UH Department of Economics Careers & Internships

Some great thoughts about hypothesis testing.

Multiple Comparison: A Common Pitfall for A/B Testing Data Scientists are cool!

Our alumni Paul Brokhin, President of Imperial Utilities & Sustainability, Inc., is hiring a Project Coordinator. The position may be full time or part time.

If interested contact him at: [email protected]

Here is the description.

The Project Coordinator is a critical position within Imperial Utilities & Sustainability, Inc. It is key to coordinating and executing complex projects for Commercial, Governmental, Not-for-Profit, Religious and Residential buildings. The position is responsible for taking on new initiatives and ushering them through the finish line. This includes coordinating complicated applications, providing customer evaluations and working between your Imperial team, the customer, and 3rd party entities. The coordinator will also work directly with customers gathering data, building relationships and providing customer education.

Internally, the project coordinator will enter data, create customer reports and oversee the completion of final customer reports and work product, including assigning tasks and providing critiques.
The ideal candidate will have working knowledge of project coordination and experience in the Energy industry or Commercial Building industry. Furthermore, the candidate will have Advance-Expert level working knowledge of Excel including formulas such as "What-if," "V Look Up," and "Index." Knowledge of regressions is helpful although not required.

Just wanted to let you guys know PROS is looking for recent graduates (or graduating in December) to join our HPEL (high potential entry level) program! This program is a 8-10 week training opportunity that starts on February 14th for newly hired Implementation Consultants. It’s a full time job with benefits! Please share with your students as we would love to bring in more Cougars into our PROS family! Interviews are already taking place, so submit your applications today!

https://pros.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/PROS_Careers/job/USA---Virtual/Implementation-Consultant-I---B2B---Entry-Level_R2048

Desired Skills & Qualifications:
Experience with technical tools/languages: JavaScript, SQL, Linux, XML, or others
Experience building and analyzing datasets
Knowledge of ERP and CRM concepts
Understanding of Pricing and/or Revenue Management

Education: BS/BA – analytical/technical major preferred: computer science, information systems, data analytics, math, statistics, finance, economics, engineering, or business administration

Interested in a career in analytics?

The Association of Industry Analytics and the UH
Economics Society are excited to host a free workshop
focused on analytics careers sponsored by Alteryx.
Saturday, Nov 13th from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.

Energy Firm Enbridge is seeking to hire a Data Analytics position in Houston.

https://www.livehire.com/careers/enbridge/job/TGKG9/LX9XQOXLU/data-scientist-internship

Some useful tips for networking to land an internship and job.

Marketing Brew Internship Guide Chapter One: How to Network Your Way Into a Marketing Internship Chapter one of your guide to landing a marketing internship this summer.

Tips for writing a cover letter. As one who has read a lot of applications, a quality, customized cover letter sends a great signal that you're a good fit for the position.

How to Write a Cover Letter and Not Hate the Process My cover letter started as a full-page, choose-your-own-adventure, here’s how I optimized it and landed a job at Morning Brew

City Internships is open for applications for Summer internships.

www.city-internships.com Want to fast-track your application? Check to see if your college, university or student organization is a partner! CHECK PARTNERS

March 11th: Expert to Executive & Reverse

Robin Fielder, CEO of Noble Midstream Partners LP

Stephanie Murphy, Executive Chairman & Owner of MEI Technologies

Ms. Fielder and Ms. Murphy will share tips they've learned on communication & collaboration between Subject Matter Experts and Business Leaders.

Participants will get a chance to meet one another virtually and engage in practice exercises/discussions in breakout sessions.

The event is free and over Zoom.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vir-kshop-owning-your-seat-at-the-table-expert-to-executive-reverse-registration-136720080441?aff=eemailordconf&utm_campaign=order_confirm&utm_medium=email&ref=eemailordconf&utm_source=eventbrite&utm_term=viewevent&fbclid=IwAR3UNv78TppU5MJKrbmFRhokfegrWcwD2OrAZKsoTq6LPAvQa9wAaSQdKsk

Vir-kshop: OWNING YOUR SEAT AT THE TABLE: Expert to Executive & Reverse Virtual Workshop Series for Growing Business Acumen & Negotiating Power to Get Where You're Going. Learn & Meet Like-minded Achievers.

RippleMatch is a new firm using AI to set up internships between firms and students. I'm aware that they've had some success with students at UH. For more information, see below.

https://ripplematch.com/index?r=VxqiwA