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  • In Good Times and Bad, We are Actuaries
    In Good Times and Bad, We are Actuaries Article about how all the changes have not really affected our basic work. By Jonathan Pollio Small Talk, March 2021 On New Year’s Eve 2019, I watched ...

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    • Authors: Jonathan M Pollio
    • Date: Mar 2021
    • Competency: Communication; Professional Values
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
  • Seven Tips on How to Succeed in Remote Interviews
    Seven Tips on How to Succeed in Remote Interviews This article is intended to provide young actuarial professionals and job seekers with tips on succeeding in remote interviews. By Selina Zeng ...

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    • Authors: Veeraj Mehta
    • Date: Sep 2021
    • Competency: Communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership; Professional Values; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Qualifications; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice
  • The Zen Actuary Installment 17: Mindfulness During a Black Swan
    The Zen Actuary Installment 17: Mindfulness During a Black Swan Continuation of series applying Buddhist principles to actuarial work setting. This issue discusses the challenges to actuaries ...

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    • Authors: Richard J Lauria
    • Date: Jan 2021
    • Competency: Communication; Professional Values
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Enterprise Risk Management>Systematic risk
  • How Can Hope Make the Impossible Possible?
    How Can Hope Make the Impossible Possible? This article introduces hope as a cognitive concept that appears when circumstances are uncertain or dire. Hope is the belief that by shifting one's ...

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    • Authors: Doreen Stern
    • Date: Mar 2021
    • Competency: Professional Values
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Mentoring
  • The Deepest of Work Meetings
    The Deepest of Work Meetings This article covers the importance of letting teams lead you as a leader, that it's okay to admit you're not okay even at work, and that it's important to ...

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    • Authors: Mitchell Stephenson
    • Date: Nov 2023
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership; Professional Values; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Mentoring; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • In-Person Meetings Make an ImpACT: Highlights from the 2023 SOA ImpACT Conference
    In-Person Meetings Make an ImpACT: Highlights from the 2023 SOA ImpACT Conference The authors reflect on the 2023 SOA ImpACT Conference. They share some of the networking opportunities, and give ...

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    • Authors: Michelle Grusenmeyer, Alixandra Balestra
    • Date: Dec 2023
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Professional Values; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Ethics; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice
  • The SOA and CAS Increase Their Support to IABA Programs
    The SOA and CAS Increase Their Support to IABA Programs In an effort to cultivate a more diverse profession and membership for their organizations, The Society of Actuaries (SOA) and the Casualty ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Dec 2019
    • Competency: Leadership; Professional Values
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Mentoring; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers
  • How to Change Your Self-Talk
    The average person spends from one third to one half of every waking hour thinking about the past or present. We talk to ourselves when we do. Psychologists have identified three steps you can ...

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    • Authors: Doreen Stern
    • Date: Dec 2021
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership; Professional Values
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Professional development