Job Market Meeting
List of items included in your Job Market Meeting Packet:
1. Job Market Dates and Deadlines
2. Notes on the Economics Job Market
3. Job Market Tips for Penn Students
4. Job Interest Information form
5. 2 Templates for CV – One if Masters and PhD and the other with PhD
only
Job Market 2015-16: Dates and Deadlines
Mid September 2015
Register for the A.S.S.A. Meetings (AEA). This year they are in San Francisco,
CA, January 3-5, 2016 (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday). Register online once the
website is up. Registration opens September 16th at 11am CDT at
https://conf.aeaweb.org . For additional information, go to
https://www.aeaweb.org/Annual_Meeting/, which also includes procedures for
employers and job seekers.
2016 ASSA Meeting Preliminary Program is at
https://www.aeaweb.org/Annual_Meeting/
October 15 (preferably earlier)
1. Email Kelly the completed CV.
2. Email Kelly the two-page dissertation abstract, in pdf format.
October 19 (approx)
1. The vita pack is posted on the web by October 19th. There is then no costless
turning back!
2. Present your job market paper in a regular faculty workshop.
(The faculty holds a meeting, usually in the final week of October, to inform each
other about the job market candidates. This is where we learn, especially the
placement officers, how and where to “sell” the candidates. It is important,
therefore, that you present your paper in a workshop before this meeting is held.)
November 15
Mail or upload the following materials to the places you are applying: (1) a cover
letter from you indicating interest in the position and availability for an interview
at the A.S.S.A. meetings; (2) vita; (3) the two-page dissertation abstract; (4) job
market paper and all other “finished” papers that you and your advisor agree
might help you get a job. Several letters of recommendation, especially one from
your dissertation advisor will be mailed by an assigned staff member. The staff
member will upload or mail these letters to the places you have selected to apply.
You will be informed which staff member will be helping you with letters before
you begin your applications. Your committee members can give Kelly their letters
to make confidentially available to the staff members.
November 15 – January 2
Practice interviewing and presenting your paper. Work on your paper.
Schedule requested interviews.
NOTES ON THE ECON JOB MARKET – Fall 2015
I
How the Job Market Works: Timetable
A.
To enter the job market for 2015-16, you must have a polished paper to send out before
November 15th and to present in January. You must submit a good (typed, complete)
working draft of this paper to your dissertation advisor and to the placement officers by
Monday, October 12, 2015. If you don’t think you can meet these goals, please do not
consider yourself a job market candidate for this year. It is much better to realize early that
you should not be in the market than to enter and be forced to withdraw.
B.
Penn gathers information about our students who will be on the market this year (now
through October, mostly, but continuing throughout the academic year).
C.
A letter is mailed to a large number of schools, and other employers (by October 19th)
announcing that our website is up with complete access to our vita pack. Note: A vita (also
known as curriculum vitae, abbreviated c.v.) is an academic version of one’s resume; it lists
qualifications and basic data, such as address and phone number.
D.
Register to attend the Allied Social Sciences Association (A.S.S.A.) Meeting, January 3-5,
2016 (Sunday, Monday and Tuesday) in San Francisco, CA. Register for the A.S.S.A.
Meetings (AEA). Register online once the website is up. Registration opens September 16th
at 11am CDT at https://conf.aeaweb.org . For additional information, go to
https://www.aeaweb.org/Annual_Meeting/, which also includes procedures for employers
and job seekers. 2016 ASSA Meeting Preliminary Program is at
https://www.aeaweb.org/Annual_Meeting/
E.
Expressions of interest (primarily November – early December). This stage is rather
amorphous. Schools contact the placement officer, your advisor or you directly. Your
advisor writes letters recommending you to friends/colleagues at other schools. The
placement officer urges particular schools to consider you. You can also directly contact (by
letter) schools in which you are interested, for example, in response to job announcements
or advertisements.
F.
Completing your file (by early December). Each school in which you are actively interested
should have received (at least) your vita, and several letters of recommendation – including
one written by your dissertation advisor - your writing sample (research paper) and a cover
letter from you indicating interest in the position and availability for an interview at the
A.S.S.A. meetings.
