Corporate Careers
Some of the career paths in the corporate world include:
- Banking and Finance -- work on Wall Street!
- Market Analyst -- get paid to study markets.
- Marketing -- sales makes the world go round.
- Human Resources -- put your labor economics to good use.
Companies prefer potential recruits have previous experience, even for entry-level positions. However, this raises the age-old question of how do you get experience if they only hire people with experience!? The answer is to do one or two internships during your college career. Valuable business-related experience can also be obtained through other extracurricular activities as well, such as being the Treasurer of a student group. Employers want to hire students who have balanced good grades with meaningful extracurricular and volunteer activities, so get involved!!!
The best way to find out about these many varied opportunities in economics is by doing an internship. Click here to see a partial list of job placements for recent UO economics majors.
Sample Job Titles
Auditor
Bank Officer
Bond Trader
Business Forecaster
Cost Analyst
Credit Analyst / Loan Officer
Dempographer
Estate Planner
Financial Planner / Analyst
Government Analyst
Human Resources
Industry Analyst
Industrial Buyer
Information Scientist
Insurance Sales
International Trade Specialist
Journalist
Lawyer
Litigation Analyst
Management Consultant
Market Research Analyst
Policy Analyst
Property Management
Public Adminstrator
Real Estate Agent/Broker
Sales Manager
Securities Salesperson/Broker
Securities/Commodities Trader
Statistician
Teacher
Technical Writer
Transportation Specialist/Planner
Underwriter
Urban/Regional Planner
Profiles of UO economics alumni with corporate jobs
- Erik Bjorvik (1992), Vice President, U.S. Bank.
- Adrienne Burns (1999), Paralegal, Product Development and Marketing, Microsoft Corporation.
- Eric Christenson (2000), Business Analyst, Genesis Financial Solutions.
- Justin Holt (2003), Associate, Jensen Investment.
- Peyton Horn (2001), Transaction Consulting Group, Cushman and Wakefield.
- Matt Kershner (1997), Manager, Management Solutions and Services, Deloitte & Touche, LLP.
- J.P. Mischkott (2004), Sales Representative, States Industries.
- Jason Remmer (1996), Territory Manager, Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Co.
- Kate Salyers (2004), Commercial Lending Assistant, Pacific Continental Bank.
- Hope Siler (2002), Staff Economist, Economic Insight, Inc.
- Marvin Waring (1971), Managing Director, Head of Client Advising Group, Barclays Global Investors.
- Saori Yokoyama (2004), Electrical Engineer, Fullcast Technologies, Inc.