Career Changer - Any advice?

[airman2000]

I have 2 years pension consulting experience, 3 exams, finance background.

Feel like the pension job is so boring, would like to change to the P&C side.

How much chance do you think I can switch successfully under current market situation? Any suggestion or resource? Thanks,

[DW Simpson]

Originally Posted by airman2000

I have 2 years pension consulting experience, 3 exams, finance background.

Feel like the pension job is so boring, would like to change to the P&C side.

How much chance do you think I can switch successfully under current market situation? Any suggestion or resource? Thanks,

Employers will want to hear why you want to be in P&C, not why the pension job is so boring.

Where are you and where do you want to be?

[MooBeay]

Could happen. Are you in big actuarial city? Are you open to relocate?

Resource? There is one really big one I am thinking of. Shoot, its on the tip of my tongue. I'll think of it and get back to you.

[airman2000]

Thanks for your quick feedback. I think you are right, but I am not complaining, just telling a truth. Of course, during interview, I will never say that.

Honest speaking, both pension and p&c are challenging, but they are different. Doing pension will follow a lot of changing regulations and have no idea why the regulations written like that. however, the p&c will gives you a target and let you use actuarial knowledge and program skill to figure it out, a challenge I would like to take.

I did some research on p&c, find I can either work in p&c firm or p&c consulting firm. I am open to either way, and now I am in mid west, but open to anywhere. Please let me know if you know some opportunity. Thanks,

P.S. I like this website, we don't have to know each other, but can exchange information and ideas freely.

[Vorian Atreides]

Note that you'll likely still find regulatory hurdles "that don't make no sense" on the P&C side . . . espeically if you work on personal lines in highly regulated states (California comes to mind for some odd reason) or do any auto work for some of the Canadian provinces.

[airman2000]

Thanks for the information, though, I thought all the p&c are least regulated industry compared to life and pension.