G.
Scheduling interviews (late November – about December 30). Schools that want to talk with
you at the A.E.A meetings telephone you to arrange a time for an interview. Since it’s
important that schools can contact you easily during this period, please don’t plan to take a
trip during exam week.
H.
Visits: to give a seminar and to be interviewed by schools which are seriously interested
(January – February). This is also time for you to “inspect” prospective employers – ideally,
a visit involves a mutual exchange of information.
I.
Offers, negotiations, decisions (January – March generally).
J.
Second (third, fourth) round market activity. Visits scheduled after February by institutions
who did not succeed in signing their first choice candidates, or who obtained additional
vacant positions after the main market.
NOTE: The nonacademic market is a bit different; in particular, “on campus” interviews (at Penn)
with a recruiter is often arranged by the Federal Reserve Board and the IMF.
II.
Are You Ready to Enter the Job Market this Year?
A.
Will you have a decent writing sample ready to mail out before November 15th?
B.
Will you be able to give a talk at one of our regular seminars by the end of October?
C.
Can you give a good workshop/seminar presentation on your research results by January?
Some of these are two hours long, and you must be prepared to field questions and defend
your work.
D.
Is your dissertation likely to be finished by May 2016?
The job market is time consuming, disruptive and expensive (photocopying, postage, air fare,
hotel, meals). It can also be fun and educational if you are well prepared. However, if you are not
really ready to be on the market this year, you may run the risk of creating a bad first impression
and losing credibility. (If you insist this December that your thesis will be signed in April, then how
do you explain the lack of a first draft when the same person interviews you next December?)
Doing the market too early tends, at best, to result in a less desirable job where you start without
a completed dissertation (possibly implying a lower title and salary as well as initial bad will) and
with bad prospects for eventually obtaining tenure.
III.
Function of the Placement Officers
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IV.
Discretion, confidentiality, impartiality, fairness.
Information flows, especially to other schools.
Advice on preparation, strategies, choices, etc.
You must keep us informed about your progress (in the market and on your
dissertation). In particular, if you accept a position or withdraw from the
market, inform the placement offers immediately. Please notify Kelly Quinn via
email of each of your interviews, flyouts, and finally, of your job acceptance.
How your Dissertation Advisor (and other faculty members with whom you are
working) can help.
Your advisor is probably the person who is most familiar with your research
accomplishments and abilities, not to mention the fact that your advisor knows your field
and the people who are actively working in it. Therefore, you should be sure to ask your
advisor to suggest places that are realistic possibilities for you, to advise you about which
offer to choose, etc., and to help you improve your writing sample and seminar
presentation. Your advisor can help you to obtain interviews by contacting (via a letter of
recommendation or a telephone call) colleagues in your field at that institution.
V.
Kelly Quinn's role in all of this is to put together the vita pack and web page, disseminate
listings of job opportunities sent to her, schedule on-campus interviews, and generally
improve morale, communications, and efficiency.
VI.
What to Do Now
A.
Have a good talk with your advisor and entire committee. Be sure to discuss the progress
you’ve made on your dissertation research and what you plan to do in the coming months.
Ask when your dissertation is likely to be finished (truly an answerable question) and
whether you should really be on the market this year. Try to have a frank discussion
regarding the type of job to which you should realistically aspire.
B.
By now Kelly has sent you a template of the CV as an email attachment. Complete the CV
as soon as possible (or by October 15th) and return it to her as an attachment. Please save
it as yourlastnameCV.doc. This will be part of the Vita Pack that Kelly will compile and post
to our web site where hundreds of Universities offering jobs each year will search. Be sure
to ask permission to list people’s names as references! (Besides being a matter of basic
courtesy, this can help you to avoid the possibility of an unenthusiastic letter of
recommendation from someone who is not very interested in, or familiar with, your work.)
C.
Prepare a two page summary or abstract of your Job Market paper also due on October 15th
for inclusion in the Vita Pack.
D.
Think about the type of job you want. Return the supplementary information sheet to the
graduate group mailbox or to Kelly Quinn.
