{"id":2372,"date":"2016-03-29T18:19:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T01:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/econ\/?p=2372"},"modified":"2016-03-29T18:19:06","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T01:19:06","slug":"the-anything-you-can-do-with-an-economics-degree-part-2-economic-consulting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/econ\/2016\/03\/29\/the-anything-you-can-do-with-an-economics-degree-part-2-economic-consulting\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u201cAnything\u201d You Can Do With an Economics Degree Part 2:\u00a0 Economic Consulting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Consulting is another popular career path for recently graduated economics students; Puget Sound econ grads often go to work for firms like Hitachi Consulting.\u00a0 So, what does a consulting position entail?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wisegeek.com\/what-is-economic-consulting.htm\"><u>wiseGEEK<\/u> <\/a>provides the following perspective on economic consulting:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In general, economic consulting firms are founded by academics, usually in the fields of economics and business, who wish to apply their knowledge to real world situations by providing corporations and the public sector with research and advice on matters pertinent to their area of expertise.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Essentially, economic consultants can apply their knowledge of economic theory and concepts directly to real world situations.\u00a0 For corporations, economic consultants are like economists-for-hire.<\/p>\n<p>Why is economic consulting a desirable career for economics graduates?<\/p>\n<p>In my research\u00a0I haven&#8217;t come across many career paths that offer a more direct way to apply economic theory and knowledge than economic consulting.\u00a0 Additionally, economic advice from the experts isn\u2019t cheap and as a result economic consulting can be a very lucrative career if you are with the right firm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consulting is another popular career path for recently graduated economics students; Puget Sound econ grads often go to work for firms like Hitachi Consulting.\u00a0 So, what does a consulting position entail? wiseGEEK provides the following perspective on economic consulting: In general, economic consulting firms are founded by academics, usually in the fields of economics and business, who wish to apply their knowledge to real world situations by providing corporations and the public sector with research and advice on matters pertinent to their area of expertise. Essentially, economic consultants can apply their knowledge of economic theory and concepts directly to real <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/econ\/2016\/03\/29\/the-anything-you-can-do-with-an-economics-degree-part-2-economic-consulting\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  The \u201cAnything\u201d You Can Do With an Economics Degree Part 2:\u00a0 Economic Consulting<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":501,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/econ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/econ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/econ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/econ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/501"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/econ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/econ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2373,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/econ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372\/revisions\/2373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/econ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/econ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/econ\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}