Math Jobs

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Math Jobs

• Prepared March 2004
• Dr. Kimberly Vincent
• Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mathematics WSU
• vincent_at_math.wsu.edu

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Teacher

• Elementary School- Bachelors Degree in Education
• Middle School-Bachelors Degree often in
  Mathematics Education
• High School-Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics with
  an emphasis in education, Masters Degree helpful
• Community/Two year colleges-Masters Degree in
  Mathematics
• Four Year Colleges-Doctoral Degree in Mathematics

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Jobs with Math as a Primary Skill

• Actuary
• Mathematician
• Statistician
• Operations Research
• Analyst

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An Actuary has the following characteristics

• Strong Problem Solvers
• Good Listeners
• Current on trends and issues in
• Business
• Law
• Social Sciences
• Economics

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Mathematician

• Theoretical
• Further the worlds understanding of mathematics
• Applied
• Develop mathematics models or methods to solving
  real world problems

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Statistician

• Research-below are just a few areas
• Medical Studies
• Employment Patterns
• Population Trends
• Educational Improvements
• Analyze Data-below are just a few areas
• Effects of an Advertisement Campaign
• Biochemical work in Drug Testing
• Environmental Effects from Various Human
  Endeavors

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Operations Research Analyst,

• Apply math concepts to help a business generate a
  number of ways to solve a problem and then
  analyze the most efficient (time, people, hours,
  etc. all play a role). For example,
• Scheduling for example at an airport
• Flight takeoff and landing
• Baggage handling
• Routing of passengers
• Food beverage handling

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Job Titles for a Theoretical Mathematician

• Accounting analyst
• Marketing associate
• Operations research analyst
• Product quality engineer
• Research associate
• Systems level designer
• Professor

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Job Titles for an Applied Mathematician (a few)

• Applies systems sales
• Contracts specialist
• Director of Information technology
• Quality Engineer
• Program manager
• Project analyst
• Relations Manager
• Software engineer or programmer
• Professor

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Job Titles for Statistician (just a few)

• Biostatician
• Clinical trials statistician
• Epidemiologist
• Financial analyst
• Programmer analyst
• Quality assurance analyst
• Risk management analyst
• Senior researcher for survey methodology
• Professor

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Job Titles for Operations Research Analyst (just
a few)

• Business analyst
• Director of management science
• Economics analyst
• Manager of marketing science
• Quality and customer satisfaction consultant
• Risk management manager
• System analyst
• Senior financial analyst
• Professor

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Some Professional Organizationsfor Actuaries

• http//www.actuary.org
• http//www.aspa.org
• http//www.casact.org
• http//www.ccacturies.com
• http//wwwiasa.org
• http//www.soa.org

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Some Professional Organizations for Mathematicians

• www.ams.org
• http//www.maa.org
• www.math.neu.edu/awm
• http//www.imstat.org
• http//www.iamg.org
• http//www.siam.org

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Some Organizations for Statisticians

• http//www.amstat.org
• http//www.casact.org
• http//www.mfmag.com
• http//www.imstat.org
• http//www.iasa.org

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An Organization for Research Analysts

• http//www.informs.org

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A couple of great reads

• Lambert, S. and DeCotis, R. J. (1999). Great Jobs
  for Math Majors. VBM Career Horizons, division of
  NCT/Contemporary Publishing Group, Inc.
• Parker, M. (1995). She Does Math! Real-Life
  Problems from Women on the Job. Mathematical
  Association of America.