Description: How to apply the principles of building influence to networking meetings and interviews.

Description: Six pointers about career advancement for actuaries, based on real life experiences from my 47 year career.

Description: This is the third in a four-part series dedicated to strategies for improving EQ, based on the book Emotional Intelligence 2.0 written by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves. In previous issues of The Stepping Stone, I discussed the skills of self-awareness and self-management. In this article, I will share a few more of the book’s strategies and provide examples and personal insights to illustrate how to develop the third skill of social awareness in personal, social, and business situations.

Description: A summary for the book club discussion on Ideal Team Player.

Description: Tension by Michael Landrum from The Stepping Stone Newsletter, April 2004, Issue No. 14.

Description: Converting your passions, skills, goals and confidence into an effective career search.

Description: Advice for actuaries who want to showcase their presence in the SOA's online directory.

Description: How to navigate the job interview process when you are perceived as overqualified for the jobs you are seeking.

Description: A real life situation is posed involving a management, leadership, or other business decision, and readers are invited to submit their responses to "What Would You Do?" This issue’s case study involved a tricky decision faced by a hiring manager as to whether or not to extend a job offer.

Description: A compilation of reader responses is presented to a real life situation posed involving a management, leadership, or other business decision. This issue’s case study involved whether or not to extend an offer to a strong candidate, after a comment from the CEO.