Careers

Bradley Shearer and Jane Barrett on building a satisfying career throughout your working life

How can we be more supportive of neurodivergent employees in the workplace? Chika Aghadiuno explains

Tessa McAuliffe shares how then IFoA’s Careers Team is looking to support graduate careers during the COVID-19 pandemic – and into the future

What is social capital, and how can we maintain it if we are working from home? Geoff Trickey explains

What new skills have you developed recently? Our professional development arguably begins only after qualifying as an actuary – not because the exams aren’t useful (I for one couldn’t do my job without having learnt the required minimum), but because making a career that is right for us requires us to negotiate our own particular challenges and learn skills that have not yet made it into the standard syllabus.

Sarah Rawson considers her experiences as a female actuary in senior leadership

Jason Brett compares the skills and pitfalls involved in investing and gambling

Hard work alone is not enough to pass actuarial exams, says Charlie McAnea – you must also master your exam technique

Professional trustee firms are growing in size and influence as they become more prevalent on boards and increasingly take sole responsibility for running UK pension funds, new research by Isio has uncovered.

Adeetya Tantia looks at how war risk exclusion clauses have been interpreted in various notable incidents – and why the industry should consider updating them