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Business Professor

Business Professor profiles score highest on Helping and Exploring. This page covers what the work involves, what the trait profile looks like, what it pays, and where the fit tends to break.

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Median pay: $99,080per year, U.S. BLS 2025
Entry education: Graduate or professional degreetypical for the occupation
Outlook: BrightO*NET Bright Outlook occupation

SOURCE · O*NET 25-1011.00 and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Figures are national and vary widely by state and setting.

What the work involves

Teach courses in business administration and management, such as accounting, finance, human resources, labor and industrial relations, marketing, and operations research. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Skills rated most important

Speaking81

Instructing78

Active Listening75

Learning Strategies75

Reading Comprehension75

Work context

Indoors, Environmentally Controlled89

Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams79

Contact With Others78

Spend Time Sitting69

Spend Time Standing41

Spend Time Walking or Running17

Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled14

Spend Time Bending or Twisting Your Body5

Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling3

Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance1

Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles0

O*NET importance and frequency ratings, 0–100.

The trait profile

Where Business Professor profiles sit on the eleven Haliscope traits, derived from O*NET’s published interest and work-style data.

Helping89

Exploring70

Analyzing63

Harmonizing63

Law-Abiding57

Persevering56

Influencing47

Organizing46

Creating38

Safety-Seeking38

Operating18

Who it fits, and who it doesn’t

Strong signals

High Influencing. Measures your drive to lead, persuade, and shape outcomes. High scorers are confident communicators who naturally take charge and direct others.
High Exploring. Measures your openness to new experiences and curiosity about the unknown. High scorers seek novelty, enjoy experimentation, and value the journey itself.
High Harmonizing. Measures your focus on group cohesion and interpersonal peace. High scorers build consensus, facilitate cooperation, and prioritize team harmony.
High Helping. Measures your orientation toward supporting and serving others. High scorers find fulfillment in teaching, counseling, and contributing to others' success.
High Persevering. Measures your persistence and resilience in the face of challenges. High scorers push through obstacles, maintain long-term focus, and value grit as both means and end.
High Law-Abiding. Measures your commitment to ethics, rules, and fairness. High scorers value honesty, follow procedures, and prefer environments with clear moral guidelines.
High Organizing. Measures your preference for structure, detail, and systematic processes. High scorers excel at creating order, optimizing workflows, and maintaining precision.

Friction points

Low Influencing. Measures your drive to lead, persuade, and shape outcomes. High scorers are confident communicators who naturally take charge and direct others.
Low Exploring. Measures your openness to new experiences and curiosity about the unknown. High scorers seek novelty, enjoy experimentation, and value the journey itself.
Low Harmonizing. Measures your focus on group cohesion and interpersonal peace. High scorers build consensus, facilitate cooperation, and prioritize team harmony.

These are what the occupation’s profile says, not a hiring criterion. Haliscope is not validated for hiring or screening, and none of these is disqualifying — they are where a fit most often breaks.

Getting in

Entry education: Graduate or professional degree.

Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

O*NET Job Zone descriptions, U.S. Department of Labor.

Exposure to AI

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