs and formulates and
coordinates merchandising policies; and conducts inventory and directs buyers in purchase of products, materials,
and supplies. However, it is frequently that this occupation requires a four - year bachelor's degree, and work-related
experience, and vocational training. In NY the average wage for this occupation is $55,485 for entry level workers
and $114,125 for experienced workers. Nowadays, companies require that their purchasing managers have good
skills in planning, directing, or coordinating any kind of activities with the buyers and suppliers. In order to work in this
position, it is necessary to have the following skills: active listening, critical thinking, judgment and Decision Making,
reading, management of material resources and negotiation. Finally, I think that I have some of these skills, but I
need to improve my English as a second language (speaking fluently) and put in practice my administration and
management skills.
Alternately, if I get a job as a management analyst, the company will give me the following job duties:
reviews forms and reports; gathers and organizes information on problems or procedures; ensures successful
functioning of newly implemented systems or procedures with the new personnel; analyzes data gathered and
develops solutions or alternative methods of proceeding; develops and implements records management program for
filing, protection, and retrieval of records, and assures compliance with program; and prepares manuals and trains
workers in use of new forms, reports, procedures or equipment, according to organizational policy. In the same way,
this occupation needs people not only with four-year bachelor’s degree and certifications in continuous improvement
programs; but also with several years of work-related experience. By working as a management analyst, people are
required to have skills such as good writing and reading comprehension, effective communication through a fluent
speaking, assertive systems evaluation, active listening, and critical thinking. In NY the average wage for this
occupation is $ 46,131 for entry level workers and $94,823 for experienced workers. Through my life experience, I
have enhanced some of these skills; nevertheless, this experience has been by using my native language (Spanish).
As a result, if I want any of these jobs, I need not only to practice my English speaking in order to increase my selfconfidence; but also to go to a four-year college in order to get a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.
In order to get a degree in Business Administration, I plan to transfer my credits to Baruch College (CUNY)
or Pace University (a private university in NYC) when I get my associate degree in Business Administration. Baruch
College offers three specializations in management: entrepreneurship and small business management (ENT),
human resource management (HRM), and operations management (OM). However, I would like to study
entrepreneurship and small business management or operations management because they offer me a career in
business and industry that I will be able to complement with my studies and experience in engineering. According to
Baruch tuition, New York State Residents pay $2,000 per semester and $170 per credit, and Out-of-State Residents
and Foreign Students on Temporary Visas pay $360 per credit (they do not have a cost per semester). In addition,
Baruch has some programs to get scholarships. For example, the Baruch College Fund (BCF) offers privately
endowed or restricted scholarship funds administered by the Office of Financial Aid. Also, it has other scholarships
such as Baruch Incentive Grant, Presidential Incentive Grant, and Presidential Scholarship. Finally, I feel interested
in this College because it offers me a major and specializations at the same time with an inexpensive tuition to
achieve a bachelor’s degree in management, and it has programs in Master’s Degree in Management.
Alternately, Pace University actually offers a Bachelor of Science/Master of Business Administration that the
students can combine their undergraduate degree with the following M.B.A. concentrations: Accounting, Financial
Management, Information Systems, International Business, International Economics, Management, Management
Science, and Marketing Management. So, I would like to apply in a management major because I can enhance my
studies for employment in the fields of finance, management, and other business areas. Pace University has
estimated educational cost budgets of full-time per year so: for resident student $42,406; commute student $36,216;
and for independent / off campus student $48,556. In order to help students pay their tuitions, Pace University has
four types of financial aid available: scholarships, grants, on-campus employment and loans. In fact, “Universitysponsored scholarships are awarded to students on the basis of academic merit, service to the community and
financial need” (Pace Scholarship Program). As a result, Pace is very interesting since provides methods for
recording and explaining ideas in science, engineering, business, and other fields, as well as for verifying theories
about the world throughout its Bachelor of Science/Master of Business Administration program.
In conclusion, I would like to continue studying in order to complete four- year colleges in Business
Administration since I think that I have the skills and knowledge required to work as a Purchasing Manager or
Management Analyst. I fact, I have to prepare and plan my following step in my academic life, and improve and
develop some skills to get one of these careers. As a result, I have been looking for more information about how to
transfer to a four-year college and the requisites needed in order to make the best decision in my future career.
WORD CITED
Career Zone Home. Purchasing Managers, An occupation in Business and Information Systems. November 7, 2006
<http://www.nycareerzone.org/flash/profile.jsp?onetsoc=11-3061.00>
Career Zone Home. Management Analysts, An occupation in Business and Information Systems. November 7, 2006
< http://www.nycareerzone.org/flash/profile.jsp?onetsoc=13-1111.00>
Baruch College. Undergraduate Bulletin – Academic Programs & Courses. November 7, 2006
<http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/ugradprograms/mgt.htm>
Pace University. Bachelor of Science/Master of Business Administration. November 7, 2006
<http://appserv.pace.edu/execute/academic_psearch/display_program.cfm?School=A%26S&Cred=BS&Maj
=12&Location=NYC>