Three Key Assumptions That May Be Holding You Back From Passing Your Exams
The actuarial profession is rife with assumptions. When you’re an actuary, you’re going to be using assumptions to assess risk, value future outcomes and put a price tag on that risk. However, there are three key assumptions you might likely make when it comes to passing your actuarial exams. [Read More…]
Setting S.M.A.R.T. Goals For Your Effective Study Plan
If you say, “I’m going to do a lot of problems,” okay, fine. But how many is a lot? Are you aiming for 10? 30? 50? 100? You get the idea.You want the winning approach instead: SMART goals. But what are SMART Goals? Learning what they are and how to apply them is the destination for today. [Read More…]
Three Reasons Why You Should Take More Study Breaks
Have you ever had those times where you said, “I’m going to study for X amount of hours,” and you head to the library to try and make good on that self-promise? But then you find that after about an hour, your brain feels like mush, and a quick ten-minute trip over to Cheezburger.com for a few cat memes turns into two hours, or a five minute YouTube break turns into three hours of binge-watching videos from all the channels you subscribe to. Apart from all those guilty feelings, there are three specific reasons why more studying for extended lengths of time is not necessarily better, and this lesson outlines those reasons. [Read More…]
Start With You in Mind: Step 1 in Personalized Studying
Two of the main reasons why studying often goes by the wayside are time and motivation—especially with all the other stuff that goes on in our lives. These are the two roadblocks you have faced, or will face, as an aspiring actuary, but you are not alone in this. This lesson, however, will help you get a focus on why you might be having trouble studying when you say you’re going to.[Read More…]
Three Time-Saving Smartcuts to Maximize Your Studying
Studying for exams is something that takes a lot of time to do. Here are some methods to maximize your time studying. [Read More…]
How to Prepare for Your Interview
Now you’re here: at the part of the journey where you’ve landed an interview. You’ve worked hard to get to this point, and you’re excited about the potential future in front of you, especially if the interview is with the exact company you wish to work at. You are going to have to prepare for your interview in a way you likely haven’t before [Read More…]
Building Relationships as an Introvert
Building relationships is truly the key and the core of everything in our lives. This proves true when it comes to making decisions, influencing others, and having the support of others and resources to do what you want to do. But what if you’re an introvert? What if you’re one of those people who gains energy by spending time with themselves rather than with groups? What if you prefer to sit back and think about things before you make decisions, and prefer not to speak unless you really have something dynamite to say? Read more for more information. [Read More…]
How to Follow Up After an Informational Conversation
When it comes to following up after an informational conversation. You need to be able to plant enough seeds of good relationship in order to reap what you’ve sown. [Read More…]
Resume Show and Tell: How To Present Yourself Through Your Resume
So you’ve gone through the on-campus recruiting events and you’re preparing to either write your resume if you haven’t yet, or to tweak what you’ve already written so that you present your best self, even if you haven’t had an actuarial internship yet. [Read More…]
Navigating On-Campus Recruiting
When you go to an actuarial career fair, people are already taking note of what you do and how you interact with others. Recruiters are sizing you up to see if you’d be a good team player, have good oral communication skills, etc. Yes, your goal is to eventually score an interview, but at this point, you really need to let your personal brand shine. [Read More…]