October 12th, 2008, 6:47 pm
Find some conferences or seminars fast and go to them. For the future job searches, have built a network through seminars, conferences, organizations [e.g. depending on interest, Amer. Finance Asso., SIAM, Econometric Society, Bachelier, computing assoc., IFORMS, etc.]. Profs won't initially do as much good as industry people but both groups know each other and can expand your reach and they attend many of the same conferences and seminars.