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PS - Lots of new Economics-only postings at the end
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Ezranomics
The Need-to-Knows for Economics Undergraduates
Happenings| Career/Academic Advice | Opportunities
Important Dates (seriously, check these out)
Sept 22nd, 4:45 Case Interview Prep (G64 GSH)
4:45pm Explore Cornell in Washington Program (165 McGraw)
7pm Alumni Presentation "Careers in Econ" by Evan Cohen (see below for details)
Sept 23rd, 6:30pm Barclay's "Role of the Analyst" Panel (PSB120)
Sept 24th, 4pm "The Dollar Trap" Book Talk with Econ Professor Eswar Prasad
Sept 25th, 10am - 3pm Mock Case Interviews (103 Barnes)
Sept 26th, 2:30pm Career Conversation with Eric Aguiar (healthcare venture capital) Register on CCNet
Sept 29th, EXTERN Applications Due
Oct 1st, Graduate School Fair
Amazing Extern Experience!
Network with someone in your field
Want to get an insider's view of a career field you are interested in? The Extern Program allows sophomores,
juniors, and seniors to connect with Cornell alumni and other professionals in their field(s) of interest for either a
work-site shadowing visit or through an informational interview during January break. This program will help you
learn how to research organizations, interact with professionals in the world of work, and assess your fit with your
field of interest.
Click here for more information about applying to the program.
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Economics Professors/Students LOVE Cornell In Washington!
Ask any Econ professor and they'll say they only let Cornell in Washington
speak during class time. Why is that? They believe it is an amazing program
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Info Session Today Monday, September 22nd, 4:45pm in McGraw 165
As usual, see below for Economics-related opportunities . . .
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Community Manager
InstaEDU, a Chegg service
Dean & Company Recruiting
Dean & Company is a strategy consulting firm with a unique mix of both traditional business strategy development
and a range of investment advisory work; our clients include large corporations, technology start-ups, and private
equity funds facing complex, unstructured problems. Our fact-based, analytical approach combined with our
commitment to create actionable solutions provides a compelling value proposition.
The firm's capabilities span a range of industries and business issues with focus in: financial services, life sciences,
private equity, and telecommunications and technology. The centerpiece of our private equity practice is our
affiliation with Lindsay Goldberg, a multibillion dollar private equity fund.
As with any successful entity, Dean & Company can attribute most of its sustained achievement to a single factor:
the quality of our people. Beginning with a highly experienced management team, Dean & Company focuses on
attracting and retaining professionals of the highest caliber with diverse backgrounds and skill sets.
Dean will be recruiting on campus this Fall:
Career Fair: 9/16
Resume Drop: 9/29
Full Time Research Analyst at New York Fed
Research Analysts play an integral role in both the policy and research functions of the Research and Statistics
Group. Our economists, whose specialties include banking and payment systems, capital markets, international
economics, macroeconomics, and microeconomics, work closely with Research Analysts. Upon leaving the Fed,
Research Analysts are consistently accepted by top graduate programs or they choose to pursue a wide variety of
public and private sector opportunities. In recent years, our RAs have gone on to pursue a Ph.D. in Economics or
Finance at MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, University of Chicago, UC Berkeley, and Wharton. Aside from
economics, previous RAs have also gone to law and public policy programs at Harvard Kennedy School, Princeton,
Yale, and others.
We seek candidates who have records of superior scholarship and academic curiosity. Research Analysts usually
come from strong economics, mathematics, or computer science backgrounds, though a major in one of these fields
is not a necessity. Successful candidates often have previous research experience, and many are considering
careers in economic research or other related fields. Ideal candidates will also have expertise with statistical
programming software, such as Stata, SAS, or MATLAB.
Attached to this email, you will also find a brochure with more details about the Research Analyst role along with a
flyer advertising the position. Applications are being accepted now until October 15
at http://www.newyorkfed.org/careers/current_undergrad_openings.html.
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The Research Analyst position is an unparalleled opportunity to work with a world-class research and policy team.
Sincerely,
--Matthew Cocci
Research Analyst, Macroeconomic and Monetary Studies
Capital Semester Program
This academic internship program is for undergraduates seeking to obtain professional experience in the fields of
public policy, economics, international affairs, journalism, communications and the nonprofit sector.
