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Jobs for Econ graduates

  • 06-01-2009 4:38pm
    #1
    noodler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,727 ✭✭✭✭


    MA/MSC level.

    Becoming increasingly difficult to find work at the minute, so I am not very fussy. Anyone got any bright ideas?

    Recruiters don't seem to get back to you in recent weeks.


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  • #2
    AARRRGH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭AARRRGH


    noodler wrote: »
    MA/MSC level.

    Becoming increasingly difficult to find work at the minute, so I am not very fussy. Anyone got any bright ideas?

    Recruiters don't seem to get back to you in recent weeks.

    Well, it's nearly impossible to get any job at the moment. I would imagine this is doubly true for people with economics qualifications.

    If I were you, I'd take any job I can get, as it could be months (or years) before you get an economics related job.

    Would you work in sales?


  • #3
    noodler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,727 ✭✭✭✭noodler


    Obviously not in a great position to be choosey at the moment, but I think I would die inside if I had to work in sales!

    I'll keep looking! Might find something in between.


  • #4
    P. Breathnach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭P. Breathnach


    noodler wrote: »
    I'll keep looking! Might find something in between.

    There seems to be plenty of opportunity for prophets of doom, but the market has been destroyed by the huge number of amateurs giving away the service for free.


  • #5
    frag4
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    P. Breathnach wrote: »
    There seems to be plenty of opportunity for prophets of doom, but the market has been destroyed by the huge number of amateurs giving away the service for free.

    LOL funny and true:)


  • #6
    MikeCork2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭MikeCork2009


    I know what you mean Noodler. BSc Finance/MSc Econ myself and been trying for a job since last August/September. Things are really tough, recruiters themselves are even going outta business. Banking jobs are basically non-existant at the moment (there are some back office jobs still around but if you get into back office your prospects for moving up are slim to none so you could get stuck there plus you'd be bored off ur head) Graduate recruitment has also dried up altho I do have an interview myself in London next week (fingers crossed for that one). My best advice would be to do some research into various economic/banking companies and e-mail their HR depts speculatively, also just send your CV to a few econ/finance specific recruiters, finally look into maybe doing an off cycle internship. Many banks are still offering internships of varying duration (6-12 mths), some are only open to ppl still in college but some are also open to recent graduates. The worst time for jobs is forecastto be from Jan to April. After that I can see slight improvement. By Q4 2009/Q1 2010 (my most optimistic opinion - could be Q2 2010) I would be hopeful that the UK & US economies will see some recovery - all the stimulus packages, rate cuts etc will have come into effect by then - as for Ireland I'm less optimistic simply because there is no money to inject into the economy. If you can find a middle office position or an internship or anything at all relevant even for 6 months Id go for that and hopefully that will tide u over till things start to improve. Plus then u will have your MA/MSC, more relevant experience which added to all the cut positions which will need to be re-filled should def allow u to secure more permanent and relevant employment. The main thing is to remain optimistic.


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