The "Lining up jobs" Thread, 2007

[skeetshooter]

I've passed Exam P and Exam FM and I'll be starting with a somewhat large actuarial consulting firm in Chicago in June. I interned last summer with Mercer, probably the largest act. consulting firm, got some good experience there. Anyone who has any questions let me know (note: if you're coming out of school with only one exam I wouldn't hold your breath on still getting a job by summer, most summer starts already interviewed...there's a few positions that always come open, but not so many for entry-level.)

Omaha,
Why would you want to go from management consulting to actuarial work? As long as you're talking about a legit MC firm such as McKinsey, Bain, BCG, Mercer, IBM, Deloitte, Accenture, etc. you aren't going to want to move into Actuarial from here..you can get into top B-school and go anywhere you want. With the 4.0(unless your school sucks) you should get interviews here(well, not if you're a senior..they're all already done hiring. I'm pretty sure that if you didn't know this by now, though, you aren't a very serious candidate.)

However the actuarial consulting areas are much more defined and less BS oriented, i'm going into Health and Benefits, which should be a great career. You'll have a lot of options later, but the thing is, exam-passing is what keeps the $ raises coming.

kbinder--i agree with your statement. no reason for math grad school unless you have a defined reason.

TFA is an absolutely horrible idea. The program is designed so when you, the high-achieving student, get your high-achieving paycheck later in life; you will want to help out the public school systems. Also, imagine if a TFA alum becomes a politician..they will change the system. This is what the program is for: NOT for helping the individual schools out, they are way too underfunded for that.