Careers and Jobs

Statistics can often be a foundation for several different careers including science, economics, health care, engineering, marketing and sports.

A few sample work settings for stats majors include government agencies, market research firms, pharmaceutical research firms, research and development firms, businesses and financial services companies.

Employment Sites

Universities and Organization Jobs Sites:

• University of Florida
• AMSTAT
• MyJobGroup Ltd - the fastest growing network of regional jobsites in the UK, with over 90 local websites, offering tens of thousands of vacancies online
• Duke University
• Purdue University
• University of Washington: Employment Opportunities - Includes a nice article on illegal questions
• KDNuggets jobs - Data mining jobs
• Higher Ed Jobs - Listing of academic jobs by discipline/state

Government:

• U.S. Census
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Head Hunters:

• Ockham
• Smith Hanley
• MedFocus
• Placemart
• Advanced Clinical Services
• Cambridge Group
• Trilogy
• Analytic Recruiting - Statistics in Business
• Allard Associates - Statistics in Business
• Analytic Resources
• Wecker Associates
• The Vault.com

Companies:

• WESTAT
• Capital One
• Pfizer
• St. Jude Hospital
• Mayo Clinic
• Proctor and Gamble
• Allergan
• Cleveland Clinic Foundation
• Merck
• Lilly
• Johnson & Johnson
• Quintiles
• PRA International - Location In Kansas City
• PPD, Inc.
• Concentra - Dallas based firm

e-commerce Job sites:

• Monster - the largest job database
• HotJobs.com - 2nd largest job database, can block up to 20 companies from viewing your resume
• CareerBuilder - has international listings
• CareerMagic - for job seekers and employeers; provides a resume database
• Statistics.com - specific job site for statistics
• D.W. Simpson recruiters - financial engineering, data mining, and related jobs
• FlipDog - offer employers and recruiters a database of passive job seekers and more
• Headhunters.com - allows employers to pay for priority listings
• JobNext Career Network - job search and free resume services to recruiters and job seekers, focusing on university fresh grads
• JobBankInfo.org - with large job and resume databases for banking jobs
• Jobserve.com - largest IT based job site in the UK
• Mycareer.com.au - Australian jobs
• Yahoo Careers