EconGradAdvice by Chris Roth and David Schindler
Information from the 2025/26 job market
Job listings pages
Several universities have job placement websites with lots of useful information
Useful reading materials
"A Guide (and Advice) For Economists on the U.S. Junior Academic Job Market" by John Cawley
"Economics Job Market Advice" by the students of the University of Chicago
"Writing Tips for Ph. D. Students" by John H. Cochrane
"Four Steps to an Applied Micro Paper" by Jesse M. Shapiro (also contains useful writing tips).
"The Ten Most Important Rules of Writing Your Job Market Paper" by Claudia Goldin and Lawrence Katz
"Tips on How to Avoid Disaster in Presentations" by Monika Piazzesi
"The Ten Commandments for How to Give a JM Seminar" by Kjetil Storesletten
Collection of several JM materials by Johannes Pfeifer
How to survive the economics job market by David Smerdon
A Guide to Job Market Presentations in Economics by Dick Startz, UCSB (Nov 2025)
Sample Materials for Job Application Packages
For example cover letters and research/teaching/diversity statements, we will email you examples directly. For example CVs and websites, check out the job market candidate websites from Chicago, Harvard, Stanford, and other schools.
Setting up a website: The most straightforward way to set up an academic website is to use Google Sites (free). If you want something more customizable (but more complicated), you can create a free website using GitHub Pages. Make your website early so that it has time to start showing up in Google search results by the time you are on the market.
Interview and Fly-Out Preparation Materials
Tips for non-academic interviews from John Burgess at Pricewaterhouse Coopers