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  • Announcement
    2025-04-14   EJM System Maintenance Downtime April 26-28, 2025 Admin Recruiter Recommender Proxy Applicant
    Econjobmarket will be unavailable during system maintenance Saturday, April 26 – Monday, April 28 (UTC: 13:00 April 26- 04:00 April 28) ; (EDT: 9:00 April 26 – 24:00 April 27) ; (PDT: 6:00 April 26 – 21:00 April 27)
  • Announcement
    2025-04-05   Data loss between 01:30 and 15:10 UTC on Saturday 2025.4.5 Recruiter Recommender Proxy Applicant
    We very much regret that the system maintenance today caused the loss of all data recorded between 01:30 and 15:20 UTC on Saturday 2025.4.5 (21:30 Friday to 11:20 Saturday EDT). If you were active on the site between those times, you will need to repeat any actions you took. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. If you have any questions, please post a support request.
  • Announcement
    2025-03-24   EJM System Maintenance Downtime April 5, 2025 Admin Recruiter Recommender Proxy Applicant
    Econjobmarket will be unavailable during system maintenance for up to 4 hours starting at 16:00 UTC (12:00 EDT, 9:00 PDT) on Saturday, April 5, 2025.
  • Announcement
    2024-11-19   Technical issue: Outgoing emails delayed Admin Recruiter Recommender Proxy Applicant
    EJM's outgoing email server is experiencing an issue that is preventing emails from being sent. Our team is working to resolve the issue as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.
  • Announcement
    2023-01-10   3rd Candidate Q&A and Pep Talk with EJM CEO Joel Watson and Guests: Tuesday 10 Jan 2023 8:30 a.m. Pacific (UTC-8h) Applicant
    Watson and guests will provide general advice and answer questions about the job market that you have at this stage, especially about flyouts and presentations. Register here: https://forms.gle/KkpjE5KFvuHDRdbZA
  • Announcement
    2022-12-07   European Economic Association candidate directory Recruiter Applicant
    The European Economic Association, one of Econ Job Market’s partner organizations, maintains a directory of candidates in the European job market: https://ejme-candidatedirectory.org/welcome. Using this EJME Candidate Directory, recruiters can conduct a general search of registered candidates in the European market, view some of their job-market materials, and make contact. Candidates can use the directory to network with other candidates. It is also the front entrance to events organized by the EEA for candidates.
  • New feature
    2022-11-26   You can now download a csv file of all ads posted between any two dates Applicant
    You can now download a csv file of all ads posted between any two dates you specify.
  • New feature
    2022-11-23   Advanced Search among postings now has option to search by degree required Applicant
    You can now restrict the postings returned by an Advanced Search to ones with a specific degree requirement (doctorate, master, bachelors, none).
  • Announcement
    2022-11-04   Economists for Ukraine Virtual Job Market Workshop #2 on Nov. 4, 2022 Applicant
    The group Economists for Ukraine is hosting its second online Job Market Preparation Workshop. This second virtual job market workshop will take place on November 4, 2022 from 10am to 4pm US Eastern Time and will cover presentation skills and interview preparation for a variety of research and non-research positions. Each session consists of 2-5 speakers and will include a Q&A. The workshop will be recorded, so feel free to register even if you cannot attend live.) https://econ4ua.org/job-market-workshops/
  • Announcement
    2022-10-13   Email server interruption Recruiter Recommender Proxy Applicant
    Our email server was out of action for a few hours earlier today (October 13). If you registered during that period and were not able to confirm your account because you did not receive a verification message, click "Forgot your password?" on the login page and follow the instructions.
  • Announcement
    2022-08-06   Economists for Ukraine Job Market Preparation August 19 Workshop Applicant
    The group Economists for Ukraine is hosting two on-line Job Market Preparation Workshops. The first will take place on August 19, 2022 from 10am to 2pm US Eastern Time and will consist of two sessions: "general preparation" (session 1) and "understanding different markets" (session 2). Each session will last 1 hour and 45 minutes and will consist of presentations by the speakers followed by Q&A. The workshop will be recorded. Register to participate.
  • Announcement
    2022-08-06   Economists for Ukraine Job Market Preparation August 19 Workshop Applicant
    The group Economists for Ukraine is hosting two on-line Job Market Preparation Workshops: https://econ4ua.org/job-market-workshops/. The first will take place on August 19, 2022 from 10am to 2pm US Eastern Time and will consist of two sessions: 1 general preparation and 2 understanding different markets. Each session will last 1 hour and 45 minutes and will consist of presentations by the speakers followed by questions and answers. The workshop will be recorded. Register to participate.