E.
Carefully review Job Openings for Economists which is available online at
http://www.aeaweb.org/joe/
F.
If you are Canadian, or especially interested in Canadian schools, please drop a note to the
placement officers indicating your citizenship as soon as possible.
G.
Work on your dissertation (always!). Remember, your writing sample must be finished and
mailed by November 15th, 2015.
H.
Apply for some major credit cards now, if you don’t already have at least one bank card
(VISA, Mastercard) with a fairly high credit card limit or a travel and entertainment card
(American Express, Diners). Most hotels will not hold your room beyond 6:00 p.m. unless
you call and give them a credit card number. Moreover, universities and government
agencies are slow to process travel expense reimbursements. You should anticipate that
you will initially pay for all air and taxi fares, plus some hotel bills. The schools that you
have visited will send you a check about a month or two after you have returned home and
sent them an expense statement as part of your “thank you” letter. (Most schools will
require you to fill in tax forms before they will issue reimbursements.)
VII.
Miscellaneous Tips
A.
Be organized. Start a file for all job market materials, keep copies of all letters you write,
and don’t rely on your memory (to remember dates and times or that someone needs a
copy of your vita and writing sample.)
B.
Act professionally. Be meticulous about everything you send out (proofreading, grammar,
spelling, English) and prepare for all interviews.
C.
Please cooperate by returning forms promptly, keeping in touch (with Kelly Quinn, and by
checking your mailbox and email frequently), and by generally being supportive of each
other. Please update Kelly Quinn regularly via email (kquinn@ssc.upenn.edu) regarding
your current job market status. Failure to meet deadlines, or general lack of
cooperation in the placement process may jeopardize your inclusion in Penn’s vita
pack as well as your receipt of placement help (i.e., recommendations to particular
employers, etc.)
A Guide (and Advice) for Economists on the U. S. Junior Academic Job Market
John Cawley.
https://www.aeaweb.org/joe/pdfs/Job%20Market%20Guide%20and%20A
dvice%20--%202014-15%209-3-14.pdf
JOB MARKET TIPS
Before the Fall: General Preparation
1. Set up weekly meetings with your advisor(s) starting in early January so you have some
external pressure to get work done on a weekly basis.
2. Before or during the summer make sure you talk to the other people writing a letter of
recommendation for you.
3. Think hard about who your audience is going to be during the job market (and beyond) and
try to define yourself accordingly through your paper’s abstract and intro, your CV, your
teaching and research interests, your research agenda etc... People want a clear notion of
who you are, who you are likely to work within their department, what part of the frontier
you are pushing. Discuss this with your advisors.
4. Try to get a rough draft by mid-late August, so you have a clear idea of the structure of the
paper. It will change a lot until your final draft but this is a good moment to put aside
computations, proofs, etc and think about what is your main question, how it relates to the
existing literature, etc. It will also give you a sense on how hard writing may be for you, so
you can manage better your time later on.
5. Create a “support group” with your friends. This helps a lot in terms of logistics (it is harder
to miss deadlines when there are 4 people keeping track) and training for the market. Go
through slides with them, practice spiels, practice presentations, exchange abstracts and
intros…
AEA Conference Logistics
1. Some of us booked hotel rooms and flights late August. We got a really good deal on our
hotel so we actually paid less than by doing it through AEA. This also guarantees you and
your friends stay at the same hotel so you can keep each other company for breakfasts,
dinners, etc.
2. Arrive the day before the meetings, so you know where exactly each hotel is, whether you
need to get a card to use the elevators, where the restrooms are located, etc.
3. Prepare to spend a lot of money on the flight and hotel (like $1,000). You may need more
than one credit card.
4. If you have a lot of interviews, even 15min walks can be a killer, so take cabs everywhere!
5. Be strategic about scheduling your interviews.
a. Try to have a few of your less important interviews first. By the second full day, you will
be a “pro” at these interviews, so put your most important interviews then.
b. Also have your more important interviews in the middle of the day, not early morning or
late in the day.
c. Look at a map of the hotels for the conference and try to schedule your interviews near
each other. Avoid going back and forth between different hotels, when possible.
d. Try to leave 30min between interviews. You will need this time to get from one hotel to
another. However if your interviews are in the same hotel, it is possible to schedule them
closer (although this is not desirable b/c you’ll need time to rest).
