Hi everyone, just wanted to come on here and say there is always hope in finding an EL job. I took 3 exams on the CAS track, thinking I was going to specialize in P&C, but randomly applied to a great looking job in Life/Annuities and am proud to say I received an offer this morning! I still have to go back and retake an exam, but there is always hope out there to find a job.

Stats: 70 jobs applied, 5 HR interviews, 1 Actuary interview, 1 offer

Coming from a non-traditional background and having no internship experience, it only took me about 2 months to find something I am excited about. Continue to grow your resume and reach out to people and it's entirely possible. And a big shoutout to this subreddit, I learned so very much about what I needed to be successful from here, I could not have done it without you.

Hi guys! I'm really happy and relieved to finally receive an internship offer for next summer. I just wanted to share some data about my applications.

For context, I have 1 exam and no experience. I would say what made me stand out were some excel projects I had on my resume as well as a variety of extracurriculars.

Good luck to those who are applying and I hope it works out for you! I'm also happy to answer any questions.

Been seeing a lot of departures recently, feeling like we’re short on people at every level while projects and work kept coming in and piling up. I was never the type thats easy to be burned out, but it’s starting to get me, any fellow consultant here seeing similar things happening at your places?

I debated on the right thread to post this resume on and I landed here because the ultimate goal is to eventually get into an actuarial role when I get enough exams passed and many of you used to positions in underwriting and CAT Modeling. I am a SWE that lost his job back in august 2024 and I have since been a school bus driver to keep the house. I discovered this industry over last summer and I believe the right move for me would be to find a job as an underwriter or CAT Modeler while I get my exams passed because my current job couldn't be less relevant. Any advice you guys could offer to help me land either of those roles would be greatly appreciated... the current job I have is grueling and I need out bad.

For those who track their study hours, and have also completed at least one of the new 3-hour FSA exams, how did your study time for the FSA exams compare to the prelims?

I guess more specifically, how did your FSA study time compare to FAM/ALTAM/ASTAM?

Similar? More? Less?

Just a reminder that with the extensions granted, the CAS Exam window doesn’t actually end tomorrow. There are still people taking upper level exams down to Friday, so reactions should wait until the window is actually closed 🙃

Hi guys, I've passed exam P and FM and am now looking to do SRM. Unfortunately, as I'm not in an actuarial role yet my exams are not reimbursed. I eventually want to move into actuarial but my life has taken the long path (recent immigrant) to get there. Anyway, for my last 2 exams I have used coaching actuaries and find it to be very good. Since I'm funding this out of pocket for now and CA is expensive, I want some advice. I've seen some people say you can use ISLR and budget actuary videos as well as the SOA questions. Is that the best route for me or should I go with CA and bite the bullet? I'm not sure how well I'm able to be exam ready just by using a text. Any advice is appreciated.

After FAM this October, I am planning on taking ASTAM in April. I’ve used TIA for FM in the spring and FAM this October and I found it made the process for both exams go very smoothly besides a few stressful high hours weeks before I got over the practice question hump. I really like the flash cards and practice tools within TIA. I was wondering if anyone has used TIA for ASTAM and what they thought of it? It seems like it may be a more of a work in progress than their other courses and since the format is different from the other multiple choice exams I’ve taken thus far I wanted to make sure it was as good as their other courses before pulling the trigger and buying the TIA course within the next few months. Thanks!