masters/post bacc in econ with no econ background

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have decades of experience in political, public policy, and strategy work. I’ve been on campaigns, on Capitol Hill, at a trade association, in-house at a corporation, a multi-client firm and more. Entry level jobs will be scut work, much like the internship, but you don’t have to stay there forever. Before investing additional money into further classes, I’d recommend applying widely for jobs, and, instead of waiting for the perfect job with the perfect salary, just start working. You’ll make connections and figure out if this is really what you want to do Many of these jobs seem to be listed on the more common places such as indeed, but not all of them are there. There are some more niche job listing sites like Traversejobs.com, TomManatosjobs.command idealist.org.

Also Jobs that are Left (assuming she want to work for a Democrat).

[Anonymous]

OP here. To clarify, I’ve told DD that all entry level jobs (and many non entry level!) have scut work. But she feels how she feels about her prior internship - she says it was boring and she doesn’t want to seek employment in that office (if they even have a full time position, which they probably don’t). It’s also possible that her feelings about that job are because she was in a local office of a state level rep, and there weren’t young people nor any “buzz” in the office. To be honest I haven’t asked her many probing questions about it, maybe I should to get her thinking more critically about it.