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At this time of the year, EconJobMarket (EJM) gets a lot of support requests from candidates about specifying their references and about communicating with them.  Here are a few common questions and answers related to references (also called “recommenders”): 1. How are reference accounts established in EJM? EJM has a large database of references.  A new reference account is established whenever a candidate specifies a reference for an application and provides the proper identification for this person (including the reference’s own email address), and when the reference does not already have an account.  The database has been constructed over the past few years.  If your references provided letters on job-market candidates in the past, they probably already have reference accounts with EJM.  In this case, when you submit an application via EJM and give your references’ names and email addresses, they will be shown as already in the database. 2. Are my references ...

Junior candidate: As the of the application phase of the job market begins, you are surely working diligently on your job-market packet and plans for the coming months.   You may have some questions about how to handle the process and what to expect.   Those of us associated with EconJobMarket (EJM) have relevant experience on both sides of the market (working to place graduate students, recruiting for our own departments, and also as candidates ourselves).   Like most faculty members, we are in the habit of doling out advice, solicited or not.   So, for what it’s worth, here is a short list of common questions and answers.   These questions are geared toward the Ph.D. student who plans to graduate at the end of this academic year.   Most also apply to candidates who have already completed a Ph.D. degree. 1. Whom should I rely on to provide guidance? Your main dissertation advisor, along with others on your dissertation committee, should be your primary so...

I am an economics professor at UC San Diego, one of the founders of EconJobMarket (EJM), and the current CEO/Director of EJM.  I and the other EJM directors decided to start this blog as a way of providing information and tips during the job-market season. There are several reasons why we are doing this.  First, this blog is a place where we can post answers to questions and support requests that we routinely receive, but written in a more comprehensive way than is common with a long list of "frequently asked questions."  Users of EJM (candidates, recruiters, references/proxies) often ask for information about features of the EJM system and for help using the web site.  We hope that by providing some details here, and then referring people to blog posts, we can communicate more efficiently.  (We are running EJM as volunteers, so any time savings is a plus.)  Second, we'll use this blog to provide general advice for candidates on how the market works, what t...