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The University of KentCareers and Employability
Service
Actuarial and Maths Careers Presentation
You can download a copy of this presentation atwww.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm
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
Destinations of Kent Maths Graduates
What can I do with a Maths degreewww.kent.ac.uk/careers/maths.htm
MATHS/ACTUARIAL JOB AREAS
Actuarial Work: insurance firms (Friends Provident) and Consultancies (Mercer)
Pensions Analyst: Deloitte, Nat West Bank
Accountancy: KPMG/PWC
Banking: Lloyds TSB
Tax: Coutts Bank
Statistical Work: GSS
Operational Research: GORS
Defence: GCHQ, DSTL
Computing: Logica, FDM
Teaching: PGCE
Risk Management
Actuary
Relatively small profession – far less jobs than accountancy
Consulting actuary• More people skills needed• Towers Perrin, Mercers• Early closing dates
Insurance company actuary• Slightly less competition• AXA, Sun Life
What can I do with an Actuarial Science degree?www.kent.ac.uk/careers/actuarial.htm
Inside Careers Actuarial Careers Guide www.insidecareers.co.uk
Accountancy
Biggest recruiter of graduates in the UK. PWC and KPMG recruit 1,000 graduates each
3 years training whilst working – paid a salary
Audit, tax and consultancy Some similarities with actuarial work Focus on good A Level grades. Main area is Chartered Accountancy
(ACA), but also Certified, Management and Public Sector Accountancy
• www.kent.ac.uk/careers/workin/accountancy.htm
Banking
Retail Banking
• Similar to shop work! Selling loans and managing accounts
Investment Banking
• Much more competitive.
• Get internships in your second year and apply early in your final year
• High A Level grades normally needed.
Statistician
Analyses and interprets data. Collects information, analyses it using statistical methods and computer programs such as SPSS. Interprets data for clients and users. Writes reports.EMPLOYERS: The largest employer is the Government Statistical Service GSS which employs 700 staff in more than 30 departments. Medical Statistics is also another large area with some major hospitals having statistical units.Biometrists work as statisticians in the pharmaceutical industry, as researchers in medical schools and hospitals and in agricultural institutes. SATISFACTIONS: intellectual stimulation of work.NEGATIVES: spend most of time in the office.DEGREE: Normally mathematics, statistics, economics or other statistics-related degrees. Graduates in other subjects can do an MSc in statistics.
“SCIENTIFIC” MATHEMATICS
• Scientific Officer - Qinetiq (2),Research Project Ass't - Pfizer
• Defence industry and other science and engineering companies: mathematical modeling and designing algorithms. The work is often research orientated and can be intellectually stimulatingGCHQ www.gchq.gov.uk national intelligence and security
• HM Government Communications Centre www.hmgcc.gov.uk
• QinetiQ (an agency of the Ministry of Defence)
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (dstl) (explosives/weapons technology) www.dstl.gov.uk/careers/index.php
• Defence Engineering and Science Group (DESG www.desg.mod.uk
• BAe Systems global aerospace and defence
• AWE www.awe.co.uk (Atomic Weapons Establishment)
• Roke Manor Research communications research lab. of Siemens specialising in AEA Technology www.aeat.co.uk does contract research
• The Met Office
Teaching
• £20,000 bursary with 1st or 2:1
Three ways in:
• PGCE
• Schools Direct
• Teach First
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/siteach.htm
CHOOSING A CAREER
Prospects Planner: powerful career choice program
www.prospects.ac.uk/links/PPlanner
Choosing a career web pages
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/Choosing/ChoosingCareer.htm
Information on many different careers www.kent.ac.uk/careers/workin.htm
Actuarial CV
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/actuary-cv.htm
Maths CV
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/mathematics-cv.htm
• Finance and teaching practice interviews
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/interviews/mockivs.htm
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 in year 2.
Graduate Employer Directories are available in Careers Service
Moodle Careers Employability Award
• Much lower unemployment rate for graduates who completed the award last year www.kent.ac.uk/careers/moodle.htm
• I won’t have any sympathy if you come to see me when you graduate without a job and haven’t bothered to do the award!
Moodle Careers Employability Award
Complete 3 of the following seven assignments• Analyse your skills and learn how
to make top quality applications
• Do you want to live to work or work to live?
• Researching careers
• Choosing a career
• Submit a CV
• Social media
• Action planning
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/moodle.htm#subject
14 Quizzes: need 75% to pass• Employability skills quiz• Employability skills quiz: drag & drop• How to develop the skills employers want?• Test your spelling and grammar!• What makes you happy at work?• How commercially aware are you?• Special interests topic lesson• Interview preparation• Practice interview• What are the most common interview
questions?• Aptitude tests and assessment centres• CV quiz• CVs and covering letters: drag & drop quiz• Career planning drag and drop quiz
Comments from students who have completed the award
You get a really nice certificate!
It was so easy, quick and I learned a lot.
Without realising, you have finished the course
and have already put together a very good CV
and covering letter.
It really blew my mind with some ideas I’ve never known
before, such as portfolio working and working from
home. I never thought about obtaining happiness from my
work before.
It would be mad to apply for a job or attend an
interview without doing it! Before the course I had only a vague
idea of my career path and opportunities. Now I am applying for summer internships and know how to
effectively sell my skills to a prospective employer and have a much
more focused plan for my future.
The module is very, very useful! I really love how it makes you to think about your personality and helps you to identify your
strengths and weaknesses.I found the module to be highly thought-provoking as it really
encouraged me to consider how my degree will benefit my future and what I can be doing now to
improve my graduate employment prospects.
I enjoyed the depth of the module. It went far beyond some general tips on
how to write a good CV and prepare for an interview. Rather it went in to detail
about the whole process of graduate job search from the beginning to the end. It
was very instructive .
The amount of time put into this is astounding! I actually spoke to friends from other universities who said they
wished they had something like this.
It has made me feel a lot more confident when it comes to
applications and interviews and has also made me think about skills that I didn't think I had
before. I recently had a very successful interview
largely because I put the advice on the module into
practice.
www.kent.ac.uk/ces Telephone: 01227 823299 Email: [email protected]
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9 to 5 including vacations
Drop-in times (no appointment needed): 10.30 to 12.30 & 2 to 5 pm
The University of KentCareers and Employability
Service
You can download a copy of this presentation at www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm
WEB PAGES
Applications and Interviews (includes assessment centres and psychometric tests etc.) www.kent.ac.uk/careers/applicn.htm
Example CVs & Covering Letterswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/cvexamples.htm
Practice Interviewswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/interviews/mockivs.htm
Interview videos www.kent.ac.uk/careers/IntVid.htm
Careers Network
Helps current Kent students gain an insight into careers through contact with alumni - graduates of the University.
Information interviews, advice by letter/phone/email, work-shadowing.
Visit the Careers Centre and ask to use the Careers Network at reception.
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/careersnetwork.htm
Careers Fair
12 - 3 pm. Tues Nov 5th Sports Centre
Meet employers from all sectors offering graduate jobs, placements and summer internships. Find out about the opportunities they offer and get first-hand advice and information. Everybody welcome, whatever your year or subject of study.
PWC, Morgan Stanley, Teach First, AXA, Barclays etc. www.kent.ac.uk/ces/careersfair