Description: The final part in a series of 4 on landing your dream job: The interview. The author covers the the final two steps: Avoid the Q&A interview and Focus on the challenges.

Description: A key to achieving the visibility gained by those who are truly politically savvy is to keep a clear focus on challenges, so that those become visible to others.

Description: The newsletter outlines the book selected for the book club discussion and summarizes the discussions held during the book club meeting.

Description: This article provides key themes of effective project management and case studies to illustrate their successful application. Key learning outcomes are: • To understand project management goals and key themes for success • For students, be empowered to manage. For managers, empower students to develop project management skills in tandem with their technical skillset

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 found amid-career actuary uprooting his family for a new job that involved promotion to Chief Actuary. Shortly after, he found that the company was in serious financial difficulty, and he felt he'd been deceived during the interview process.

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 case study involved an actuary interviewing a candidate who seemed exceptional, until she started pushing back on the job level.

Description: The author uses an analogy of a personal dental problem to convey how to market your services more effectively.

Description: This article compares the characteristics of a retained executive search and a contingency search. It discusses using a Retained Search firm from the candidates perspective.

Description: This article was authored by a certified etiquette and ethics trainer. This article discusses avoiding blowing your business on the golf course: a quick review of golfing etiquette.

Description: This 'Happy New Year' message briefly explains the functions of the sections of the SOA and summarizes the plans for the Management and Personal Development Section and its newsletter, The Stepping Stone.