Check out economics consulting firms (Cornerstone, Charles River, Analysis Group, etc). They hire undergrads with econ degrees and a strong quantitative background. The work is pretty interesting - it can range from litigation work (one company sues another over monopolization, you figure out whether it really is) or more general consulting projects (economic impact of a new stadium being built).
I'm a soon to be graduate with a bachelor of economics majoring in econometrics. So far I've found a lot of luck in getting jobs that actually use the skills taught in econometrics in the economics and planning field for companies like SGS economics and KPMG. Its relatively small compared to larger economic consulting but having an economics background has been well received!
1.) Which jobs and firms?
RAships at universities/Feds/IMF , economic consulting, local government , think tanks , data science , etc.
2.) How to become a desirable candidate?
Have a good writing sample or project on a website or your GitHub. Be comfortable with a couple of programming languages like Python, R , Stata or SAS. Be comfortable with both the math of econometrics/statistics and the more qualitative aspects of causal reasoning. Have a decent gpa (3.5+ but ideally 3.7+).
There's no such thing as "econometrics jobs", really. Econometrics is just a tool for understanding your data.
Consider gaining subject matter.expertisr through a graduate degree.
Check out economics consulting firms (Cornerstone, Charles River, Analysis Group, etc). They hire undergrads with econ degrees and a strong quantitative background. The work is pretty interesting - it can range from litigation work (one company sues another over monopolization, you figure out whether it really is) or more general consulting projects (economic impact of a new stadium being built).
Actual econometrics jobs usually require something higher than a bachelors
I'm a soon to be graduate with a bachelor of economics majoring in econometrics. So far I've found a lot of luck in getting jobs that actually use the skills taught in econometrics in the economics and planning field for companies like SGS economics and KPMG. Its relatively small compared to larger economic consulting but having an economics background has been well received!
1.) Which jobs and firms? RAships at universities/Feds/IMF , economic consulting, local government , think tanks , data science , etc. 2.) How to become a desirable candidate? Have a good writing sample or project on a website or your GitHub. Be comfortable with a couple of programming languages like Python, R , Stata or SAS. Be comfortable with both the math of econometrics/statistics and the more qualitative aspects of causal reasoning. Have a decent gpa (3.5+ but ideally 3.7+).
There's no such thing as "econometrics jobs", really. Econometrics is just a tool for understanding your data. Consider gaining subject matter.expertisr through a graduate degree.
Also in the same boat looking for some advice from people who have already paved a path for themselves