What to do after a BTS MCO?
What to do after a BTS MCO, also called Operational Commercial Management? Whether you are a student or a recent graduate, you are surely wondering about the opportunities for this training. In France, nearly half of BTS MCO graduates continue their studies*.
Several paths are available to you: first job, GOAL, university, professional license or Continuing studies in business school. At the end of Bac +2, you can join a third year of a Bachelor, at the beginning or in alternation, to specialize and improve your skills.
Are you looking for a professional career, punctuated by internships or work-study programs, with a real international outlook? This type of structured path accelerates your progress and broadens your perspectives.
In this guide, we take stock of the strategic directions to make your Bac +2 a springboard towards a career path consistent with your aspirations.
What is the BTS MCO?
A diploma to start in business and management
Execute, coordinate, animate: this is the daily life of a BTS MCO student. You learn the fundamentals of commercial management and the management of an operational unit, with a strong field dimension.
You are beginning to customer relationship development, at theorganization of commercial actions, at team management And at management of the activity of a structure. You work on rigor, autonomy, customer listening and above all the ability to act quickly and effectively.
You carry out various missions: manage stocks, analyze customer satisfaction, establish a commercial action plan or even participate in recruitment. Concrete scenarios, case studies, but also immersions in a company, internship or work-study program.
This technical and behavioral background constitutes a solid foundation for accessing professions that are very accessible from Bac +2 such as sales consultant, account manager, assistant manager, or Deputy department manager. All in various sectors: retail, banking, insurance, telephony, tourism, etc.
At the end of the diploma, you have acquired an initial managerial position, a better knowledge of your abilities and the ability to take concrete initiatives.
The real question then becomes: are my current experiences sufficient to get a first job, or do your ambitions push you to go further?
A degree that is more operationally oriented than strategic
The BTS MCO is designed to get you up and running quickly. But with a Bac +2, your role often remains focused on execution: applying a commercial policy, managing a point of sale, leading a local team... You are at the heart of the action, but rarely in strategic design or management.
However, in order to aim for functions with greater responsibility (project manager, marketing manager, management controller, etc.) companies expect a Bac +3 to Bac +5 level. These positions require a global vision, a ability to analyze the challenges of a market, to make structuring decisions or at Managing a team in the long term.
That's why many graduates choose to continue their studies. Go on to a Bachelor then a Master in business school allows you to acquire this strategic perspective, to specialize, to develop your soft skills and to expand your network.
In short, giving yourself the means to evolve beyond purely operational missions.
Professional opportunities after your bac +2
After a Bac +2 (such as a BTS MCO), you can quickly integrate the job market in various operational sectors, then develop your career and your remuneration internally or by continuing your studies.
Professional opportunities
- Sales & distribution : sales consultant, customer manager, department manager.
- Sales & customer development : commercial attaché, B2B sales representative, sales assistant.
- Customer relationship & loyalty : account manager, customer advisor.
- E-commerce & digital marketing : e-commerce assistant, marketing assistant, junior community manager.
Depending on the sectors of activity and your professional experience (work-study programs, internships, etc.), Hiring salaries range between €22,000 and €28,000 (i.e. around €1,800—€2,300 gross monthly).
Large companies and jobs in Île-de-France generally offer more attractive packages, while SMEs and the province offer a better balance of living and quality of life.
Career development
Starting at entry-level positions, your evolution will depend on your desire to progress, your results and the internal training you will follow. Achieving positions of responsibility or management will take a few years. And don't improvise yourself as a manager who wants to. Solid training is necessary to support and guide teams to success.
That is why continue your studies beyond the BTS like 60% of graduates by BTS (source Onisep) will open the doors to middle management positions with varied missions, at higher salaries and will allow you to specialize in a field that you like.
What studies should you continue after a BTS MCO?
The paths after the BTS are diverse and are chosen according to your aspirations, your preferences and your professional project.
Grande école de commerce et de management, university courses, or engineering school are the 3 main paths chosen for the pursuit of studies.
Go to business school remains a highly acclaimed choice for its continuity with the bases acquired in BTS and for its unique opportunities that are not found at university.
Join the Bachelor in Management program
Have you learned how to manage a business unit, manage a customer portfolio or even organize sales actions? It's time to get some height. The BSB Bachelor in Management naturally extends your BTS MCO by helping you Moving from field to strategy, with a global vision of the functioning of a company.
By integrating this program via The Passerelle competition, you can access the 3rd year of Bachelor after a Bac +2. It allows you to deepen your skills by:
- management,
- management,
- marketing,
- finance,
- law,
- business development,
- data,
- digital,
- entrepreneurship...
