Some of the skills we found on group director resumes included "oversight," "healthcare," and "project management." We have detailed the most important group director responsibilities below.
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We've found that 68.9% of group directors have earned a bachelor's degree. Furthermore, 19.5% earned their master's degrees before becoming a group director. While it's true that most group directors have a college degree, it's generally impossible to become one with only a high school degree. In fact, one out of every nine group directors did not spend the extra money to attend college.
Those group directors who do attend college, typically earn either a business degree or a marketing degree. Less commonly earned degrees for group directors include a finance degree or a psychology degree.
Once you're ready to become a group director, you should explore the companies that typically hire group directors. According to group director resumes that we searched through, group directors are hired the most by HNTB, Wpp Us Holdings Inc, and KPMG. Currently, HNTB has 25 group director job openings, while there are 20 at Wpp Us Holdings Inc and 19 at KPMG.
Since salary is important to some group directors, it's good to note that they are figured to earn the highest salaries at Apple, Regeneron, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. If you were to take a closer look at Apple, you'd find that the average group director salary is $242,855. Then at Regeneron, group directors receive an average salary of $213,150, while the salary at Bristol-Myers Squibb is $210,717.
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If you earned a degree from the top 100 educational institutions in the United States, you might want to take a look at Microsoft, Anheuser-Busch, and Target. These three companies have hired a significant number of group directors from these institutions.
In general, group directors fulfill roles in the professional and insurance industries. While employment numbers are high in those industries, the group director annual salary is the highest in the finance industry with $169,482 as the average salary. Meanwhile, the media and professional industries pay $159,140 and $149,917 respectively. This means that group directors who are employed in the finance industry make 10.5% more than group directors who work in the health care Industry.