Employment Opportunities

New postings:

TransMarket Groupl -Programmers, Traders, and Trading Assistants :
TransMarket Group has several positions both fulltime and internships for programming and trading.

CRA International - Analyst:
CRA's finance practice here in Pasadena has an opening for an analyst.

Older jobs:

Farmers Insurance - Insurance Analyst:
The on campus recruiters are no longer here, but Farmers is still accepting applications. See the flyer.

JPMorgan Asset Management - Financial Asset Modeling:
JPMorgan is looking for a VP to create and manage some asset models. See the job description link above.

Investment Banking Training Program:
The Swiss Finance Academy is accepting applications for an investment banking training program. See the informational document for details.

Business Analyst Internship - Yahoo:
Contact Melinda White at melindaw@yahoo-inc.com to learn more.

Project Overview
Do you want to learn about and participate in the product development process in the evolving online publishing space? The Yahoo! Publisher Network team is responsible for creating innovative products and services to help web publishers enhance their sites. We are seeking a creative, entrepreneurial and driven intern with developed product management and analytical skills to help us run like a well oiled machine and provide key inputs for future decisions.

Responsibilities
* Work with Yahoo! Publisher Network product management team to perform business analysis on product performance metrics
* Provide key inputs and informed insight into product usage trends
* Identify areas for product improvement and refinement
* Work cross-functionally with marketing, product, development and business teams to create consistent communication and procedures
* Build new business and product development processes where needed

Qualifications
* Passion for creating world-class publishing solutions that ease make it easier for web publishers to perform their daily activities
* Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills
* Extremely detail oriented and well organized, with a penchant for designing efficient process
* Hands-on experience with web-based metrics and analysis
* Tangible experience in online publishing or media

Masters Course on Economics and Management:
A European institute is offering a masters course. See the flyer for details.

Research Analyst Internship - Dorchester Capital Advisors (DCA):
DCA is a $900M hedge fund management firm. They are looking for a Caltech student that is interested in either a spring and summer internship or a summer internship. For more details, see the link, or e-mail jobs@dorchestercapital.com.

Research Analyst - IndyMac Bank:
IndyMac Bank, a leading mortgage banking company, is looking for graduating seniors with strong finance backgrounds, quantitative skills, and data management knowledge (e.g. SAS). Those interested in equity-related research for the bank's Retained Asset Management division should see the link for details or contact Liang Wei (Liang.Wei@indymacbank.com).

Economics Research Assistant For Graduating Seniors:
Economics professors David Laibson (Harvard), Brigitte Madrian (Wharton), and James Choi (Yale) are looking to hire full-time research assistants to begin the summer of 2006. This one-year position entails working on theoretical and empirical research related to retirement savings, individual investor behavior, and psychological economics.
Candidates should have an interest in applying to a quantitative Ph.D. program (preferably in economics) and pursuing a research career. Applicants must be detail-oriented and have strong programming and quantitative skills.
Excellent grades required.

JOB DESCRIPTION
Your responsibilities would include performing statistical analyses on large databases, designing and running experiments, programming simulations of theoretical models, and proving theoretical results. For examples of our research, see http://www.nber.org/digest/feb01/w7878.html and http://www.nber.org/digest/apr02/w8651.html
We prefer students who want to become professional economists, but we're interested in future Ph.D.s in any quantitative field. Although we can't guarantee placement, we have a strong track record of developing talent. Past RAs have gone on to the following Ph.D. programs: Harvard economics (3), Harvard business economics (2), Harvard public policy (1), University of Chicago finance (1), Columbia economics (1), and MIT operations research (1).
OTHER DETAILS
Wage - $41,400 Openings - 2
Start Date - 6/15/2006 Location - Cambridge, MA

EMPLOYER PROFILE
Founded in 1920, the National Bureau of Economic Research is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works. The NBER is committed to undertaking and disseminating unbiased economic research among public policymakers, business professionals, and the academic community. The NBER is an equal opportunity employer.
TO APPLY
Please e-mail cover letter, resume, and unofficial transcript to beshears@fas.harvard.edu John Beshears National Bureau of Economic Research 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138