Job Search Resources for ECONOMICS Majors Economics is the study of the production, consumption and distribution of goods and services. Economic study attempts to clarify how the use of natural, technological, and financial resources affect human beings. Occupations to Consider Account Executive Actuary Auditor Bank Officer Bond Trader Business Forecaster Business Manager Claims Adjuster Commodities Trader Consultant Consumer Researcher Cost Analyst Credit Analyst Credit/Loan Worker Demographer Economist Educator Efficiency Expert Entrepreneur Estate Planner Financial Economist Financial Officer Government Analyst Healthcare Analyst Historian Hospitality Manager Industry Analyst Industrial Economist Industrial Buyer Insurance Agent Intelligent Agent IRS Agent Journalist Lawyer Consulting Firms Employment Agencies Fund Raising Firms Government Agencies Hotels/Motels Retail Sales Manager Risk Analyst Sales Forecaster Sales Manager Salesperson/Broker Statistician Stockbroker Tax Preparer Teacher Technical Writer Transportation Specialist Treasury Mgmt Specialist Trust Officer Underwriter Urban/Regional Planner Wage/Salary Admin Investment Firms Insurance Companies Labor Unions Market Research Firms Personnel Departments Political Action Groups Restaurants Tourism/Trade Associations Farmers Insurance Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Office of the State Bank Commissioner Ozinga Chicago RMC Raytheon Security Benefit Group State Street ● Economic Careers http://business.baylor.edu/Steve_Gardner/C
AREERS.HTM ● The Economist.com www.economist.com/ ● The Economist Group www.economistgroup.com/ ● K‐State Economics Department www.k‐state.edu/economics/ ● Government Jobs www.usajobs.opm.gov/ ● Internet Public Library www.ipl.org/ ● Nat’l Council on Economic Education www.ncee.net/ Additional Online Resources ● National Association for Business Economics ● Economist & Marketing Research Analyst ‐ Occupational Outlook Handbook Litigation Analyst Macroeconomist Mgmt Consultant Marketing Rep Mutual Fund Mgr Office Adjuster Operations Officer Packaging Analyst Political Scientist Property Manager Public Administrator Public Utilities Mgr Purser Rate Analyst Real Estate Agent Research Analyst Websites to Consider ● American Economic Association www.aeaweb.org ● Association for Social Economics www.socialeconomics.org/ ● Best Jobs USA www.bestjobsusa.com/ ● Current Jobs for Graduates www.graduatejobs.com/ Recent Kansas State University Graduates Ameriprise Financial Archer Daniels Midland Boeing Wichita Credit Union Central States Enterprise Edward Jones Potential Employers Advertising Agencies Banking/Saving Institutions Chamber of Commerce Civic/Taxpayer Colleges/Universities ● Int’l Economic Development Council ● The Forbes Group ● Law & Economic Resources Professional Organizations American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences www.aafcs.org/ American Economic Association www.vanderbilt.edu/AEA/ Assoc. for Comparative Economic Studies, Arizona State University www.comparativeeconomics.org/ Assoc. for Evolutionary Economics, Bucknell University www.orgs.bucknell.edu/afee Western Economics Assoc., International www.weainternational.org/ Economic Research Service, U.S. Dept of Agriculture www.ers.usda.gov History of Economics Society www.eh.net/HE/HisEcSoc/ Nat’l Assoc. for Business Economics www.nabe.com/ National Economic Association www.ncat.edu/
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