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05-19-2012, 06:30 PM
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Req: Getting back after a 3 year delay
Hi everyone,
I've been out of the job market for 3 years now (injury reasons). I have one year experience as a full time actuarial analyst + 1 actuarial internship. I have 2 exams but passed them over 4 years ago. I don't think i'll be able to pass MFE this August sitting but I do think I'll be able to clear C this October sitting. Any advice appreciated thank you. How can I get a job? Will filling the 3 year void with "SOME" type of work experience (by the time this Sept. career fairs) be the most quintessential step? Last edited by Dreamer; 05-19-2012 at 06:33 PM.. 
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#3
05-19-2012, 11:00 PM
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I'm curious why you didn't make any significant exam progress over those years while you were not working. Did the injury affect your mental capacity?
Having no professional experience or exam progress for 3 years is going to be a tough hurdle.
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#4
05-20-2012, 01:14 AM
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were you running marathons in the 3 years you were injured?
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#7
05-20-2012, 07:31 PM
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I think a lot of people on here are asking the same thing employers will be wondering. You better come up with a very good reason as to why you didn't work and didn't pass one exam in the last three years. "I had an injury" is insufficient. "I had a traumatic brain injury which affected my memory and I was in managed care for a significant amount of time learning to write my name again" is slightly more sufficient.
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#8
05-20-2012, 07:34 PM
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I think the reason why some candidates would want to withhold information about a serious illness/injury is because employers don't want to pay for expensive medical care should there be a relapse...thus, the disclosure of such information may be detrimental to the applicant's candidacy.
Of course such discrimination is illegal. Whether or not these laws are actually enforced is another question.
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#9
05-21-2012, 11:43 AM
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Career fairs will not help you. Those places are looking for "the 1%."
Pass an exam, and get back to us. Find an opening the old fashioned way: e-mailing 100+ companies. Perhaps networking would be an even better step. Since you have a special case, you'll want to find sympathetic ears so you can bypass each person along the way asking about your "three years off." Go to local actuarial club meetings (if these still exist). Fine old college mates. Etc.
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#10
05-21-2012, 12:37 PM
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Their were a few that were hiring for a specific position, but they are at maximum competition. My resume was not impressive enough to be effective there.
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