"Seeing how the numbers we calculated, and the theoretical knowledge can really impact people’s lives and retirement outcomes"
Key Learnings/Tips
Be diligent and thorough
Stay curious – ask questions and try new things
Treat yourself and others kindly
Stay honest and authentic
Don't be afraid to make mistakes – but learn from them
Gulfraz Ahmed
Equity Release Mortgages Project Actuary
Reasons to become an actuary
• Involves strong analytical skills
• Technically challenging job.
• A clear path to progression in your career
• You enjoy working with others.
• You don’t mind taking exams for the first few years of your career.
Breakout Rooms with Early Career Actuaries
Halfway through the event, students moved to a breakout room with two early career actuaries where they talked about Application Process and the first Training Years in the Industry
Application Tips
"Breakout rooms definitely the best bit"
- from an attendee
"I like the breakout rooms; listening to people who were in the same position as you merely a couple of years ago" - from another attendee
Where do the ECActuaries work at
AON
Barnett Waddigham
Canada Life
First Actuarial
Huge thanks to all our alumni speakers!
Networking
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Student Feedbacks
"Great structure and truly enthusiastic speakers who were proactive in sharing what they knew, and an excellent keynote speaker whose activism was inspiring"
"I liked how all the speakers were ex alumni so there was immediately something to relate to before they even began speaking"
"It was good to have a wide array of actuarial careers, as it taught me how much variation one can have"
"I liked that there was a wide range of people talking. They all had different experiences of getting into actuarial sciences and could all provide different perspectives"
"..makes getting an actuarial role feel much more achievable"
"Breakout rooms really made it better than sitting in the same spot for 3 hours!"
"The final network part is very useful, I enjoyed very nice talks and also connected with a speaker in Linkdin"
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