Economics program

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What kind of volunteer could I do this summer that could potentially help in my Economics career goal? and is it too late to help around??

[jahme]

Where do you study?

[BornRuff]

What kind of volunteer could I do this summer that could potentially help in my Economics career goal? and is it too late to help around??

What is your current level of understanding of economics? Where are you at in your education?

[looking_for_deals_always]

I am doing my undergrad level majoring in economics @UofT.

[BornRuff]

I am doing my undergrad level majoring in economics @UofT.

More specifically though, what year? 3rd year is very different from first year.

In general though, there are not a ton of volunteer opportunities that will really have you doing economics. Joining your schools economics society is a good start, but I guess that probably wont help you much right now.

A good idea to pad your resume for an economics career at this point is to take part in the essay contests put on by think tanks like CD Howe, Frasier Institute, The Conference Board of Canada, etc(there are dozens of them). You can win a bit of cash for those too.

Any volunteer experience will be better than none though.

[looking_for_deals_always]

More specifically though, what year? 3rd year is very different from first year.

In general though, there are not a ton of volunteer opportunities that will really have you doing economics. Joining your schools economics society is a good start, but I guess that probably wont help you much right now.

A good idea to pad your resume for an economics career at this point is to take part in the essay contests put on by think tanks like CD Howe, Frasier Institute, The Conference Board of Canada, etc(there are dozens of them). You can win a bit of cash for those too.

Any volunteer experience will be better than none though.

I am in my last year, not taking any summer courses and is looking forward to volunteer jobs specifically with activities related to economics program. Like you said, not many economics volunteer opportunities, I guess I would start off with Library or YMCA. What do you think? I am actively volunteering with my school alumni, not many stuffs going on for now.

I'd definitely consider the essay contests by CD Howe, Frasier Institute, The Conference Board of Canada. Will have to search for the links and details.

Why do you say joining my economics society probably won't help me much right now?

Looking forward to suggestions and replies

[robster77]

Our Federal Minister of Finance appears to need all the help he can get. Nothing hard, just basic addition.

[BornRuff]

I am in my last year, not taking any summer courses and is looking forward to volunteer jobs specifically with activities related to economics program. Like you said, not many economics volunteer opportunities, I guess I would start off with Library or YMCA. What do you think? I am actively volunteering with my school alumni, not many stuffs going on for now.

I'd definitely consider the essay contests by CD Howe, Frasier Institute, The Conference Board of Canada. Will have to search for the links and details.

Why do you say joining my economics society probably won't help me much right now?

Looking forward to suggestions and replies

I said it wouldn't be much help for you right now just because I assumed you were not in school right now, and there probably isn't much going on with those societies right now. If you are at a big school with lots of summer students though, they may be active right now. Always worth looking into.

Jobs where you would actually be working with economics would likely be internships more than volunteer jobs. Never hurts to look around for one of those if you have time to kill.

[HockeyFan]

You need to get into the co-op program. That's the easiest way to land a job since they aren't advertised externally. More and more employers hire through the co-op programs.

Also try asking your econ profs. They can give you some tips.