This episode is the webinar replay of the PhD Job Market webinar, held on September 13, 2022. Ida Johnsson, Associate Director and Economist at Chewy, engages with a panel of hiring managers and recruiters to provide tips for landing your first job in economics.
Dave Altig, former NABE President; Executive Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Tim Graciano, General Manager, Network Optimization, Convoy
Lorna Kamau, Senior Technical Recruiter, Economics, Amazon
Fraser Thompson, Principal Economist, Keystone StrategyOver the next hour, the panelists:
Provide an overview of the recruiting and hiring processes for their organizations over the next few months
Tell you how industry interviews work, and how they differ from academic interviews
Describe their personal interviewing strategies, provide examples of common questions, and tell you what they want to hear from candidates
Give you tips on how to ace an interview (and how to avoid blowing it!)
Talk about the soft skills and personal qualities they want to see and how you can demonstrate mastery of these in an interview
Detail the software packages and technical skills they want to see on your resume
Give you a sense of the onboarding process and what it’s like to work for their organizations as a new hire
Provide resources and links to learn more about opportunities at their firms
Tell you where they recruit – NABE’s Tech Economics Conference, ASSA, or elsewhere?
Answer all of your questions about applying, interviewing, and working for their firms.Want to view the video replay? NABE members can access webinar replays on the Digital Archive on NABE.com.
For more information on the National Association for Business Economics and what we do, please visit our website.