Come have a chat with us and learn about what life is like at Towers Watson at our Graduate Recruitment Information Session next week.

Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt have come together as Towers Watson, a global company with a common set of values and a singular focus: our clients. We bring together 14,000 professionals from 34 countries around the world—experts in Benefits, Risk and Financial Services and Talent and Reward—to deliver the perspectives that give our clients a clear path forward. We offer talented university graduates career opportunities in the areas of Benefits and Risk and Financial Services.

If you have a flair for numbers, people and problem-solving, then you can help to solve some of today’s most complex business problems, whilst also developing your career. With opportunities across our business, we offer a world of choice.

Towers Watson Graduate Recruitment Information Session
Date: Monday 15 March 2010
Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Venue: Old Arts, Theatre D

For further information please view the flyer available here or visit the Towers Watson careers page.
We look forward to seeing you there.

Our Gold sponsors, Finity Consulting, are currently recruiting graduates. We will also be hosting a careers luncheon for them next week; keep your eyes on the website and your email for further details.

Graduate Recruitment

(A full flyer is available here)

Finity Consulting is growing and searching for graduates with great minds to join us. You will discover this is a special opportunity to become an actuarial analyst in an award winning team.

Finity is the largest independent general insurance actuarial consulting firm in Australia. With offices in Sydney, Melbourne and New Zealand we employ over 70 people and combine actuarial and operational expertise to offer a broad range of services to a large client base.

Finity has a unique non-hierarchical culture with an open work environment. When you work with industry leaders, you gain invaluable experience by observing how things are done. With your experienced colleagues just metres away, they are very approachable and your questions get answered.

Imagine yourself within a friendly and supportive environment that offers unrivalled work diversity, encourages personal growth and rewards your hard work. Now take the action to make it real. We are taking applications now.

For more information and details on how to apply visit www.finity.com.au/recruiting now.

Date: Thursday 11 March
Time: 11am – 12pm
Venue: Turner Theatre, Botany

Bain will be hosting a case interview workshop where students can learn more about Bain’s interview process. This is a great opportunity to find out more about management consulting, which is an alternative career pathway for actuarial students.

For more information, visit www.joinbain.com or email australia.recruiting@bain.com.

We are currently seeking a First Year Representative to join our 2010 committee. The successful applicant will be responsible for:

- Informing fellow first year students about upcoming ASS events.
- Liaising with the first year community.
- Assisting fellow committee members in organising events.

The position is a great opportunity to have fun, make friends, challenge yourself and it looks impressive on your CV.

We’ve received a number of emails already; if you’re interested, let us know by sending an email to contact@melbourneactuary.com by Monday 8 March.

We’ll be conducting short interviews next week to select our new committee member.

Date: Tuesday 9 March
Time: 12pm – 1:30pm
Venue: South Lawn (the larger lawn, under the trees)

Join us as we kick off the new semester with our annual Welcome Lunch!

As the first official event on our calendar, this is a chance to meet and greet actuaries from first years to honours students. It’s the perfect opportunity to sign up with the ASS, catch up with friends or trade old textbooks.

There will also be FREE PIZZA for members (so don’t forget to bring your cards)… think benefit > cost!

Date: Wednesday 3 March 2010
Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Venue: Public Lecture Theatre, Old Arts

Bain & Company is now offering the opportunity to apply for a position as an Associate Consultant commencing in 2011.

They are looking to recruit exceptional graduates with strong analytical, interpersonal and leadership skills to join their team in either Sydney or Melbourne. Their recruits are a group of high achieving people from diverse disciplines such as economics, science, engineering, law and philosophy.

This on-campus information session is a great opportunity to meet people from the extraordinary Bain team.

For more information, visit www.joinbain.com or email australia.recruiting@bain.com.

Date: Wednesday 10 March 2010
Time: 12pm – 4:00pm
Venue: Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton Gardens

Careers & Employment’s 2010 Graduate Careers Fair is on Wed 10 March 2010. This exciting event gives you an opportunity to meet employers face to face, ask questions and get a feel for particular firms before applying for graduate positions.

More than 100 employers are expected to attend, so come along to the Royal Exhibition Building and use the Graduate Careers Fair as an opportunity to assist you in your decision making process for planning your career. Regardless of what year you are in, you can start your research here. Get to know more about the organisations you’d like to work for. Use it as a networking occasion to chat with potential employers you have already researched. Or just get an idea of the vast amount of options out there for you!

For further information please see Careers Online.

Welcome to the new Actuarial Students’ Society (ASS) website!