Originally posted by JayDee: I was wondering if anyone has returned to academia after Fellowship. Any suggestions for an MSc or say an MBA? Response by Tiger: In terms of further possible study I would say an MBA is an obvious possibility if you want to move into senior management, or have a change of direction in career into something like investment banking or strategic consulting. If it's the former, then I think the support of your employer is essential (i.e. they have to see some value or requirement in it). For the latter, you're spending big bucks to do one of the 'top' MBAs. I sat my last paper last year, so planning to take a break for a while.
I guess it depends what you want to do next .... Change career Change profession Specialise in certain route within Actuary Teach actuary or go into research in actuarial field Or what Wrt finance there are a lot of other professional qualigificatiins ACA ACCA IMC CFA Etc MSc is good but lots of subjects to choose from MBA is supposed to be great for climbing the corporate ladder. However should u want to start your own business there are other options.
Interesting. Is that full time degree ? What made u want to choose that subject ? I do know of a qualified actuary who studyed and qualified in homeotherapy but I think she studied it part time ?
LOL - I meant if I studied something after breaking my neck for fellowship, I'd be insane and be tempted to do something as crazy as homeopathy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG5ZPhZY2AY
3 to 4 years, will be doing part time. 4 alumni in 16 years at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Yeah I thought of a break, I planned it for years but it's hard to fill the void. Post Fellowship I feel everything else should be a piece of cake and want to do more before the brain dies.
"My primary concern is the lack of programming skill on your CV. The projects I am interested in and work on are all intensively computational. Hence we would be wasting our time if you have not been programming for some time or do not have significant software skills. Having had a look at your CV – this is of concern. If you are interested in the kind of work we are engaged in you would probably be well served in completing some sort of post-graduate diploma in computer science first. I think this can be done part-time through WITS if required, probably over a two-year period. The reason for the full-time requirement is that as part of carrying out research it is expected that there is some sort of support of the research side of teaching within the program and interaction with the research group in an on-going basis. This is a critical component of learning how to carry out interdisciplinary research in our domain of interest. This kind of interaction is not possible part-time. Once again given the complexity of the technologies we are involved with this cannot be engaged in a meaningful way part-time nor without a strong computational background. If you are looking for something part-time and less computational you should explore projects with the department of statistics and actuarial science too; they have a variety of less intense options that do not require the level of commitment we expect. I look forward to chatting next Friday." - Reply I got on my application, going there next Friday
Does CERA add a lot of value to one's resume? Has anyone been rejected for a risk role on the basis that they don't have a CERA qualification?