Job Market Talk (at Penn and flyouts)
1. Plan to work A LOT on your slides. They are the key for a successful talk AND good slides
make it way easier to write down your draft. Think carefully about every word on every
slide.
2. You’ll be surprised about how much you have to leave out. A lot of details in your paper
will have to be skipped. Focus on just what you need to say to tell the main story.
3. People have different approaches to prepare talks but my own two cents are:
a. Write down what you want to say in each slide.
b. Do not read your slides during your presentation. You should know them by heart!
c. Practice OUT LOUD the whole presentation multiple times. This way you can test how
you feel after talking for an hour or more. Practice standing up so you get a better sense
on how to project your voice, you work on your posture, and your body language. For
women, you want to practice with the shoes (if wearing heels) you will be using at the
presentation so you get used to them.
d. For foreign people, it may be really helpful to buy a tape recorder and record your
presentation. Listen to it:
•
are you using a good pace?
•
may your accent be a problem for certain words? If it does, then ask native speakers
for the correct pronunciation and repeat it over and over.
•
do you sound enthusiastic?
•
does your voice sound too tired at the end of the presentation?
4. The intro to your talk is the key. Work hard on your first 15-20min. Make sure to state
properly your question and give a glimpse of your findings so if someone stops listening,
he/she can leave the room knowing what you did. Everyone in the audience should be able
to understand the intro completely. Make it general enough for any economist.
5. Prepare appendix slides with all those additional tables, graphs, etc. that a well-informed
person in the audience may ask for.
6. Have some jokes or other “flashy comments.” You want to make sure everyone is with you
for most of the talk.
7. Look at people during the presentation. Do not stare at a single person but walk and look
around the room. This is very effective to keep people with you.
8. Use a clicker with a pointer.
9. Keep your presentation on a USB drive and send it to yourself over email.
10. Present as much as you can! Hopefully, you started doing this during your second/third year.
In any case, sign up to present at lunches before the summer and early/mid September. If
you “qualify” for more than a lunch, request slots one/two weeks apart so you can improve
from one to the next!
Writing
1. Try to have a rough version of your draft BEFORE your JM talk, and then revise it right after
the talk.
2. Plan to spend A LOT of time on the introduction. If you dedicate half of your writing time to
just the intro, this may be the correct allocation of effort. It’s that important.
3.
Try to finish your draft early enough so you can use the services of a professional editor.
Application Process
1. Be organized and plan ahead!
2. Make sure you download the relevant info from JOE in October, November, and December.
Some of the ads in October will not be repeated in November. Many new ads appear in
December.
3. Look everywhere else: econjobmarket.org, http://www.inomics.com/ (this one is really good
for European places), and other field-specific sites (e.g. APPAM for public policy, IHEA for
health economics).
4. Prepare all the necessary information as early as possible: CV, JMP, cover letters, (official)
graduate transcripts, research statement, teaching statement, a combination of the two,
dissertation abstract.
5. If mailing, go to the post office and get priority mail flat rate envelopes (they are free) and
buy the required stamps. In this way, you can drop off your applications anywhere without
wasting too much time at the post office
6. Some people do all their apps at once, which can take a full 2 weeks. If you do all of them in
a row, it may be less painful.
7. Keep track of which apps you already send out (e.g. use a spreadsheet). Make sure you send
the correct docs to each place.
8. You can also use a spreadsheet to organize the list of jobs you will apply to, with their
application deadlines and what material they each require.
9. If you know how to do a mail merge, you can use this for your cover letters.
10. Your recommendation letters will be sent by an administrative assistant. Talk to her/him in
order to know how you should be preparing your list(s).
