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A future with ASIC means that your work will contribute to ASIC's vision for a fair, strong and efficient financial system for all Australians. We value what you will bring. We value those with My life.sharp, analytical minds and are open to challenging the way things are done.
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Canberra
If you’re seeking an exciting and rewarding start to your career, improving the lives and opportunities of Australians, we want to hear from you! Find your passion at the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts.
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Your best begins here - Choose a career that lets you explore your own road to success. Join the NAB Graduate Program in 2026! You'll have the opportunity to do real work, accelerate your development and build networks that last a lifetime.
Generalist Jobs
Generalist jobs accept a wide range of disciplines including Economics
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- Perth
- Regional Western Australia
- Western Australia
Hires applicants with degrees in
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Sydney
Hires applicants with degrees in
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Forge a meaningful career path with the world's leading specialist in food and agribusiness banking. Rabo Graduate Program offers you comprehensive learning and development, with opportunities for both international and domestic travel!
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Melbourne
Hires applicants with degrees in
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Opportunity to join a high performing team in a role focused on developing relationships with financial advisors, supporting our BDM team and working closely with Pinnacle's 15 best in class investment managers.
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Sydney
Hires applicants with degrees in
- Banking and Finance
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Do you enjoy watching how company specific news and current events impact the financial markets? Like solving puzzles and working competitively with a team to win?
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Sydney
Hires applicants with degrees in
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Forge a meaningful career path with the world's leading specialist in food and agribusiness banking. Rabo Graduate Program offers you comprehensive learning and development, with opportunities for both international and domestic travel!
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- Adelaide
- Brisbane
- Canberra
- Melbourne
- Perth
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Hires applicants with degrees in
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Join us full-time as a commerce/business graduate and let's shape your bright future together. We're committed to nurturing your career with continuous support, learning opportunities, and dynamic experiences.
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Hires applicants with degrees in
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PLEASE NOTE Applications have officially closed as of 8 April 2024. You can still apply after this point in time as we will hold onto your application for consideration.
Graduate Jobs
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Hires applicants with degrees in
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Hires applicants with degrees in
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- Property
Work with various Property teams, responsible for ensuring effective daily operations for retail town centres, workplaces and logistics assets. Pre-register now!
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Hires applicants with degrees in
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Rotate through various other relevant departments to gain a broad function overview and its responsibility in ensuring the organisation's success. Pre-register now!
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Sydney
Hires applicants with degrees in
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Create your tomorrow with the 2025 AMP Financial Services Graduate Program. Complete a two-year rotational program with bespoke professional development program and a wide support network.
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Hires applicants with degrees in
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PLEASE NOTE Applications have officially closed as of 8 April 2024. You can still apply after this point in time as we will hold onto your application for consideration.
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Adelaide
Hires applicants with degrees in
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Mainfreight Australia is currently looking for enthusiastic university graduates to join our thriving Adelaide team.
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Brisbane
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Mainfreight Australia is currently looking for enthusiastic university graduates to join our thriving Brisbane team.
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Perth
Hires applicants with degrees in
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- Transport
Mainfreight Australia is currently looking for enthusiastic university graduates to join our thriving Perth team.
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Melbourne
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- Economics
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- Operations
- Procurement
- Statistics
- Transport
Through hard work and a positive attitude, the opportunities with Mainfreight are endless. Experience or knowledge of the supply chain and logistics industry isn’t necessary. All we ask of our candidates is a thirst to learn and grow.
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Sydney
Hires applicants with degrees in
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- Economics
- Logistics and Supply Chain
- Management
- Marketing and Sales
- Operations
- Procurement
- Statistics
- Transport
Through hard work and a positive attitude, the opportunities with Mainfreight are endless. Experience or knowledge of the supply chain and logistics industry isn’t necessary. All we ask of our candidates is a thirst to learn and grow.
What You Need to Know as an Economics Graduate
Economics is a social science in which it studies how individuals, businesses and communities solve the problem of the allocation and distribution of resources such as goods, services, money, labour, knowledge, time and capital. Almost all aspects of everyone’s life can be analysed in an economic perspective, making the study of economics appeal to many fields of work.
Requirements
As a graduate that wants to work in the filed of economics, there are requirements needed to be fulfilled to make you a qualified candidate. Academically, you would need to have a degree in economics, an economics major in a general degree (e.g. arts, commerce) or a joint degree.
Graduates that completed a joint degree must ensure that the majority of their degree modules are in economics and have studied both microeconomics and macroeconomics. Joint degrees may include the following combinations:
- Economics and/with management studies
- Economics and/with law
- Economics and/with politics
- Economics and/with finance
- Economics and/with mathematics
- International economics etc.
Potential candidates also need to show their personal skills that could work in the economics field, including skills such as:
- Strong analytical, quantitative and mathematical skills
- Data processing and statistical modelling skills
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to build productive working relationships
- Ability to work both in a team and individually
- Organisational and time management skills
- Ability to work under pressure during tight deadlines
Knowing a foreign language and having undergone training for computer science are also skills that are beneficial in the industry.
What to Expect
Economists work in both private and public sectors. Working in the private sector often involves analysing domestic and international market developments while working in public sectors focus more on the role of the government in policy and regulation of markets.
Working in the economics industry, there are a number of various tasks to perform on the job and they may include tasks such as:
- Research and analysing the production and distribution of goods and services
- Applying economic theories to financial projects
- Developing economic policy approaches and recommendations for companies, governments, and other organisations
- Devising methods and procedures for obtaining data
- Understanding and interpreting data
- Providing advice on financial planning, taxes, budgeting, and other economic matters to numerous stakeholders
- Delivering numerous oral and visual presentations
- Assessing the impact of monetary policies, expenditure and taxation on economic conditions
- Identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and international competitiveness
- Preparing and analysing forecasts on economic trends, market growths and shrinkages etc.
Employment and Careers
There are various job opportunities for economics graduates, which may include jobs in banking and finance, business analysis, law, journalism and public policy with the most frequent reported occupations are of business, human resources and marketing; numerical clerks; and legal, social and welfare professionals1. The main employing industries are professional, scientific and technical services (33.7%), public administration and safety (29.0%) and financial and insurance services (18.8%)2.
With 88% of those in the economics field working full time as an economists, the average weekly hours for a full time economists is 41.9 hours per week3. The median salary for a bachelor graduate in economics is $56,000 with the starting salary on the selected occupations range as follows4:
- Economists: $46,200 - $54,500
- Financial advisor/manager: $44,000 - $60,000
- Intelligence/policy analyst: $45,000 - $54,000
- Management/organisation analyst: $48,000 - $65,000
There are federal government departments and agencies that often recruit economics graduates including:
- Reserve Bank of Australia
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Australian Treasury
- Productivity Commission
- Australian National Audit Office
Agencies that provide international opportunities also recruit graduates, as they require economists for their core activities such as:
- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
- World Bank
- International Monetary Fund
Job growth for the economics field over the past five years have been 90.6%, however for future employment growth it is expected to be in decline. However, the top three regions for employment are NSW (38.8%), ACT (16.4%) and VIC (16.3%).
1 Graduate Opportunities, Economics – Bachelor Graduates (All). 2015
2 Job Outlook, Economists, 2015
3 Open Universities Australia, Economists. 2015
4 Graduate Careers, Economics. 2015