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Anyone with a BA in Economics?

What do you do? :)

Business jobs? Government jobs?
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Go back and get another degree haha. That's what my friend is doing.
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p51dray wrote:Go back and get another degree haha. That's what my friend is doing.

my friend went back to college for an accounting cert...
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I have my BA economics with minor in communication studies (from Laurier)
I work for the government.

I got lucky, but an Economics degree is slim pickings out there, unless you have something to go with it.

I will be going back to do my MBA.
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spawnr wrote:I have my BA economics with minor in communication studies (from Laurier)
I work for the government.

I got lucky, but an Economics degree is slim pickings out there, unless you have something to go with it.

I will be going back to do my MBA.
Fellow Laurier grad in Econ. I work for an investment management firm. If you want to become an Economist, you need a graduate degree, which I don't, so I'm not.
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Eazy E wrote:Fellow Laurier grad in Econ. I work for an investment management firm. If you want to become an Economist, you need a graduate degree, which I don't, so I'm not.
Not completely interested in becoming an "Economist". I don't even know what that is, hahaha. As long as I have a decent job that isn't uber streneous I think I'll be fine.

I'm considering picking up another major as astrophysics isn't that applicable :eek:

Hopefully Astrophysics and Economics will get me somewhere... I'm ok with numbers and kinda know how the world works.
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KevC wrote:Not completely interested in becoming an "Economist". I don't even know what that is, hahaha. As long as I have a decent job that isn't uber streneous I think I'll be fine.

I'm considering picking up another major as astrophysics isn't that applicable :eek:

Hopefully Astrophysics and Economics will get me somewhere... I'm ok with numbers and kinda know how the world works.
i doubt tats a good mix. jus my 2 cents
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I have my BComm in Economics from Guelph and work for GE Commercial Finance.
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2 Friends with Economic Degrees a while ago are doing office jobs in government department

I think you need to specialize in something else as well. Accounting would be a good option to branch into
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friend got his Masters in Econ. got a job with the federal government and is getting paid REALLY well.
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My cousin graduated Econ at Waterloo..got recruited on campus by CIBC world markets..not too shabby!
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Im going for a BA in Economics and aiming for a government position.

Why is there so much sassing on BA in Economics?
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Sugar wrote:BA in Econ from Waterloo + MBA

Used to work with the government as an economist, switched to bank and now with consulting firm. Found that the skills (analytical thinking, being good with numbers, seeing bigger picture, etc) that you develop in economics training are key things that you can use for any job, and because the theory is more rigourous, could make you more marketable than say a Bcomm if you spin it correctly.
yeah, tell that to all the HR people I've sent my resume to.

Only decent jobs I've scored were all from people who knew me personally (too bad they were all temporary contract jobs). I've yet to get a call-back from any of the applications I've sent out (except for customer service jobs). Feel like the biggest loser in the world right now :( . Outstanding performance records in all my previous jobs with great references... but that doesn't matter if nobody even wants to give me an interview and check my references.
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urameatball wrote:yeah, tell that to all the HR people I've sent my resume to.

Only decent jobs I've scored were all from people who knew me personally (too bad they were all temporary contract jobs). I've yet to get a call-back from any of the applications I've sent out (except for customer service jobs). Feel like the biggest loser in the world right now :( . Outstanding performance records in all my previous jobs with great references... but that doesn't matter if nobody even wants to give me an interview and check my references.
have you tried applying for jobs outside canada?...or even take a job outside your field..like teach english in asia for a year...and once you determine if you like the environment or not....apply for econ related jobs there... :)
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well, I'm aware of the whole teaching in asia thing... in fact, a few of my friends actually went to asia to teach and they seem to like it. But Asia is definately not my thing, been there, hated that.
I have worked in the states in a couple of very short (but well paid) contracts though. And I have been known to apply to jobs as far as Austrailia for econ/marketing/IT related jobs. (with no luck)

I'm suspecting the problem is with my resume (work experience)... I'd assume HR frowns on applicants who can't seem to stick with any job for more than a couple months. So my record of short term contract work can be viewed as ... not so appealing?
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manho wrote:i doubt tats a good mix. jus my 2 cents
Care to elaborate?
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KevC wrote:Care to elaborate?
Economics sounds hard enough to get a job on its own, and astrophysics kind of sounds even further. (Try to think of some industry that might want to hire astrophysics grads... kind of hard, isnt it?) Unless you plan on doing something with the nanotechnology or quantum stuff. Which might not get you any jobs anytime soon, but in the long run, it might be on the winning side.

I place my bets on quantum mechanics stuff, since I believe quantum computing is the computers of tomorrow. There will be a boom of quantum computing without enough people in the field with experience, much alike IT 10 years ago.
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manho wrote:Economics sounds hard enough to get a job on its own, and astrophysics kind of sounds even further. (Try to think of some industry that might want to hire astrophysics grads... kind of hard, isnt it?) Unless you plan on doing something with the nanotechnology or quantum stuff. Which might not get you any jobs anytime soon, but in the long run, it might be on the winning side.

I place my bets on quantum mechanics stuff, since I believe quantum computing is the computers of tomorrow. There will be a boom of quantum computing without enough people in the field with experience, much alike IT 10 years ago.
If I wanted to do research I would've stuck to an Astrophysics Specialist. I can't even get into grad school with a Major anyway. They even force specialist students to take additional courses (higher level maths usually).

The reason I'm doing two majors is because I want to do something *UNRELATED* to my field. I want to show I'm good with numbers and critical thinking (Astrophysics) but also understand how the world and people work (Economics).

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