  • Announcement
    2022-04-29   Call for Board member nominations Admin Recruiter Recommender Proxy Applicant
    We are seeking nominations for the EconJobMarket Board of Directors and Advisory Board: see https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdHOW9yhNe_85_RLDVItwMLV-mVoVAjur434pBM0mQ1Oau4WQ/viewform.
  • New feature
    2021-11-28   Improved implementation of save/hide ad feature & new option to exclude ads past deadline Applicant
    We have re-implemented the save/hide feature on the postings page to provide a better user experience and have added the option to exclude from the display ads for which the deadline has passed.
  • Announcement
    2021-11-23   New video discussion of recruitment process at a US Federal Reserve bank and two US government agencies Recruiter Applicant
    We have posted on the page https://econjobmarket.org/videos a video gives job market candidates an overview of positions for Ph.D. economists and the recruitment process at a U.S. Federal Reserve bank and two government agencies, the Department of Justice and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
  • Announcement
    2021-11-12   New video of discussion with recent job-market candidates Recruiter Applicant
    We have posted on the page https://econjobmarket.org/videos a discussion with three economists who were on the job market in the past two years. They talk about their experiences and offer some advice and encouragement to current candidates.
  • Announcement
    2021-10-17   New video of discussion giving overview of positions for PhD economists in colleges, universities, and the corporate sector Recruiter Applicant
    We have posted on the page https://econjobmarket.org/videos a discussion of positions for PhD economists in colleges, universities, and the corporate sector. The panelists are Julie Cullen, Professor and Department Chair at UC San Diego, Geoffrey Jehle, Professor at Vassar College, Saurabh Sanghvi, Partner at McKinsey & Company, and Walter Yuan, CEO of Moblab.
  • Announcement
    2021-09-27   Videos of discussions of topics concerning the job market for Economics PhDs Recruiter Applicant
    We are creating videos of discussions of various topics concerning the job market for Economics PhDs. The first one, about a project to study the placement of Economics PhDs, is posted on the page https://econjobmarket.org/videos (it is linked from the first item in the "Information" menu).
  • Announcement
    2021-09-05   System re-start 3:30am UTC Sunday, 11:30pm EDT Saturday Admin Recruiter Recommender Proxy Applicant
    The system will be restarted at around 3:30am UTC Sunday, September 5 (11:30pm EDT Saturday September 4). While it is restarting, the website will be down. The restart should take at most 15 minutes.
  • New feature
    2021-08-02   Users can manage list of advertisements they see, saving or hiding individual ads Recruiter Recommender Applicant
    Users can now mark an ad as "saved" or hide it, allowing them to better keep track of the ads in which they are most interested. Notes can be attached to saved ads, so that a user can, for example, note the positions to which she has applied.
  • Announcement
    2021-05-06   System maintenance Admin Recruiter Recommender Proxy Applicant
    The system will be down Friday May 7 from around 17:00 UTC. We expect it to be live again by Saturday May 8 at 08:00 UTC.
  • New feature
    2020-11-28   Applicants can share links to their videos with all recruiters Recruiter Applicant
    An applicant can now choose to share the links to the videos in their "document store" with all recruiters, not only recruiters with postings to which s/he has applied.
  • New feature
    2020-11-26   Enhancements to csv file downloads Applicant
    csv files of postings downloaded from our pages of job listings now include for each position the URL of the posting in our system. In addition, an applicant can download a file of postings that includes exactly the ones to which s/he has applied (using a button on her/his applicant's page).
  • New feature
    2020-11-26   Sharing postings to which an applicant has applied Applicant
    An applicant can now share a page that lists all the postings for the positions to which s/he has applied with any number of other people. The page is visible only to the applicant and other users s/he designates, and the applicant can remove a share at any time.
  • Announcement
    2020-11-20   EconJobMarket’s New Event-Posting Service Recommender Applicant
    EJM now offers an event-posting service, free to all registered users. Candidates and placements directors can use this service to publicly advertise on-line events, such as remote poster sessions and presentations, that introduce candidates to recruiters. If you are interested in scheduling such an event later this year or in the spring, please post your event on EJM. For more information, please see the EconJobMarket Events page.
