Economics/General Job Search Guide
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Job Sites for Economics Majors
- Econ-Jobs.com
- Jobs in economics, statistics, and finance; corporate, government, and academia. Search by job or course title, city, description, or job type. Job seekers can join and post their resume.
- Inomics Job Openings
- Highly interactive site, allows you to specify exactly what sort of job you're looking for (including by JEL classification) and search their listings - or simply browse the whole list. Includes an option to sign up for an email alert service: weekly postings of new jobs and conferences.
- Job Openings for Economists (JOE)
- The website provides the latest 3 issues of this publication, devoted entirely to job ads, put out by the American Economic Association. Site also offers a pertinent Feature Article.
- Job Openings listed in The Economist
- The job "classifieds" from the latest issue of The Economist. Highly international, and often not entry level, but very convenient to be able to scan them on the web.
- Faculty and research positions
- One week old job ads from the Chronicle of Higher Education for economists.
The Career Guide to Industries
- (a companion to the Occupational Outlook Handbook), is a good overall guide that provides information on the "nature of the industry, working conditions, employment, occupations in the industry, training and advancement, earnings and benefits, employment outlook, and lists of organizations that can provide additional information."
- Useful services for anyone comparing job offers or considering a job move:
- SalaryExpert, provided by the Wall Street Journal's CareerJournal.com,
- is a very good interactive tool that provides salary data by place (US, Canada, and International), for a wide range of job titles. Each report includes area base salary, low-average-high rates, and comparison to national averages and cost of living. Surprisingly extensive, and free.
- Yahoo Salary Statistics links
- A useful collection of links including ones that enable you to compare cost of living by location; compare the buying power of the same salary in different locations, etc.
