Federal Reserve Board: Career Opportunities

FR 28i: OMB no. 7100-0181
Average hours per response 5 minutes
Approval expires February 28, 2011

The Board's research divisions study a wide range of topics. The information you provide will be used to try to match your interests with research areas.

The information provided to the Board on this form is used for responding to your request. For further information, please see our privacy statement (66 KB PDF).

	Not interested	Somewhat interested	Interested	Very Interested	Extremely interested
Macroeconomics	Not interested	Somewhat interested	Interested	Very Interested	Extremely interested
Microeconomics	Not interested	Somewhat interested	Interested	Very Interested	Extremely interested
Theoretical Economics	Not interested	Somewhat interested	Interested	Very Interested	Extremely interested
Empirical Economics	Not interested	Somewhat interested	Interested	Very Interested	Extremely interested
Finance	Not interested	Somewhat interested	Interested	Very Interested	Extremely interested
International Economics	Not interested	Somewhat interested	Interested	Very Interested	Extremely interested
Mathematics and Quantitative Methods	Not interested	Somewhat interested	Interested	Very Interested	Extremely interested

Please indicate your level of experience in or knowledge of the following software packages or statistical languages.

	No experience	Little experience	Fair amount of experience	Significant experience	Advanced experience
Unix/Linux	No experience	Little experience	Fair amount of experience	Significant experience	Advanced experience
SAS	No experience	Little experience	Fair amount of experience	Significant experience	Advanced experience
Stata	No experience	Little experience	Fair amount of experience	Significant experience	Advanced experience
Minitab	No experience	Little experience	Fair amount of experience	Significant experience	Advanced experience
S-Plus/R	No experience	Little experience	Fair amount of experience	Significant experience	Advanced experience
Matlab	No experience	Little experience	Fair amount of experience	Significant experience	Advanced experience
Mathematica	No experience	Little experience	Fair amount of experience	Significant experience	Advanced experience
Gauss	No experience	Little experience	Fair amount of experience	Significant experience	Advanced experience
Visual Basic	No experience	Little experience	Fair amount of experience	Significant experience	Advanced experience
C++/C	No experience	Little experience	Fair amount of experience	Significant experience	Advanced experience
Fortran	No experience	Little experience	Fair amount of experience	Significant experience	Advanced experience
Java	No experience	Little experience	Fair amount of experience	Significant experience	Advanced experience
Eviews	No experience	Little experience	Fair amount of experience	Significant experience	Advanced experience
PcGive	No experience	Little experience	Fair amount of experience	Significant experience	Advanced experience
SQL	No experience	Little experience	Fair amount of experience	Significant experience	Advanced experience
Other:	No experience	Little experience	Fair amount of experience	Significant experience	Advanced experience

Research Assistants often use their time at the Board to learn more about the various career tracks in economics and finance. Given your current interests and career objectives, how would you rate the likelihood that you would pursue each of the following opportunities after leaving the Board?

	Not likely to pursue	Somewhat likely to pursue	Might pursue	Will probably pursue	Will definitely pursue
Ph.D. program in economics/finance	Not likely to pursue	Somewhat likely to pursue	Might pursue	Will probably pursue	Will definitely pursue
Other Ph.D. program (e.g., computer science, mathematics, history)	Not likely to pursue	Somewhat likely to pursue	Might pursue	Will probably pursue	Will definitely pursue
MBA program	Not likely to pursue	Somewhat likely to pursue	Might pursue	Will probably pursue	Will definitely pursue
Law School	Not likely to pursue	Somewhat likely to pursue	Might pursue	Will probably pursue	Will definitely pursue
Other graduate school (e.g., master's in public policy)	Not likely to pursue	Somewhat likely to pursue	Might pursue	Will probably pursue	Will definitely pursue
Finance industry	Not likely to pursue	Somewhat likely to pursue	Might pursue	Will probably pursue	Will definitely pursue
Other industry	Not likely to pursue	Somewhat likely to pursue	Might pursue	Will probably pursue	Will definitely pursue

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PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT NOTICE
This survey of interests is authorized by law [12 U.S.C. §§ 244 and 248(1)].

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Research Assistant Candidate Survey Of Interests