Students are guaranteed an internship for 30 hours a week while earning 12 transferable credits from George
Mason University, U.S. News and World Report's #1 "Up and Coming University" in 2012.
Please consider forwarding the announcement below to students and encourage them to apply by the spring 2015
early deadline of October 1 to receive a 5% discount on their tuition balance as well as priority scholarship
consideration and internship placement.
Thank you for your time and consideration. If you have any questions, please contact me at dfaught@tfas.org or
202.986.0384.
The Federal Reserve Board
The federal reserve board is hiring Research Assistants during the Fall recruiting season, October-November, and
the Spring recruiting season, February-March for positions that begin in the summer. We appreciate your referral of
interested and qualified students.
Each year, the Board hires approximately 60 recent graduates in economics, math, or related fields as RAs. These
positions are highly competitive and very quantitative in nature. While at the Board, RAs work closely with
economists and analysts on a broad range of topics covering real-world policy issues and academic-type research.
After their time at the Board, many of our RAs move on to top graduate school programs.
To be considered for these positions, candidates must submit application materials by September 30 for the Fall
recruiting season and by January 31 for the Spring recruiting season. Complete application instructions are
available athttp://www.federalreserve.gov/careers/ra.htm.
A limited number of summer internships are also available each year. Application procedures and deadline
information for this program can be found at http://www.federalreserve.gov/careers/intern_project.htm.
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Full-Time Economics Term Research Assistant
Job Description (Laibson/Madrian/Choi/Beshears)
Economics professors David Laibson (Harvard University), Brigitte Madrian (Harvard University), James Choi (Yale
University), and John Beshears (Harvard University) employ full-time research assistants with start dates during the
summer of 2015. This one-year position entails work on theoretical and empirical research related to decision
making, savings, investment, health behaviors, and psychological economics. The research uses field data,
experimental data, and hybrid field experiments.
Research assistants should have an interest in applying to a quantitative Ph.D. program (preferably in economics)
and pursuing an academic research career. They must be detail-oriented and have strong programming and
quantitative skills, including coursework in multivariable calculus, matrix algebra, probability, and statistics. Those
with previous experience estimating econometric models (e.g. OLS, GMM, MSM, MLE) have particular priority in the
hiring process. Excellent grades are required.
Your responsibilities include performing statistical analyses on large databases, designing and running experiments,
programming simulations of theoretical models, and proving theoretical results.
For examples of our research,
see http://www.nber.org/digest/apr02/w8651.html, http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/06/03/1103170108.full.pdf,
http://www.nber.org/digest/jul06/w12261.html, and Professor Laibson's TED talk http://befi.allianzgi.com/en/befitv/Pages/david-laibson.aspx
We prefer research assistants who want to become professional economists, but we're interested in future Ph.D.s in
any quantitative field. Although we can't guarantee placement, we have a strong track record of developing talent.
Our past full-time RAs have enrolled in the following Ph.D. programs: Harvard economics (8), Harvard business
economics (4), Harvard public policy (1), MIT economics (3), MIT operations research (1), Princeton economics (1),
University of Chicago GSB - finance (2), University of Chicago GSB - economics (2), University of Chicago history
(1), UC Berkeley economics (1), Yale economics (1), and Columbia economics (1).
OTHER DETAILS
Wage - $52,000
Openings - 2
Start Date - 6/15/2015 (negotiable)
Location - Cambridge, MA
EMPLOYER PROFILE
Founded in 1920, the National Bureau of Economic Research is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research
organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works. The NBER is committed to
undertaking and disseminating unbiased economic research among public policymakers, business professionals,
and the academic community. The NBER is an equal opportunity employer.
TO APPLY
Please scan into one pdf document:
1) A cover letter describing your interest in and qualifications for the position
2) Your resume
3) An unofficial transcript
This document must be uploaded into the online application form, which can be found at this link:
https://home.eease.adp.com/recruit2/?id=10455691&t=1
If we choose to interview you, we will notify you of our decision, and at that point we will ask you for three
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references.
