Career path
Actuaries
Analyze statistical data, such as mortality, accident, sickness, disability, and retirement rates and construct probability tables to forecast risk and liability for payment of future benefits. May ascertain insurance rates required and cash reserves necessary to ensure payment of future benefits.
What this work leans on
PRISM reads 29 signals about how a person thinks, decides and works. These are the ones this path draws on most.
- Numerical ReasoningCentral
How you handle quantitative information: ratios, percentages, simple inferences from data.
- Conventional InterestsCentral
Your interest in structured, detail-oriented work with clear procedures and data.
- Investigative InterestsImportant
Your interest in analyzing, researching, and understanding how things work.
- Working ConditionsModerate
How much you value variety, security, and the material conditions of work (compensation, environment).
- Working MemoryModerate
How much information you can hold and manipulate in your head at once.
- IndependenceModerate
How much you value autonomy, self-direction, and freedom from close supervision.
All 6 signals above are measured directly in the assessment. See the full method
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