About
CareerMap
Make informed career decisions
The informative career platform for econometrics and related quantitative fields. It explains sectors, roles, and projects in econometrics, data science, actuarial science, operations research, and quantitative finance. It also lists companies, vacancies, and events to help you navigate your options.
Why CareerMap?
Vacancy sites show which jobs are open, but not what those jobs involve. CareerMap explains sectors, roles, and projects without assuming prior knowledge, so you understand your options before you apply.
Companies, vacancies, and events are listed alongside that context, so research and application sit in the same place. The aim is simple: help you make informed career decisions.
Structure
The platform is organised around six parts. Together they cover what you need to research a career. Click any card to learn more.
Principles
Specific to you
Every sector profile, company description, and piece of context is written with the econometrics degree in mind. Not general career advice adapted after the fact.
Aimed to inform
Options are described as they are. If a path is competitive or uncertain, that’s in the description. The goal is to give you what you need to decide, not to persuade you.
Written simply
Every topic is explained as if you have never heard of it. Sector guides, company profiles, and background articles use the same standard: clear enough that someone new to it can follow.
Founder
Pieter Maarse
I study econometrics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and I am the founder of CareerMap.
Having talked to many fellow students, I realised that only a few know what they want to do after their studies, and even fewer know about all possibilities. Even though there were already ways to find relevant jobs, these apparently did not give students enough information.
Because I believe making well-informed career choices is important, and I figured this problem was solvable, I started researching and made CareerMap.
Pieter Maarse
I study econometrics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and I am the founder of CareerMap.
Having talked to many fellow students, I realised that only a few know what they want to do after their studies, and even fewer know about all possibilities. Even though there were already ways to find relevant jobs, these apparently did not give students enough information.
Because I believe making well-informed career choices is important, and I figured this problem was solvable, I started researching and made CareerMap.
Start exploring
A good place to begin is The Basics: a short overview of the types of work, roles, and sectors you will encounter. If you have a question, or want to list a company or vacancy, get in touch.