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We’re the best at what we do. We’re the global leader in programmatic recruitment advertising. With advanced technology, unmatched market data, and a team of the industry’s best recruitment marketers, Appcast’s technology and services manage over half a billion dollars in job advertising annually on behalf of more than 1,500 clients.

Appcast is currently seeking a European Labor Economist with a focus on the German and U.K. markets. Based in Düsseldorf or London, you’ll be the lead European labor economist for the Recruitonomics team. You will be tasked to engage critically and creatively with economic questions using your technical and analytical skills. Your main objective is to produce labor market research with actionable insights on topics relevant to recruiters and talent acquisition professionals in Germany and the U.K.

As a leader in programmatic job advertising, Appcast offers a premier opportunity to further develop your career in economics. Everyday projects include analyzing wage and employment trends, measuring job advertising performance, creating compelling data visualizations, writing up research findings as blogs or whitepapers, and ad hoc research/reporting.

• Lead the Recruitonomics team’s research on the German and U.K. labor markets
• Research and write blog posts and whitepapers for Recruitonomics, on labor economic topics relevant to recruiters and talent acquisition professionals
• Speak to the media in Germany and the U.K.
• Interact directly with German and U.K. clients about their recruiting challenges
• In partnership with our development team, create software tools to query and analyze Appcast’s proprietary dataset that has over 10 billion clicks, 1.7 billion applications, and 1 billion postings

• Fluency in German (writing and speaking)
• A degree in economics or a similar subject allowing you to think quantitatively about economic challenges
• Minimum 5 years of experience analyzing economic data; more experience preferred
• Ability to comprehend, extract, and massage economic data from public data sources like the Federal Statistical Office (Germany) and the  Office of National Statistics (U.K.)
• At least intermediate proficiency at statistical programming using R, Stata, and/or Python
• Fluency in SQL
• Experience with data visualization tools (ggplot2, D3.js, Tableau, etc.)
• Clear and engaging writing ability

Why Appcast?

Appcast recognized as one of Inc Magazine's "Best Workplaces" for 2021 and 2022!

• We’re the best at what we do. We’re the global leader in programmatic recruitment advertising. With advanced technology, unmatched market data and a team of the industry’s best recruitment marketers, Appcast’ technology and services manage over half a billion dollars in job advertising annually on behalf of more than 1,500 clients. 
• We have an amazing culture driven by great people. HQ in Lebanon, N.H. with offices in Boston, MA, New Brunswick, Canada and Minsk, Belarus, Appcast is a subsidiary of StepStone, one of the world’s largest job classified businesses, and a proud member of the Axel Springer SE family. To better understand our company culture, read Our Story and check out Working at Appcast on our website.
• We take care of our employees. We also are focused on being a place where smart, driven people of all backgrounds and experiences want to come to work and have opportunities to learn and grow. We pay our employees well and offer an exceptional, all-inclusive benefits package so that our employees can take care of their families and each other. We like to get together and have fun, we like to have great food and snacks in our offices, we like to volunteer and give back to our communities, and we like bringing dogs to our offices.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.