You can integrate your 3rd year of the Bachelor in work-study and continue to train yourself in the field while consolidating your professional project. You will also need to choose one of our 8 specializations :
- International Business Management
- Wine Tourism
- Business Development
- Luxury Marketing and Premiumization
- Digital Management
- Data Web
- International Sustainable Management
- Finance
BSB offers you more than a degree: a structuring framework, a multicultural environment and a real springboard for your career. You are supported throughout your journey thanks to our system Pathfinder™, which helps you identify your goals, strengths, and opportunities that are right for you.
📌 As of the start of the school year in September 2025, you also benefit from the Leaderskills Institute, to strengthen your soft skills and leadership skills, which are now highly sought after by recruiters.
You are joining a living ecosystem that includes more than 20 student associations, Of the events, international teachers, experiences abroad, an active network of alumni and Compulsory internships from the first year of the Bachelor. Enough to develop solid professional reflexes and enrich your resume.
You can also live internationally at BSB even if you are on an apprenticeship thanks to the English track, the international professors and the more than 80 nationalities present on campus.
At the end of the Bachelor, you will have two choices: integrating the labour market with a first specialization or Continue in Master Grande École, again at BSB, to aim for strategic functions with a high level of responsibility.
Opt for the Grande Ecole program with a pre-master
By taking the Passerelle 1 exam, you can integrate the BSB Grande Ecole program with the pre-master after your BTS MCO in order to prepare for the Grande Ecole Master in the specialization of your choice. You are thus choosing flexibility, discovering and deepening the foundations acquired in BTS.
The flexibility of the curriculum
- choice of campus: Dijon or Lyon
- choice of track: professional, associative or entrepreneurial for those who want to concentrate their classes before 16:00 and leave time for a project such as having a job to finance their studies, get involved in community life or even develop a business project.
- choice of the course in progressive English or 100% in English.
- possibility of going abroad for semester 2
- a 4-month internship in a company
The fundamentals of the business school version
Principles of marketing, Deep Dive, Artificial Intelligence, International business, Management responsible for organizations and human resources, corporate finance, business law, etc. Option: course, audit, expertise, consulting.
Your foundations will be made of reinforced concrete for your Grande Ecole Master.
Discovery beyond hard skills, the most BSB
Does choosing a business school after a BTS MCO seem like a logical next step? We agree with you on this point.
Choosing BSB goes further.
It shows your desire to acquire the out-of-field skills that recruiters love: soft skills and core skills.
It shows your desire to Know how to be a leader and act like one.
This shows your goal of pursue a career that makes sense as soon as you leave school.
As soon as you enter pre-master, you are immersed in experiential pedagogy with our bootcamps dedicated to Leadership and Artificial Intelligence but also the one on crisis negotiation with one of the best negotiators in the world coming from RAID.
📌 Thanks to Pathfinder, you will get to know yourself better to refine your professional project with our certified coaches and career experts while with the Leaderskills Institute (which you can't find in any other school), you will learn leadership in all its dimensions. Like all other skills, leadership is not innate, but a sum of skills to be acquired.
This year of exploration, which is both general and customizable, is the ideal place for Then join Master 1 of the Grande École program. and confirm your future in management.
Pierre BSB alumni, business creator with a professional baccalaureate
FAQ — What to do after a BTS MCO
Is the BTS MCO enough to find a stable job?
Yes, around 55% of BTS MCO graduates find a job within six months*, often in sales or commerce. That said, to aim for more strategic or managerial functions, further studies remain the best driver of development.
What is the difference between a professional license and the BSB Bachelor in Management after a BTS MCO?
The professional license is often very specialized. A Bachelor's degree in business school like that of BSB strengthen your skills in management, marketing and finance, with an international outlook and the possibility of continuing up to the Master's degree.
Do you have to do a Bachelor's degree to make a good living?
It is not essential, but recommended. The BSB Bachelor in Management allows you to specialize, to reveal your potential and to build a career path aligned with your aspirations. Thanks to internships, work-study programs and international openness, you gain in maturity and employability, resulting in better paid positions.
How to finance your studies after a BTS MCO?
Apprenticeship is the most advantageous solution: it finances 100% of your tuition fees and allows you to be paid. BSB offers alternating courses from the 3rd year of the Bachelor to the Master. Other options also exist: grants, loans, student jobs or the organization of course time to combine studies and work.
Can you join BSB after a BTS MCO?
Yes, you can join BSB after a BTS MCO via the Bachelor 3 Bridge Competition, with the Bachelor In Management program, and choose one of our 8 specializations.
* Sources:
inserjeunes.educations.gouv.fr
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