This practical course is aimed at actuaries at any stage of their career who want to develop their growth mindset and apply it to their work-setting and personal or professional lifelong learning.

This course builds on the lecture given by Dr Helen Wright on growth mindset as part of the President’s 2021 Lecture Series and after successful cohorts, will now be delivered as a self-paced offering.

The format of the course is unlike traditional IFoA events: the first and final sessions in the series are pre-recorded, lasting 60 minutes, while sessions 2 – 5 will be pre-recorded 15 – 20-minute segments that can be downloaded and watched at the participants’ convenience. Each of these segments will explore an aspect of growth mindset in actuarial work and will set a specific challenge for the participants to undertake before continuing to the next section.

As they progress through the course, participants will be encouraged to share their experiences of these challenges in an online forum, so that they can learn from one another.

This course is exclusive to IFoA members.

Explore how to effectively put your views forward in a collaborative way within meetings as well as building your confidence to contribute, and techniques for expressing divergent views

In this course, we'll take a look at common mistakes in CV writing, and how to avoid them, as well as how to structure a personal statement and what a cover letter should contain. We'll also look at perfecting the art of interviewing to seal the deal and land a competitive job offer.