Center for Economic Research & Graduate Education - Economics Institute

Careers

Jobs in Economics! The main benefit of the MAE program is that upon graduation you can get a well-paying and interesting professional position as an analyst, consultant, and/or economist. See below for more details.

 

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CERGE-EI Graduation Ceremony

 

CERGE-EI MA graduates hold top positions in global corporations and organizations.

Go to Alumni Profiles for an overview of our graduates.

We provide full support for graduating students in searching for a job and preparing for the application/interview procedure.

MAE graduates will be needed in the private sector, the public sector, and international/nonprofit organizations. Here are some of the positions and types of institutions that an MAE graduate could look forward to after graduation:

 

Positions

Analyst: Financial, Policy, Management, Legislative, Credit, Budget, Investment
Management Consultant
Research Associate/Director
City Planner
Financial Planner
Central Bank Economist
Strategist
Financial Director/Manager
Treasury Specialist
Senior Manager
Teacher/Professor
Economic Researcher
Government Staff Economist

Institutions

Companies and Corporations in various industries
Think tanks
World Bank
International Monetary Fund
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Industrial associations
Trade associations
Governmental committees

 

CERGE-EI has a long tradition of quickly improving students’ qualifications so they can gain a higher-level career position in a short period of time.

 

MAE Alumni Advisory Board

Meet the CERGE-EI Alumni Advisory Board. This group of successful professionals advises the MAE program on various important program decisions and ensures the quality of the program. They also serve as excellent examples of the kinds of careers that MAE alumni can expect to have after graduation.

 

Olga (Borissova) Cook (Kazakhstan, MA 2006)


Business Development Specialist (Value Engineering), SAP, Prague, Czech Republic
Formerly Senior eBusiness Analyst, Monster Worldwide, Prague, Czech Republic
 


Tomáš Kadlec (Czech Republic, PhD 2002)


Business Development Director, DIRECT Pojišťovna, Prague, Czech Republic
Formerly Project Manager, McKinsey & Company, Prague, Czech Republic
 


Alexei Kapkin (Russia, MA equiv. 1995)


Global Equity Analyst and Partner at River and Mercantile Asset Management in London, UK
Formerly Research Analyst, Dresdner Kleinwort Wassertein, London, UK and Moscow, Russia
 


Martina Lubyová (Slovakia, PhD 2002)

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Senior Researcher, Institute for Forecasting, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava
Formerly Director, Sub-regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia and Senior Employment Specialist, International Labour Organisation (ILO), Moscow, Russia

 

 

 

Richard Podpiera (Czech Republic, PhD 2001)


Director of Management Consulting and Operational Excellence, Československá obchodní banka (ČSOB), Prague
Formerly Engagement Manager, McKinsey & Company, Prague and Economist, Monetary and Financial Systems, IMF, Washington, D.C.


 

Anna V. Racheva (Bulgaria, PhD 2006)alt


Vice-President, Fieldman, Rolapp & Associates, Irvine, California, USA

Board members include Richard Podpiera, Tomas Kadlec, Anna Ratcheva, Martina Lubyova, Alexei Kapkin, and Olga Cook.