AEA Interviews
1. Have different versions of your spiel (e.g. 2-3min, 3-5min, and up to 10-15 min).
2. Try writing out some version in full so you can get it exactly the way you want it.
3. I would suggest using the “onion structure;” that is, conveying motivation, what you do, and
the main conclusion within 2-3min, and then build up on that. Most interviews will let you
talk uninterrupted for at least 2-3min, and then they will start asking questions. You need the
longer spiel mostly for interviews where they do not engage that quickly. Also the longer
spiel usually contains answers to many common questions.
4. Practice your spiel as much as you can! Tell it to your friends and ask them to criticize it!
5. Talk to a lot of different people. It is helpful to talk to people that are not in your area. It is
the best way of forcing yourself to avoid jargon when talking about your research.
6. If it is necessary to include any jargon, make sure you define it properly so everyone (i.e.
people outside your field) can understand you.
7. Most of the interviews have the following format:
a. Tell us about your research.
•
for sure you will be talking at least 2-3min, often 4-5min; that’s why the early
punchlines are important
•
you may be interrupted around minute 5 with questions about your paper
•
it is possible that at least one of the interviewers will have read the paper and will
have very insightful questions about it
•
get ready for questions about the literature strictly related to you paper
•
get ready about questions on your other papers
•
get ready for questions about your research agenda
b. They will tell you about their institution.
c. They will ask you whether you have any questions.
8. Most questions can be anticipated. Practice tight answers to the common questions about
your paper. Make a list.
9. Be nice, do not discard questions, smile, laugh at their jokes, look at everyone in the room,
try to relax, be yourself and enjoy!
10. Be excited about your research. If you really are, that’s great. But even if you feel tired, you
still have to show 100% enthusiasm in your research. If you are not excited about your
research, who else will be?
11. European institutions will always ask why you want to go there. If you are European, play
the card of geographical preferences. If you are not European, think about a persuasive
reason.
12. Government agencies will always ask whether you prefer them over academia. Irrespective
of your preferences, you are still unemployed so the correct answer is “YES!” Think about a
nice sentence to go with your big yes.
13. Depending on your area of expertise, academic places will ask you whether you prefer them
over central banking or the private sector. As before, the correct answer is “YES!”
14. Carry a notebook and write the questions people asked you. This can be hard to do if you
have a hectic schedule of interviews. But at least do it when you get to the hotel!
15. Carry water, crackers, granola bars, etc. so you can eat something light in between
interviews. You do not want to have a big lunch. It will slow you down. You may not even
have time for lunch.
16. Attend the receptions you are invited. But avoid drinking alcohol (just sip from your glass).
Prepare 30-90sec punch line on your research for this situations.
17. Wake up early enough so you sound coherent even at an 8am interview. Get a good
breakfast before your first interview.
Flyouts
1. Plan them conveniently:
a. Group them geographically.
b. If you get a flyout from school X that is nearby school Y, get in touch with school Y and
let them know you are going to be in the area.
c. Avoid putting your preferred institution first. It takes about 3 presentations to feel you
completely dominate the situation.
d. Leave at least a day in between flyouts. You can do two in a row in the same city only if
you know you are able to handle pressure well. If you have sleeping issues or you cannot
keep energetic and enthusiastic for too long, just do not do it!
e. Keep in mind that traveling is time consuming and tiring.
2. You will have a lot of one-on-one interviews during the day. Look up people’s CV’s to see
if you have common interests (or if you cite their work!).
3. If you are meeting with someone outside your field, ask him/her about his/her research. This
will fill the time with them talking so you can rest!
4. This is your chance to learn about life as a young faculty in this particular department. You
can ask for example:
a. How would you compare the department to other places you worked in?
b. Who do you interact with in the department?
c. In what areas do the faculty live?
d. How are the department seminar series organized?
e. What courses have you been teaching this last couple of years?
f. Are people around during the summers?
g. What are the tenure requirements like in the department?
5. Meetings with deans are sometimes awkward. Always ask them about what they think about
the department, where it’s going, etc. You DO need to have questions ready for the dean,
just in case he/she is offended because you don’t have any.
6. Ideally, your talk will be in the morning so that people are better informed for the individual
interviews. For afternoon talks, you’ll need a break and a chance to re-energize (i.e. coffee).