US Department of the Treasury
The U.S. Department of Treasury's Economic Policy Office would like to inform the most qualified undergraduate
students attending your institution about our internship program this upcoming SPRING. In the past, we have had
very successful interns take part in this program from your school and would like to encourage all interested
students to apply. Please post the attached announcement on the Internship Opportunities board within the Econ
Department or any other means to inform students about this program, so that they are aware of the opportunity
before the November 4th deadline. We appreciate your support!
If you have any further questions, please reach out to Christine Devlin at Christine.Devlin@treasury.gov or 202-6222200.
Thank you,
Virginia Holmes
Office of Economic Policy
U.S. Treasury Department
Morgan Stanley Asia Summer Intern Recruiting
Representatives from Morgan Stanley Asia will be in New York on October 20th promoting our 2015 Summer
Internship positions. We would like to invite those who are interested in 2015 Summer Internship Opportunities in
Asia to register to attend both our presentation / networking event plus our workshop event at our New York
office. Both of these events will be a great opportunity for interested students to learn more about Morgan Stanley's
2015 Summer Internship opportunities across our Investment Banking, Global Capital Markets and Sales and
Trading Divisions in Asia Pacific.
Both of these events are specifically for penultimate year students studying towards their undergraduate or masters
degrees who will be graduating in 2016.
Capacity at this event is limited, thus we encourage students to submit their resume with GPA and expected
graduation date via: asia.recruit@morganstanley.com<mailto:asia.recruit@morganstanley.com> by no later than
October 10th . All email applications should have the following subject heading: "NY Presentation - Oct 20" or "NY
Workshop - Oct 20".
We appreciate your help with promoting our 2016 Internship Opportunities and if you require any other information,
please do not hesitate to be in contact.
We look forward to seeing you on the day.
Thank you,
Maggie Lee
Asia Campus Recruitment
Morgan Stanley | Human Resources
International Commerce Centre | 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon
Hong Kong
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D.E. Shaw Intern Applications
The D. E. Shaw group is currently hiring for full-time and intern positions and we're now accepting applications. All of
our open positions are listed on our website, where you can also learn more about who we are and what we do.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Best,
Valerie Valtz
Head of Campus Recruiting
D. E. Shaw & Co.
Change Corps Grassroots Program
Early Application Deadline: Friday, October 10th -Apply Today!
Change Corps is looking for graduating seniors who are passionate about getting change unstuck on the issues we
care about most.
Change Corps is a salaried, one-year, full-immersion training program in grassroots organizing. When Change
Corps organizers complete their training, they'll know how to organize people to get change unstuck on the issues
they're passionate about and will have an opportunity to become part of a wave of new organizers who will keep
pushing and prodding our country forward for years to come. Click here to find out more.
In your year with Change Corps: You'll make a real impact on issues like women's rights, gun violence, immigration
reform, voting rights, marriage equality and money in politics. You'll get an amazing experience in the field, working
on 3-5 different campaigns throughout the year in cities across the country providing critical field support for partner
groups leading the charge on these issues and many more. You'll learn how to mobilize a community toward a
common goal and build the kind of support and grassroots action that persuades decision-makers to stop
obstructing change and embrace it instead. And you'll learn from the best: Our trainers include Cecile Richards,
President of Planned Parenthood, Justin Ruben, President of MoveOn, and Bill McKibben of 350.org. You'll even get
paid: Change Corps organizers earn $25,000 and receive paid sick days, holidays, and vacation days, and
qualifying staff have the opportunity to enroll in our group health care plan and student loan repayment program.
And when you graduate from the program, you'll be ready for what comes next: Change Corps will help connect you
to progressive groups looking for full-time staff to build their organizations and help them create social change.
In the next few months, we'll invite 25 candidates to join the Change Corps class of 2016. We're looking for people
who are fired up about politics and serious about social change, people who have taken initiative on their campus or
community, and people who are willing to roll up their sleeves and work for change over the long haul.
If you think you're one of those people, then click here to get more information about joining the 2015-2016 class of
Change Corps' Training Academy for Activists. Change Corps is a yearlong program that begins in August 2015 with
introductory classroom training, and continues with field placements in multiple locations across the country.
Candidates must be willing to relocate.
Sign up here to learn more. You can also contact Dani Neuharth-Keusch, Change Corps Recruitment Director,
atdani@changecorps.org.
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