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We suggest you begin your research with the Use your Subject section of the Prospects Website.

Occupational profiles give detailed information on these and other occupations.

Another useful career ideas generator is to look at what previous graduates have done.

The following resources are particularly relevant to your degree.

AGCAS sector briefings, for example, Financial Services sector, City Markets sector, Information Technology sector (paper copies available in Careers Service.)
Actuarial work
City and finance areas
e-skills UK
Training and Development Agency for Schools
Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
Penn State Mathematics Department
Royal Statistical Society (RSS)
SIAM Journals Online

Remember to also consider careers which use the wider skills and aptitudes developed over the course of your degree.

AGCAS occupational profiles
AGCAS sector briefings
Doctorjob/ Targetjobs
Inside Careers
GET/ Hobsons
Career guides such as GET/ Hobsons and the Target series include case studies of people working in a variety of major sectors. Available in the Careers Service (while stocks last)

Occupational information will explain what a careers usually involves, the skills and interests needed and the qualifications and entry routes. It provides an objective overview of the key characteristics of a particular occupation, for the purpose of helping the reader arrive at a careers decision. Thus it is quite different from recruitment literature which promotes specific jobs with particular companies.

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