7. If your talk is after lunch, make sure you eat a light enough lunch so you don’t feel sleepy.
8. Be confident, and show your confidence during your talk. Remember: you wrote your paper,
you know more about it than anyone else. This is particularly useful when you are faced
with some “big names.”
9. However, confidence is not arrogance. You should show your appreciation of others’
questions. Never ignore people’s question. If there is something you cannot answer right
away, show that you understand the issue. If there is something that your paper is short of, it
is important to show that you understand, and admit it.
10. If there are different methodological perspectives in your field, try to know your audience’s
perspective so you can target your answers to their concerns.
11. Carry a notepad and write down significant questions that people ask. They are useful for you
AND it gives the signal to the audience that you care about what they say.
12. At dinner, just follow what other people do in terms of alcohol. If you have food restrictions
(you are vegetarian, keep kosher, etc), let them know in advance.
13. Make sure you have enough shirts and at least two suits. You cannot know in advance how
busy your season may be and dry cleaning sometimes is slower than desired!
14. It can take 2 months to get reimbursed for your travel expenses. Make sure you have enough
credit available on your credit card(s) to cover your flyouts.
Name:
First name or preferred nickname:
Citizenship:
____________
______________________________
JOB INTERESTS INFORMATION
In order for us to help you find a job, please circle the best completions of the following
statements, and answer the questions. All replies will be kept confidential. Return to Kelly.
1. I would be happy to find a job in any of the places I’ve circled below:
(a) in an economics department that stresses research.
(b) in an economics department that stresses teaching.
(c) in a business school.
(d) in a government agency like the Fed, IMF, etc.
(e) in a private-sector consulting firm.
(f) In some other kind of company, such as _______________________________ .
2. Regarding the geographical location of my job,
(a) I have no preference.
(b) I want it in the following region(s): ____________________________________.
3. I regard myself as an
(a) above average teacher.
(b) average teacher.
(c) below average teacher.
4. Write below any other information you think we should know.
FIRST NAME LAST NAME (use caps, underlined)
<URL of your webpage; very important>
<e-mail address>
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Placement Director: Iourii Manovskii
Placement Director: Andrew Postlewaite
Graduate Student Coordinator: Kelly Quinn
MANOVSKI@ ECON.UPENN.EDU
APOSTLEW@ECON.UPENN.EDU
KQUINN @ ECON.UPENN.EDU
215-898-6880
215-898-7350
215-898-5691
Home Contact Information <optional>
<Your home address>
<City, State Zip>
Home phone number: (home)
Office Contact Information
<Your office address>
<City, State Zip>
Office and/or cell phone number:
Personal Information: <date of birth, sex, citizenship> all optional but can be put here.
Undergraduate Studies:
<Degree>, <Field>, <University/College>, <honors>, <year>
Masters Level Work:
<Degree>, <Field>, <University/College>, <honors>, <year>
Graduate Studies:
University of Pennsylvania, <starting year> to present (unless you have your Ph.D.)
Thesis Title: “<Your Thesis Title: How I Spent the Last Three Years of My Life>”
Expected Completion Date: <Something reasonable and honest (e.g., June 2005)>
Thesis Committee and References:
Professor <X> (<Primary Advisor> or
<Advisor> can be listed)
<address of X>
<phone, e-mail of X>
Professor <Y> (<Primary Advisor> or
<Advisor> can be listed)
<address of Y>
<phone, e-mail of Y>
Professor <Z; note: you do need a 3rd name>
<address of Z>
<phone, e-mail of Z>
Professor <?; note: you don’t need 4 names>
<address of ?>
<phone, e-mail of ?>
Teaching and Research Fields:
Primary fields: <field(s)> (note: these must be major, recognized fields in economics)
Secondary fields: <field(s)> (ditto)
<you can, instead, list Research fields and Teaching fields instead of Primary and Secondary; or you
can just list Fields>
Teaching Experience:
Semester, year Course, Institution, teaching assistant for Professor So And So
Semester, year Course, Institution, teaching assistant for Professor What’s His Name
Research Experience and Other Employment:
time period
<Institution>, <your title there>
time period
<Institution>, <your title there>
(Note: You can have a section for Professional Activities, e.g., seminars, discussant, referee)
Honors, Scholarships, and Fellowships: <in general do not list pre-grad school honors>
<time period>
<honor, scholarship, fellowship>
<time period>
<honor, scholarship, fellowship>
<time period>
<honor, scholarship, fellowship>
Publications:
<use this heading if you have any publications>
<use this heading if you have any publications>
Research Papers: <This is where you list your abstracts. If you have just the Job Market Paper, then
you can list it as Job Market Paper. If you have more, then you could list Job Market Paper separately
from the rest. Make certain that the JMP is obvious.>
“<Paper Title>” (Job Market Paper)
<Abstract of research paper or job market paper. Should be about 150 to 250 words>
you can change the size of the font to 10 point, but no less, if you need more space for the abstracts.
