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The University of Kent Careers and Employability Service

Actuarial and Mathematics Careers Presentation You can download a copy of this presentation at www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm. The University of Kent Careers and Employability Service. www.kent.ac.uk/ces Telephone: 01227 823299 Email: careerhelp@kent.ac.uk

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The University of Kent Careers and Employability Service

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  1. Actuarial and Mathematics Careers Presentation You can download a copy of this presentation at www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm The University of KentCareers and Employability Service

  2. www.kent.ac.uk/ces Telephone: 01227 823299 Email: careerhelp@kent.ac.uk Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9 to 5 including vacations Drop-in times (no appointment needed): 10.30 to 12.30 & 2 to 4 pm

  3. Skills gained on a Maths/Actuarial Degree Maths/Actuarial graduates are attractive to many employers because of their: • Ability to analyse information in a logical way • Investigative and problem solving skills. • Numeracy • IT skills • Especially finance & computing

  4. MATHS/ACTUARIAL JOB AREAS • Actuarial Work - insurance firms (Friends Provident) and Consultancies (Mercer) • Pensions Analyst Deloitte Touche, Nat West Bank • Accountancy – KPMG/PWC • Banking – Lloyds TSB • Tax – Coutts Bank • Statistical Work - GSS • Operational Research – GORS • Defence – GCHQ, DSTL • Computing - Logica • Teaching - PGCE • Risk Management

  5. Relevant web pages • What can I do with an Actuarial Science degree?www.kent.ac.uk/careers/actuarial.htm • Inside Careers Actuarial Careers Guidewww.insidecareers.co.uk • What can I do with a Maths degreewww.kent.ac.uk/careers/maths.htm • International Studentswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/InternationalStudents.htm

  6. WEB PAGES • Example CVs & Covering Letterswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/cvexamples.htm • Applications and Interviews (includes assessment centres and psychometric tests etc.)www.kent.ac.uk/careers/applicn.htm • Practice Interviewswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/interviews/mockivs.htm • Interview videos www.kent.ac.uk/careers/IntVid.htm

  7. Careers Talks and Employer Presentations www.kent.ac.uk/careers/casevents.htm VACANCY AND WORK EXPERIENCE DATABASEwww.kent.ac.uk/ces/vacancies.html Apply for jobs in the first term– vacancy emails every Monday Graduate Employer Directories are available in Careers Service

  8. Moodle Careers Employability Award www.kent.ac.uk/careers/moodle.htm

  9. You can download a copy of this presentation at www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm The University of KentCareers and Employability Service

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