Meeting Dates and Conferences for Job Market Students
Meeting Dates for 2025-26
– mid-September: Initial Fall Meeting
– late October: Interview Meeting
– mid-November: Virtual Mock Interviews with faculty
Job Market Conferences for 2025-26
NABE Tech Economics Conference & Job Fair – Nov 9-11, 2025 – Seattle, WA
APPAM Fall Research Conference; November 13-15, 2025 – Seattle, WA
European Job Market – December 2025, interviews typically virtual
General Resource Guides
Resources & Tips for UW Econ Students
Job Market Fly-outs
Job Market Tips from Wisconsin Previous Students
Cover Letter Tips
The UW’s Writing Center does have resources tailored to graduate students on the job market. Every semester they offer some job market related workshops as well as graduate student workshops.
The Graduate School also has professional development resources available.
Articles/sites of interest for students on the Job Market
- AEA-Committee on the Job Market
- Cawley, John, A Guide and Advice for Economists on the U. S. Junior Academic Job Market, 2018-19 edition
- Johannes Pfiefer maintains a catalog of job market tip pages and resources
- Resources for applying to government positions – L&S Career Site for Govt, Policy, International Affairs, writing a Federal Resume
Job Posting Resources
AEA Job Openings for Economists (JOE); JOE Signal
AEA Job Scramble – late spring job market
Econ Job Market
European Economic Association Job Market
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)
Academic Jobs Online
Chronicle of Higher Education
Economics Research Network
Econ-jobs.com
econjobs.nabe.com (Econjobs.org)
Canadian Association for Business Economists
Japanese Job Market – JREC-IN – applications start in Feb
INOMICS – the Internet Site for Economists
US Government Jobs – not all federal agencies post here (ex: Fed Reserve, Intelligence Community agencies, and others)
American Finance Association
American Marketing Association
AKADEUS – business and management school positions