Hello aspiring economists! I hope all of you enjoy winter break, which is the best time to slow down and enjoy moments with family and friends. But don’t slow down steps in your career! Keep moving forward. The CSE is by your side, supporting your bright future this chilly winter. Check out the resources below to boost your career
– Ruolan Li MA’24, CSE Career Captain
Winter Break Resource Round-Up for Careers in Economics
CSE Career Guides
I’m guessing you were too busy with final exams to research 2023 summer internships. In that case, the holiday break is a great opportunity to get some guidance for your upcoming internship job hunting. You can get information on how to build your technical portfolio, grow your networks, and explore interview resources as you need.
18 Top Economics Degree Jobs
If you are currently pursuing an economics degree, you may find your career planning is somewhat similar to students in finance and business majors, but slightly different. The focus of economics is more macroscopic questions about allocating real resources in all walks of life, so finance is not the only choice. This article by Indeed organizes information on 18 top economics degree jobs in various industries, such as credit analysts, policy analysts, and economic consultants.
Economist Career Profile
If you are passionate about economics, challenge yourself to be an economist! Economists apply both qualitative and quantitative economic analysis to topics in a variety of fields, such as education, health, development, and the environment. This article guides you through the duties, work environment, education and training, personality and interests, pay, job outlook, and FAQ about economist careers. You can’t miss it if you plan to be one of them in the future!
Economist Skills for Your Resume and Career
To conduct economic research, you need to focus on markets, policies, business innovation, investments, sectoral trends, etc. This article compiled a list of the most important skills for an economist. Let’s find out what skills an economist actually needs in order to be successful in the job market!
Economics Skills: Definition and 6 Examples To Develop
Check out this link when you’re planning to work in economics and still confused which skills you need to be equipped with and how to apply them in careers. This article from Indeed Editorial Team explains what economics skills are, lists six skills you can practice, describes how to improve your economics skills, and how to highlight your skills when applying for a job.
Introduction to Regression in R
Regression analysis is a basic analyzing skill when it comes to economic case studies and research. Courses in Datacamp provide you with hands-on exercises to explore the relationships between variables in real-world datasets. You’ll know how to make predictions based on historical data with econometrics models.
The 2022 Winter Break Resource Round-Up Series has been brought to you by our CSE Career Captain Team. This Economics Careers Round-Up was written and curated by Ruolan Li MA’24, and edited by fellow Career Captains, Stephanie Borr and Yuxuan Zhang.
