Career Development, Getting Started
Fall is just around the corner, which means it’s actuarial hiring season! Actuarial employers start looking to fill their entry-level positions EARLY. If you’re graduating next spring, looking to change careers, or on the hunt for a summer internship, you’ve...
Career Development, Getting Started
Want to become an actuary without breaking the bank? There are tons of ways to pay for your career, even before you get that first actuarial paycheck. Here’s how! 1. Get a Great Internship One of the most straightforward ways to fund your actuarial...
Career Development, Getting Started
How can you figure out if the actuarial career is right for you? One of the best ways to find out if you’ll like being an actuary is with an actuarial internship. In an internship, you’ll get some valuable hands-on experience and see for yourself what it’s like...
Career Development, Getting Started
Most future actuaries start their journey by passing an exam. That’s probably because when you first look into the actuarial career, it can seem like all you hear about are exams, exams, exams! Unfortunately, exams are not a great way to start off your...
Career Development, Education, Getting Started
Do you really need to know a programming language to become a top candidate? Here’s the thing. It’s totally possible to get hired without ever learning a programming language, but that will make your actuarial journey way harder than it has to be! That’s...
Actuarial Exams, Education, Getting Started
I always get tons of questions about which schools have the best actuarial science programs. Well, I’ve got some long overdue answers for you! The thing is, you don’t need to get an actuarial science degree to become an actuary. In fact, it’s not necessarily...