Thread by @arpitrage

Job market candidates in Econ/Finance out there? Some tips on finishing up

You should have a rough draft at this point, a good sense of what to do to polish everything up, and a plan with your advisors on how to do that.

If you don't - make a final push or wait until next year

By the time the semester starts, you should have:

1. A JMP draft (see @JohnHCochrane's guide: faculty.chicagobooth.edu/john.cochrane/…)

2. A good deck (see @paulgp's guide: github.com/paulgp/beamer-… and Jesse Shapiro brown.edu/Research/Shapi…)

Treat your internal presentations like job talks - they are in a sense since you have to convince your home department first

Take all the comments to heart, fix as many of them as you can

But definitely collect them to know what's coming

Figure out early if you are going on the FMA market (fma.org/for-job-seekers, starts soon); or the new European market

If AFA/AEA - figure out job boards:
- AFA website (careers.afajof.org/jobs/)
- AEA website (aeaweb.org/joe/)

Figure out with your cohort-mates all of the deadlines and share a Google docs (all over the place, Nov. 15 they really start hitting).

Get rec letters shared with a secretary; and put their info in all of the applications (and get them an Amazon gift card when done)

Have your job market spiel perfected like an "onion"

- A 30 sec elevator pitch for people
- Open with a 1 min intro
- peel back into 5 min overview; aim for 20 min total

Lotta other guides out there:

- "meta-guide" by Masayuki Kudamatsu which collects a number sites.google.com/site/mkudamats…
- Eric Zwick: ericzwick.com/public_goods/l…
- Adam Guren: people.bu.edu/guren/GurenJob…
- @cawley_john: aeaweb.org/content/file?i…
- @Noahpinion noahpinionblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/how-i-…

Lot more to be said, but that's all for now.

Good luck! I look forward to reading your files and seeing you in Atlanta.