Career path
Economist
Conduct research, prepare reports, or formulate plans to address economic problems related to the production and distribution of goods and services or monetary and fiscal policy. May collect and process economic and statistical data using sampling techniques and econometric methods.
What this work leans on
PRISM reads 29 signals about how a person thinks, decides and works. These are the ones this path draws on most.
- OpennessCentral
How drawn you are to new ideas, aesthetic experiences, and unconventional approaches.
- Investigative InterestsCentral
Your interest in analyzing, researching, and understanding how things work.
- Working ConditionsCentral
How much you value variety, security, and the material conditions of work (compensation, environment).
- IndependenceImportant
How much you value autonomy, self-direction, and freedom from close supervision.
- Numerical ReasoningImportant
How you handle quantitative information: ratios, percentages, simple inferences from data.
- Risk PreferenceModerate
How you trade off potential gains against potential losses under uncertainty.
All 6 signals above are measured directly in the assessment. See the full method
The basics
- Field
- Education & research
- Job titles you'll see
- Economists
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