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Career
18th June 2008
Why so complicated?
In the words of Avril Lavigne, why do you have to make life so complicated? Vicky Hurley asks if it’s time for life insurers to make their literature more consumer-friendly.
AS CONSUMER GROUPS and government think tanks continual...
18th June 2008
Why so complicated?
In the words of Avril Lavigne, why do you have to make life so complicated? Vicky Hurley asks if it’s time for life insurers to make their literature more consumer-friendly.
AS CONSUMER GROUPS and government think tanks continual...
18th June 2008
Recruit to Retain!
"If 10 PCs costing a total of £20,000 are stolen from your company, an investigation would take place and measures put in place to stop this happening again. However, many companies do not conduct any investigation when staff who c...
18th June 2008
Mind the gap.
Cherag Kalapesi offers insights for those considering a move into a different practice area.
The demand for actuaries within certain practice areas is a function of a variety of socio-economic and legislative factors. An actuary’s a...
18th June 2008
Fancy going international?
The world is truly getting smaller. The all-consuming trend of globalisation is dramatically changing peoples' attitudes to where they will work and live. More people are keen to see the world and experience living overseas...
18th June 2008
Horses for courses
Jurie Wessels has met all sorts of actuaries. Most of them are of sound mind and have reasonable eating habits.
It COULD HAPPEN ANY TIME of any day or night. It typically happens just as you wipe the milk from your cereal off your u...
18th June 2008
International Recruitment: Feeding the Celtic-Tiger
Ireland’s booming ‘Celtic-Tiger’ economy has led to significant talent shortages that cannot be met from the domestic market alone. Actuaries are in big demand. If the tiger is to be kept fit ...
18th June 2008
"I'm an actuary get me out of here"
Get here if you can
Oleta Adams used to sing “You can reach me by caravan, cross the desert like an Arab man, I don't care how you get here, just get here if you can”. Actuarial employers might well be singin...
18th June 2008
Actuary or Chameleon? The job-search jungle.
Over the last number of years, there has been a sea-change in the average actuary’s career path. No longer does he or she want to be tagged as a “life actuary” or “pensions actuary” for their who...
18th June 2008
The joys of sabbaticals
A sabbatical (or career break) can vary in length from one month to a few years. It may be fully paid, unpaid or somewhere in between but all have the valuable guarantee of a job to return to. Options include going on an exten...
17th June 2008
If you have ever worked with a freight shipping company, or been a part of one, then you know how important cargo agents really are. If not, then you might wonder what the job of a cargo agent really is. Who are they and what do they do? If you are seriou...
17th June 2008
It appears as if forecasts made just before the end of 2007 have been right, the existing state of the British economy has many natives of the UK feeling the financial worry. ‘The consequences of not dealing with your money properly can be devastating...
17th June 2008
On the outset, a cash only medical practice would seem to be the ideal business environment for a savvy physician: no insurance companies to set pricing structures and necessitate pre-qualifying standards; no mountains of claims to process; the ability to...
16th June 2008
What contribution do you want to make?
What exactly do you want to contribute to most now? What issues concern you the most? Where do you feel your natural gifts and talents can make the most difference in the world? Do you want to help children learn,...
13th June 2008
Just getting through a day can be a struggle for someone suffering from a depression. There are different forms of therapy and medication that can help the patient suffering this disease. Both can be given separately or in combination.
These treatments...
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