Career Opportunities
Related Career Titles
Related Major Skills
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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Economics prepares students for interesting and financially rewarding careers in private business, consulting, government, financial service institutions and medicine. Undergraduate economics majors are also well represented in many graduate programs including MBA and MPA programs, and law schools.

The Economics program at Cleveland State University is similar to programs at other universities throughout the United States by teaching students “the economic way of thinking.” An undergraduate economics program offers excellent preparation for employment and graduate studies by providing analytical and critical thinking skills.

Economics is the study of how effectively society meets its human and material needs.   It provides a logical, ordered way of looking a various problems.  It draws upon history,  philosophy, and mathematics to deal with subjects ranging from how an individual household or business can make sound decisions, to societal issues such as unemployment, inflation, and environmental decay.  As a result, economics is widely recognized as a solid background for many jobs and professions in business, government, and the law.  

Many occupations today require a college educated individual who can write and speak well, solve problems, learn new information quickly and work well with others on a team.  This means that college graduates use their education in a wide variety of fields, and your future career may relate as much to your personal career interests, work values and transferable skills as your specific academic major.  However, the following list contains a representative sample of job titles of former graduates with an Economics major.  Use this as an idea list, and remember that it represents some, but certainly not all, of the careers you might consider.  Students obtaining employment immediately upon graduation are usually those with the best college records and a willingness to relocate to find a job.  Some of these jobs also require education beyond a bachelors' degree.

Visit CSU's Economic's Department website for more information

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RELATED CAREER TITLES

• Actuary
• Demographer
• Institutional Research Director
• Auditor
• Economist
• Insurance Salesperson
• Bank Officer
• Efficiency Expert
• Intelligence Agent
• Bond Trader
• Entrepreneur
• International Trade Specialist
• Business Forecaster
• Estate Planner
• Journalist
• Business Manager
• Financial Economist
• Labor Economist
• Chamber of Commerce Analyst
• Financial Officer
• Labor Relations Specialist
• Commodities Trader
• Financial Planner/Analyst
• Lawyer
• Commodity-Industry Analyst
• Financial Reporter
• Litigation Analyst
• Compensation/Benefits Administrator
• Government Administrator
• Management Consultant/Analyst
• Consultant
• Healthcare Administrator
• Market Research Analyst
• Consumer Affairs Director
• Hospitality Manager
• Politician
• Consumer Goods Manufacturers Rep
• Industrial Economist
• Populations Studies Analyst
• Cost Analyst
• Industrial Transportation
• Property Manager
• Credit Analyst / Loan Officer
• Industrial/Institutional Buyer
• Public Administrator/Manager
• Purser
• Securities Trader
• Underwriter
• Real Estate Agent/Broker
• Statistician

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RELATED MAJOR SKILLS

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CAREER PLANNING LINKS

• Professional journals, articles, magazines and other resources http://businessmajors.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F %2Ffisher.osu.edu%2Ffin%2Fjournal%2Fjofsites.htm
• Career Planit Economics Major Search http://www.careerplanit.com/resource/profileresult.asp?crcode=25&list=GO
• Links to Internet Resources in Business and Economics (University of Kansas) http://www.bschool.ukans.edu/intbuslib
• Executive, Administrative, and Managerial Occupations
  http://stats.bls.gov:80/oco/oco1001.htm
• Economists and Marketing Research Analysts (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
  http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos055.htm
• Careers in Economics http://www.sju.edu/~nfox/careers.htm
• Careers in Business  http://www.careers-in-business.com

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