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  • Defining Your Brand: It's the Little Things
    Defining Your Brand: It's the Little Things This article is about the little things that impact your ... it?” If so, you are unlikely to be in the company’s target market. Conversely, have you seen a commercial ...

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    • Authors: Mitchell Stephenson
    • Date: Jul 2024
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership; Professional Values; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Mentoring; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • What Would You Do? Responses to “Too Close For for Comfort”
    What Would You Do? Responses to “Too Close For for Comfort” A compilation of reader responses ... leadership, or other business decision. This issue’s case study involved a difficult hiring decision faced ...

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    • Authors: John West Hadley
    • Date: Dec 2020
    • Competency: Leadership; Professional Values; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers
  • How to Recruit and Hire High Quality Actuarial Talent
    them (Part II), thereby facilitating the company’s long-term growth. Recruiting, talent management ... them (Part II), thereby facilitating the company’s long-term growth. How to Hire Actuarial Talent Figure ...

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    • Authors: Rahat Jain
    • Date: Jul 2023
    • Competency: Leadership; Professional Values; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Mentoring; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • What Would You Do? Responses to “Not Your Dream Job”
    leadership, or other business decision. This issue’s case study involved a career decision by a near FSA ... be friction between them. He has also done a year’s rotation through a different financial operation of ...

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    • Authors: John West Hadley
    • Date: Sep 2021
    • Competency: Professional Values; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers
  • What Would You Do? “Not Your Dream Job”
    their responses to "What Would You Do?" This issue’s case study involved deciding whether or not to take ... be friction between them. He has also done a year’s rotation through a different financial operation of ...

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    • Authors: John West Hadley
    • Date: Jul 2021
    • Competency: Professional Values; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers
  • How to Show Employees That You Care, and Why it Matters
    type of data by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s an increase from only 17 percent in April 2020. Employee ... quitting costs a company 33 percent of the employee’s salary. In addition to hard dollars such as costs ...

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    • Authors: Lori Weyuker
    • Date: Dec 2021
    • Competency: Communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership; Professional Values; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • The Deepest of Work Meetings
    as a leader, that it's okay to admit you're not okay even at work, and that it's important to find informal ... demonstrated insight into each other’s personalities, each other’s best qualities, and it was evident 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
  • The Times They Are a-Changin'
    professional conduct, which applies to members of the five U.S.-based actuarial organizations, states that its purpose ... as non-STEM jobs.7 If this trend continues, the U.S. could see a shortage of more than a million STEM ...

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    • Authors: Mitchell Stephenson
    • Date: Jul 2019
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership; Professional Values; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • 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 ... process. Even if the final round is in person, it’s likely you will encounter interim “remote” interviews ...

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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