Notes on Job Searching

Where to apply?

Who’s freezing hiring from coronavirus

LinkedIn jobs

Learning

LinkedIn learning

Datacamp

Cognitve Class

Coursera

edX

Udacity

Udemy

Code Pratice

Codesignal

Leetcode

HackerRack

Practicing

TEACH!

• Write blog posts

• Speak at meetups

• Record tutorials

• Answer questions online

• Tutor your friends

Kevin Markham’s Post

[Tech Career Blog] (https://haseebq.com/tech-careers/)

Interview Preparation

The HackerRank Interview Preparation Kit

Leetcode Mock Interview

Learn to Code With Me-Technical Interview Guide

“SOAR” Framework: Situation, Objective/Obstacle, Action, Result

Informational Interviews

Guide

Company List

E-commerce

Example companies: Amazon, Ebay, Trunk Club, Zappos, Wish, JD.com, Alibaba

Information Technology

Software: Google, Oracle, Mircosoft

Hardware: Apple, Dell, HP, Texas Instrument, Samsung,

Retails

Example companies: Target, CVS, Walmart, Macy’s, Sears, Lowe’s, Nordstrom

News: NYT: How Companies Learn Your Secrets

Consulting

Analytics consulting: McKinsey & Company, BCG, Bain, Quantum Black, Palantir, Crowe, Kenway, 1010data, Capgemini

Economics consulting: Analysis Group, Charles River

Public Policy/Public Opinion/Think Tank

Example companies: Urban Lab, Pew Research Center (Data Center), NORC, Brookings, American Institutes for Research, American Enterprise Institute, Urban Institute, Applied Data Fellowship

Consumer packaged goods (CPG)

Example companies: Kraft Heinz, P&G, Unilever, Home Deport

Market research

Example companies: Niesen, IRI, Ipsos, Capgemini, ZS Associates, Mintel

Social Media/Matching

Example companies: Facebook, Snap, Instagram, Tencent, Pinterest, TikTok, OKCupid, Tinder, Thumbtack

Entertainment

Streaming: Netflix, Hulu, Disney

Tourism: Disney Resort,

Career Services

Example companies: LinkedIn, Indeed, Monster, Ziprecruiter

Real Estates

Example companies: Zillow, Redfin, Freddie Mac, Airbnb

Advertising

Example companies: Zimmerman Advertising, Leo Burnett, Persado

Insurance

Example companies: Esurance, Liberty Mutual, CNA Insurance, Zurich

Fraud detection

Credit Card & Payments

Example companies: Discover, Mastercard, American Express, Capital One, JP Morgan, PayPal, Earnin, Affirm, Upstart

Anomaly Detection

Credit Limits

Audience targeting models

Banking/Finance/Investment

Example companies: JP Morgan, PNC, BMO, Citi, Morgan Stanley, CME, Morningstar, William Blair

Startups/Incubator

Example companies: Cogo Labs

Education

Example comapanies: Coursera, Edx, Udemy, Udacity, Education Analytics, Westat, Duolingo, Pearson

Financial Trading

Example companies: Akuna, Trading Informatics, Citadel

Gaming

Example companies: EA, Skillz, Riot

Food

Example companies: McDonald’s, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola

Sports

Example companies: Chicago Cubs, Riots, New England Patriots, Milwaukee Bucks, New York Mets, Sacramento Kings, 32 Equity

Transportation

Example companies:

Ride sharing: Uber, Lyft, Didi, Ofo

Booking: Expedia, Booking.com, Ctrip, Rocketmiles

Freight: Convoy, Uber Freight

Example duties:

• Build anomaly detection systems to identify anomalous changes in our hotel supply inventory (Rocketmiles)

• Assist product owners to interpret and investigate counterintuitive A/B test results (Rocketmiles)

• Model customer lifetime value and assist Partnership, Marketing, and Customer Loyalty teams with their use cases(Rocketmiles)

• Build anomaly detection systems to identify anomalous changes in our hotel supply inventory (Rocketmiles)

Event Services

Example companies: Ticketmaster, Viagogo, Stubhub, Eventbrite

Example duties:

• Designing, running and analyzing feature experiments (A/B tests) on millions of users of our website and apps (Viagogo)

• Optimizing the coverage and efficiency of ad campaigns through search engines (PPC) and social media platforms (Viagogo)

• Identifying opportunities to acquire new inventory and optimize the quality/pricing of inventory in all geographies (Viagogo)

Economics Research Professionals

Research Assistant Positions not at the NBER

Twitter: Econ RA Listings

Yale: Tobin Center / Economics Pre-doctoral Fellows Program

Stanford: SIEPR/Economics Predoctoral Research Fellows Program

Notes: I only list the companies that I have seen open positions for analytics positions and potentially will sponsor H-1B visa for international students.

NGO Database

GuideStar

propublica

IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search

Company rankings

America’s Most Responsible Companies-Newsweek