“<Paper Title>”
<Abstract of research paper. Should be about 150 to 250 words>
(Note: If a paper is still “in progress” you can use the title Research Paper(s) in Progress)
FIRST NAME LAST NAME (use caps, underlined)
<URL of your webpage; very important>
<e-mail address>
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Placement Director: Iourii Manovskii
Placement Director: Andrew Postlewaite
Graduate Student Coordinator: Kelly Quinn
Office Contact Information
<Your office address>
<City, State Zip>
Office and/or cell phone number:
MANOVSKI@ ECON.UPENN.EDU
APOSTLEW@ECON.UPENN.EDU
KQUINN @ ECON.UPENN.EDU
215-898-6880
215-898-7350
215-898-5691
Home Contact Information <optional>
<Your home address>
<City, State Zip>
Home phone number: (home)
Personal Information: <date of birth, sex, citizenship> all optional but can be put here.
Undergraduate Studies:
<Degree>, <Field>, <University/College>, <honors>, <year>
Graduate Studies:
University of Pennsylvania, <starting year> to present (unless you have your Ph.D.)
Thesis Title: “<Your Thesis Title: How I Spent the Last Three Years of My Life>”
Expected Completion Date: <Something reasonable and honest (e.g., June 2005)>
Thesis Committee and References:
Professor <X> (<Primary Advisor> or
<Advisor> can be listed)
<address of X>
<phone, e-mail of X>
Professor <Y> (<Primary Advisor> or
<Advisor> can be listed)
<address of Y>
<phone, e-mail of Y>
Professor <Z; note: you do need a 3rd name>
<address of Z>
<phone, e-mail of Z>
Professor <?; note: you don’t need 4 names>
<address of ?>
<phone, e-mail of ?>
Teaching and Research Fields:
Primary fields: <field(s)> (note: these must be major, recognized fields in economics)
Secondary fields: <field(s)> (ditto)
<you can, instead, list Research fields and Teaching fields instead of Primary and Secondary; or you
can just list Fields>
Teaching Experience:
Semester, year Course, Institution, teaching assistant for Professor So And So
Semester, year Course, Institution, teaching assistant for Professor What’s His Name
Research Experience and Other Employment:
time period
<Institution>, <your title there>
time period
<Institution>, <your title there>
(Note: You can have a section for Professional Activities, e.g., seminars, discussant, referee)
Honors, Scholarships, and Fellowships: <in general do not list pre-grad school honors>
<time period>
<honor, scholarship, fellowship>
<time period>
<honor, scholarship, fellowship>
<time period>
<honor, scholarship, fellowship>
Publications:
<use this heading if you have any publications>
<use this heading if you have any publications>
Research Papers: <This is where you list your abstracts. If you have just the Job Market Paper, then
you can list it as Job Market Paper. If you have more, then you could list Job Market Paper separately
from the rest. Make certain that the JMP is obvious.>
“<Paper Title>” (Job Market Paper)
<Abstract of research paper or job market paper. Should be about 150 to 250 words>
you can change the size of the font to 10 point, but no less, if you need more space for the abstracts.
“<Paper Title>”
<Abstract of research paper. Should be about 150 to 250 words>
(Note: If a paper is still “in progress” you can use the title Research Paper(s) in Progress)