My last job was as an intern in an insurance company as an assistant actuary. When I applied for this position, the job description gave me a clear career direction, so it greatly affected my Decision of applying to this job.
I can still remember some content in the job description. An actuary is a profession that uses actuarial methods and techniques to assess future financial risks. Because my major is finance, I feel that the job of an assistant actuary can allow me to better use what I have learned, so it is very suitable my work direction. In addition, the job description also details the work content and responsibilities of the actuary assistant, for example, to help collect, organize, and analysis statistical data. Also, it requires to participate in the modeling and maintenance of actuarial models and assist actuaries in the basic situation of the insured conduct surveys. Besides, assisting actuaries to formulate company business plans and financial budgets is also important. I think these kinds of work match my major very well owing that I have learned financial, mathematics, economics, and computer courses in school. Therefore, this job can exercise my practical ability. Moreover, the job description also includes job requirements, such as academic qualifications, majors, basic skills, work experience, and so on. These requirements allow job seekers to more clearly match themselves and evaluate whether this position is appropriate for them. My academic qualifications and the basic knowledge of majors suits the requirements well, but I have little work experience. However, my comprehensive abilities and skills were similar to internship positions. Therefore, I successfully obtained that internship.
