Friday, August 17, 2007

Tryouts for the Fed Challenge (BA and BA/MA Students Only)

We are planning to hold tryouts for the Fed Challenge on August 29 (Wednesday). We will be interviewing students in 15 minute slots between 9.30 am and 12 noon and then between 1 pm and 5 pm. The interviews will be held in the seminar room (1533 HW) in the
Economics Department. Please indicate whether you will be attending and give us a time preference. In case Aug 29 does not work for you, we are willing to try to reschedule for exceptional circumstances

Sangeeta Pratap
Niklas Westelius

Thursday, February 01, 2007

More Job Opportunities

Our work at making Hunter's economics program well-known is beginning to pay off, and subsequently, the job placement prospects for MA and BA/MA students are now better than ever. If you are looking for jobs in a specific field, ask around the department, and odds are someone can put you in touch with people who can find you relevant and rewarding work. The following are just a few examples of the many contacts Hunter is developing. We hope you find them useful in your entry into the economic and statistics workplace.

Best Regards,
Ken Lord
President, HCSFE


Kate Rock, a recruiter from Smith Hanley Associates is an expert in placing students in Marketing Statistics positions. She is especially interested in helping graduating MA students in finding job opportunities. If you would like her assistance, her email is krock@smithhanley.com, her telephone number is 203-319-4300, fax number is 203-319-4320. If you are interested in getting more information about Smith Hanley Associates, their website is www.smithhanley.com .

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-HarperCollinsPublishers
Position Description

Title: Business and Marketing Analyst, General Books Group
Department: Internet Development Group
Division: Corporate
Date: January, 2007

Primary Objectives:
Provide analysis of HarperCollins internet marketing efforts to identify business trends, quantify performance, and make recommendations for improving the online experience. Areas of analysis include the main corporate web sites, newsletters, global consumer database, online book browsing, and affiliate sales revenue.
Work with the HarperCollins technical support and Internet Development teams, as well as our vendors, to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve systems issues.
Work with our technical support and management teams to identify and develop plans for improving our online reporting infrastructure and offerings.

Key Responsibilities:
Specific analytical responsibilities are listed below. For each initiative, the business analyst is expected to identify areas for improvement and present recommendations to management.
Retrieve data from a variety of sources in order to measure and report on website performance and make recommendations for improving our site design.
For our book browsing application, provide monthly reporting on books receiving the most page views, earning the most ad revenue, and other ad hoc analysis to enable the Corporate Marketing Team to make business decisions.
Generate monthly reports of our newsletter results, including the number of newsletters distributed, number sent to consumers, number opened, number of click-throughs, and subscriber growth.
Generate monthly consolidated reporting on HC consumer data worldwide, including total number of subscribers and the number and % communicated with during the past month.
For global standardization, work with Corporate Marketing team to introduce our reports to sister divisions.
Provide ad hoc analysis to enable the Corporate Marketing Team to make business decisions.

Other Responsibilities:
In addition to the analytical responsibilities listed above, the business analyst will be expected to:
Help troubleshoot and resolve systems issues.
Provide recommendations for improving our online reporting infrastructure.
Research topics of interest to the group.
Help optimize our use of the Web Trends tool.

Skills Required:
Ideal candidate is a college grad with a degree that is quantitative in nature (economics, math, business) and 1-2 years experience in a media company
Strong written communication skills
Self starter with good time management skills
Exemplary problem-solving skills
Web Trends 7.5
SQL and/or Access
Advanced Excel

Apply online at:
http://www.harpercollinscareers.com/careers/careers/display_jobs.asp?id=inter_dev

Or, if you prefer, please email your resume, cover letter, and salary requirements to Jobs@HarperCollins.com with the subject line MM-BALH.

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

John Pemberton, one of Professor Deb's good friends from InsightExpress will be here on Tuesday, February 6th at 1:30 PM to speak with BA/MA and MA students about getting economics jobs in marketing research and sales research. This could be a very good opportunity for those of you who are looking to find economics jobs outside of Wall St. and academia.

To learn more about InsightExpress, and how they develop marketing research and tools to help businesses fine-tune their strategies in real-time, visit them at:
http://www.insightexpress.com/

Accion Risk Analyst Position Available

This may be a good opportunity for some of the students nearing completion of the BA or MA degree.

Best Regards,
Ken Lord

Hello. My name is Amelia Lobo; I work for Anne Sormani at Accion New York. I would like to take this opportunity to announce that we are looking for an Underwriter/
Risk Analyst. This is a very exciting opportunity for those of you interested in microfinance. The job posting is available at http://www.accionnewyork.org/employment.asp

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Goldman Sachs Information Session

I received the following from Paula Wicklow, just as a heads up to you, Saturday is January 27th, not January 29th.

Dear Students:

We have just been notified of an Information Session on summer internships being held by Goldman Sachs on Thursday, January 25 from 6-8 pm at their headquarters. In order to attend, you must RSVP to offcampusrecruiting@gs.com by 12pm on
Tuesday, January 23. Include your full name, school, month and year of graduation, major GPA and attach a copy of your resume. Professional dress is required.

In addition, to apply for summer internships with Goldman Sachs, apply online to
http://www.gs.com/careers by 11:59pm on Saturday, January 29. Summer internships are in Operations, Technology, Finance and Service areas.

For questions and additional information, please contact Paula Wicklow at 212-772-4832,
pwicklow@hunter.cuny.edu


I hope all of you had happy holidays, and look forward to seeing you on Monday.

Best Regards,
Ken Lord