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Great Jobs for Economics Majors (Great Jobs For... Series)

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The "Great Jobs..." series (offerings range from accounting to theatre) all suffer from a rather fundamental flaw: None of their authors posses the skills of which they're purporting to be qualified to give advice on. Camenson knows nothing about economics. If someone is writing career books for a living, chances are that they are among the worst people to be getting career advice from (unless you want to write career books). What's worse, the vast bulk of this book does not even pertain to economics. Instead it offers examples of sloppy cover letters and "methods of self assessment" that have been simply rehashed from the other books of this series. In essence, there is only one book in the "Great Jobs..." series; it has just been fitted with a different cover for each undergraduate major in hopes to appeal to the broadest audience. Great idea - Bad book.

The "Great Jobs..." series (offerings range from accounting to theatre) all suffer from a rather fundamental flaw: None of their authors posses the skills of which they're purporting to be qualified to give advice on. Camenson knows nothing about economics. If someone is writing career books for a living, chances are that they are among the worst people to be getting career advice from (unless you want to write career books). What's worse, the vast bulk of this book does not even pertain to economics. Instead it offers examples of sloppy cover letters and "methods of self assessment" that have been simply rehashed from the other books of this series. In essence, there is only one book in the "Great Jobs..." series; it has just been fitted with a different cover for each undergraduate major in hopes to appeal to the broadest audience. Great idea - Bad book.

As an Economics major, I found this book to be very useful in my job hunting. It gives simple and straight to the point information. I particularly discovered the job titles were useful and the ease of use and readability was great. This book is well researched and put into an easy to follow format. The self-assessment towards the beginning of the book was good as well. I also enjoyed the different paths that an economics major can choose. I have already read this book and love the wealth of info herein it. I look forward to using this book during my current job hunting expedition.