  • Announcement
    2020-11-16   High traffic period - system speed may slow during times of peak usage Recruiter Applicant
    During the peak period for use of the EJM system (mid-November, when thousands of candidates are uploading files), system performance may slow. Please be patient and help by scheduling your use of the system for later in the day in the US.
  • Announcement
    2020-11-05   Data added to Market Information page Recruiter Recommender Applicant
    We have added to the Market Information page (https://econjobmarket.org/marketState) more data comparing this year with previous years. The data include the number of advertisements posted, the number of times advertisements have been viewed, the number of new applicants, and the number of interviews scheduled.
  • Announcement
    2020-09-09   New page with information about current state of the job market Recruiter Recommender Proxy Applicant
    A new page, https://econjobmarket.org/marketState, has information about the current state of the job market, as well as a link to a sophisticated site with data on past placements.
  • New feature
    2020-07-19   Video presentations added to list of possible documents Recruiter Applicant
    Recruiters can now request that an applicant submit a link to a video presentation of their job market paper, or a general video presentation of themselves, as part of their application.
  • New feature
    2020-06-09   Research Assistant marketplace added Recruiter Recommender Applicant
    EconJobMarket now allows individual faculty members to post advertisements for Research Assistants (including pre-docs). To post an advertisement for an RA, first request a personal recruiter account. You can post an RA ad at no charge.
  • New feature
    2020-01-09   Interviews by video: adjustments for timezone differences Recruiter Applicant
    When a recruiter sets the type of an interview group to be "video", they are prompted for the timezone they will be in; when an applicant chooses a slot for a video interview, they are prompted for the timezone they will be in, and the times they are shown are adjusted for that timezone.
  • New feature
    2019-10-02   Lead applicants through process of determining whether their recommender already has an account Applicant
    In the case that an applicant requests a person as their recommender with the same first and last names as an existing user, lead them through the process of determining whether the existing user is the person they want.
  • New feature
    2019-09-29   Allow users to download a csv file of all current postings Applicant
    A user (in particular an applicant) can download a csv file of all current postings, with the text of the ad in markdown format. Once a user has downloaded a file, the next time they request a download they have the option to get only those ads that have been posted since the last time they downloaded a file of postings.
  • New feature
    2019-09-24   Page with informational videos Recruiter Recommender Proxy Applicant
    A page with videos explaining how to use the various parts of the EconJobMarket system now exists (see the link Informational videos in the User support column of the footer). We will gradually add more videos.
  • New feature
    2019-09-21   Allow applicants to remove recommenders from their list Applicant
    An applicant can now remove a recommender from the list on their Recommenders page, which makes the page less cluttered and less potentially confusing if an applicant changes their set of recommenders.
  • New feature
    2019-09-17   Allow applicants to archive applications Applicant
    An applicant can archive applications, moving them onto a separate page. An applicant who is returning to the job market may, for example, want to see on their main page of applications only ones for the current year.
  • New feature
    2019-09-09   Recommender account request system redesigned Applicant
    The main change is that when an applicant's request for a recommender is denied, the applicant can resubmit the request without having to submit a fresh request.
  • New feature
    2019-09-01   Applicants' job market conference attendance is shown on their main page only for upcoming conferences Applicant
    Rather than showing all intended attendance at job market conferences, an applicant's main page now shows only their intended attendance at upcoming conferences.
  • New feature
    2019-07-18   Show map of all positions Recruiter Applicant
    A map of all currently-posted positions is linked from the main job postings page.
  • New feature
    2019-06-22   Allow recruiter to specify message to applicant when application is complete Recruiter Applicant
    A recruiter can specify a message and optionally a URL to be displayed to each applicant when their application becomes complete. The message can be used, for example, to ask the applicant to submit a supplementary form at the URL specified, or simply to invite the applicant to visit the recruiter's website. Specifying a message is optional.
  • New feature
    2019-05-12   Allow person to check whether account exists with their name and email address Recruiter Recommender Proxy Applicant
    A person can now check whether an account exists in their name and email address.
  • New feature
    2018-12-27   Users are asked to enter backup email address in their profiles Recruiter Recommender Proxy Applicant
    Users are asked to enter a permanent email address in their profiles, in addition to an institutional address, to facilitate access to their accounts if they leave their current institution.
  • New feature
    2018-12-23   Password-reset messages may be sent to gmail or backup email address Recruiter Recommender Proxy Applicant
    Password-reset messages may now be sent to the gmail address or backup email address in a user's profile