UCSD Placement 2009

Spring Meeting

Agenda

1.     Welcome

a.      Introductions

b.     Rebecca, Mary Jane

c.     Jim’s placement web page: http://econ.ucsd.edu/~jandreon/placement/

d.  Valerie Ramey's 2005 web page: http://www.econ.ucsd.edu/~vramey/placement.html

2.     Why we’re meeting today

a.      Help you plan you summer

b.     We’ll meet again in the Fall to get going on details

3.     Previous Placements

a.      Lasts year’s candidates: http://www.econ.ucsd.edu/gradprog/phdcandidates.html

b.  Placements

Grayson Calhoun              Iowa State, Dept of Economics, tenure track 

Graton Gathright              US Census Bureau, Economist, Suitland, MD 

Meng Huang                     Bates White, Senior Consultant, San Diego, CA 

Lei Meng                           Xiamen University, Assistant Professor/Tenure Track, Xiamen City, CHINA 

Christopher Nekarda        Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Economist, Washington, DC 

Lindsay Oldenski              Georgetown University, Assistant Professor/Tenure Track, Washington, DC 

Young Joon Park               Peking University, Assistant Professor/Tenure Track, Shenzhen, CHINA 

Adam Sanjurjo                   University of Alicante, Assistant Professor/Tenure Track, SPAIN 

Jason Shafrin                    Acumen, LLC, Research Associate, Burlingame, CA 

Christopher Wignall         Quant Economics, Inc., Economist, San Diego, CA

4.     The Experience of the Job Market

a.      Stressful but exciting too

b.  Enjoy being the center of attention
 

5.     Getting a Job: Timeline

a.      Summer:

                                                              i.      Meet with your advisor about job market.

                                                            ii.      Finish your Job Market Paper

                                                          iii.      Finish your C. Phil

                                                         iv.      Talk to you committee, get comments

                                                           v.      Soften up your letter writers

                                                         vi.      Start working on second papers

b.     By August

                                                              i.      Get your web site up.

                                                            ii.      Shop for a suit.

                                                          iii.      Start preparing your CV and Abstract

                                                         iv.      Schedule your practice job talk

c.     September

                                                              i.      Placement Meeting Again

                                                            ii.      Finish CV and Abstract

                                                          iii.      Finalize your list of letter writers

                                                         iv.      Give Rebecca the web address, letter writers etc.

                                                           v.      Meet personally with Andreoni

                                a. Approve CV, Abstract

                                b. What kind of job are you most interested in?

d.     October

                                                              i.      Bug letter writers to finish letters

                                                            ii.      MEET WITH YOUR ADVISOR

1.     Plan what kinds of places you should apply to

                                                          iii.      Look for job postings

                                                         iv.      Start applications

                                                           v.      Buy that suit

                                                         vi.      Register for ASSA meetings

1.     Get Hotel reservations

2.     Buy a plane ticket

e.      November

                                                              i.      Look at job posting.

                                                            ii.      Send applications.

                                                          iii.      Update your advisor

1.     Are there some really interesting places/good matches advertising jobs?

                                                         iv.      Mock Interviews in the department

f.       December

                                                              i.      See November List

                                                            ii.      Does the suit still fit?

                                                          iii.      Schedule your interviews at ASSA meetings

g.     January

                                                              i.      Go to Atlanta!!

                                                            ii.      Wait for call backs

                                                          iii.      Fly around

h.     Jan/Feb/March

                                                              i.      Get loads of excellent job offers

                                                            ii.      Accept one (only one)

                                                          iii.      Resume exercise

                                                         iv.      Start diet.

 

6.     Summary: What should you be doing NOW

a.      Getting a good job depends mostly on…

                                                              i.      A good paper

                                                            ii.      A polished job market talk

                                                          iii.      Solid letters from advisors

                                                         iv.      An interesting agenda for future work

                                                           v.      A belief that you’ll finish your PhD before starting the job.

b.     You need to plan to have all this in place by October 1.

                                                              i.      MUST:  Finish your C.Phil

                                                            ii.      MUST:  Get your advisor to agree you are ready

                                                          iii.      MUST:  Have a job market paper done by OCT 1