A collection of possible job openings

The following just hit my desk -- if you in the market it might be worth taking a look.

After College Career Network

One more internship

One more internship opportunity just crossed my desk: Fund for American Studies. If interested, you might want to seek a nomination.

Internship and part-time positions

The Koch Foundation is currently looking for interns for its program in Washington, D. C.

Also, with Costco, etc. opening down the hill a number of positions are listed on Sean's Place.

BW Ranking of Places to Start a Career

Business Week has an interesting article and ranking of places to start a career -- it might be worth a look given the number of employers that focus on Business or Economics majors: Best Places to Launch a Career 2009.

Koch Internship

Hello all,

The Koch Foundation is offering internship opportunities that you may wish to explore. Please see http://www.cgkfoundation.org/internship-program.

Don't Give Up All Hope

Not a job lead, but worth a read: Bright Spot in Downturn: New Hiring Is Robust.

More job search context

This article provides a bit of framing for where the jobs are: New MBA Job Search Leads Right to the Government's Door.

IRS Jobs

It appears that the IRS is hiring economists -- go to www.usajobs.gov and enter "economist" in the search box. It is worth noting that you can narrow this search to Denver -- quite a number of openings are available.

And on the not so good news front ...

May as well share the bad with the (limited) good: Job Market for Economists Turns ... Dismal.

Not job related, but ...

I just wanted to provide a "heads-up" that I will be using a new tool for communicating department information (scheduling information, etc.): Economics Student Information. This will not replace other avenues of communication, but will serve as a central repository and new distribution tool.

Short term opportunity

I have some information on a short term opportunity for March with RMC Distributing. Please read below for a bit of detail.

"Any students who are interested can give me a call. These 2
positions is for Crown Imports Strike Team in Colorado Springs and
Pueblo. It is scheduled for March 2nd - May 16th but could possibly be
extended is it is successful.

The average number of hours per week is 35. The pay is between $15 and
$18 per hour with some Trade Spending per week that the 2 personnel
could use."

If you are interested, please let me know I can forward you some contact information.

Potential job opportunity

Nothing certain, but the increased presence of Schwab in the area may create some new job opportunities in the finance industry (see Schwab to add 500 jobs in Douglas County.