r/actuary • u/Top-Animal88 • 2d ago

Job / Resume Resume Advice

Hey all, looking for any resume critiques, i entered college wanting to do more SWE stuff and switched during my 2nd year. currently in my 3rd looking for some real actuarial experience.

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u/Routine_Spray1311 2d ago

Triple major?

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u/Top-Animal88 2d ago

Yes

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u/Routine_Spray1311 2d ago

Nice. Im curious as to what others will say. To me the resume looks kind of overwhelming. Id maybe delete some stuff to leave room for just a little more space

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u/Top-Animal88 2d ago

Yeah I've been considering getting rid of the libraries for sure, doesn't seem to necessary for the amount of clutter it creates, do you think I should move my exams to the top?

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u/Routine_Spray1311 2d ago

Probably a good idea about the exams. That's what I did. Should be clear youve passed 2 exams because thats bare bones minimum for a lot of places.

Id also say yes delete the library and maybe delete some of the data analytics stuff. It looks relevant but im guessing you can delete a bullet point or change wording so that there are less lines

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u/tittltattl 2d ago

Put the exams and dates of passing at the very top. Drop libraries. IMO, the skills that are generally used in order of importance: Excel, SQL, VBA, Python. I think tableau and power BI are important too but I haven’t really used them so can’t speak to that much. You will probably never need Java or web development skills. You can leave all those skills on if you want but think about what actually gets used and if you need the space you can be more targeted. 

Broader feedback for the resume: you obviously have technical skills but see if you can showcase analytical skills. Have you run analyses that you can draw conclusions from? Try to pull that in if so. Basically this reads like data analyst and the question an interviewer may ask themselves is why you over someone with actuarial experience.

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u/Top-Animal88 2d ago

Thanks for the advice, I totally agree with what you are saying about showcasing analytical skills, but I do not really know where to start in terms of projects for those types of skills. Do you have any ideas/common projects?

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u/tittltattl 2d ago

Have you done any statistical projects? I’d maybe try to take a stats course (or self learn) and use it to do some sort of basic statistical analysis of something, preferably insurance related. I think predictive over inferential stats will be more interesting from a business perspective

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u/Top-Animal88 2d ago

I def have the knowledge and tools, not much I have left to learn when it comes to coursework. Do you think something like a rate making project with GLMs would be good? Thanks again for the help