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Actuarial Undergraduate

Career Fair 2015

Speed Interviews

Guide to using LinkedIn –

Students

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+ Scheduling interviews for the

Career Fair

SAS student

member joins

LinkedIn group

Employer joins

LinkedIn group

View job

advertisement

posted by SAS

LinkedIn

administrator Provides

vacant

positions to

organising

committee

Student

comments on

job positions

that they are

interested in

Employer to contact

student to schedule

meeting at Career Fair.

Interviews to be kept to

10mins per student

Committee to provide

coffee tables for each

company on actual day

Student’s responsibility to

ensure that interviews are

not conflicting

Employer Organising Committee Student

Colour code

19 Jan 4 Feb

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Step 1. Search for SAS

Undergraduates

Career Fair 2015

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Step 2. Click Join and wait

for approval

To be approved, you must be a SAS

student member. Register to be one at

http://tinyurl.com/sasstudentmember.

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Step 3. Once you

are approved, you

can check out the

discussions,

promotions and

jobs in the group.

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Step 4. Job opportunities are posted under Jobs tab by

SAS administration.

If you are interested in a job posting, click on

Comment.

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Step 5. Leave a comment to

express your interest by

indicating your availability!

Companies will have access to this

LinkedIn page. They will contact shortlisted

applicants for a short interview at the

Career Fair.

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+ Step 6. Make your profile public

so that employers can view.

Step 6a. On your profile page, click

on Manage public profile settings.

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Step 6b. Select Make my public

profile visible to everyone.

Step 6c. Save.

Step 6. Make your profile public

so that employers can view.

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Use a professional and neat-looking photograph

Leave your email address in your Summary to allow employers to

contact you. Tell the potential employers what they should know

about you!

Briefly describe your past working experience and

education history

Summary

Aspiring to be an actuary, I have done an actuarial internship with AXA to

understand how technical actuarial concepts are applied in the general

insurance industry. I am currently doing an internship with the life team in

AXA. I am contactable at [email protected]

LinkedIn

Profile tips

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+ Frequently Asked Questions

What is the set-up on

the actual day?

• Each company is provided with a table to have a booth setup for general marketing purposes

• Speed interviews are held at a separate section, where companies are allocated one coffee

table each

Who will be contacting

me after I indicate

interest?

• The companies will contact you directly to arrange for interviews at the career fair

• Please check your email inbox frequently

• Companies will contact you by 4 February 2015

Are there any

requirements to

participate in the Speed

Interviews?

• Yes, you have to be a SAS student member to be approved to join the LinkedIn group.

• Register at http://tinyurl.com/sasstudentmember

How can I find the

companies on the

actual day?

• Attendees of the career fair will be provided with a handout containing the venue map and

programme schedule

• This venue map indicates booth and coffee table locations

• You will be able to locate the company’s coffee table using this map on the actual day

How are the Speed

Interviews going to be

conducted?

• As the term “speed interviews” go, the interviews will be scheduled at 10 minutes per

candidate. Hence, prepare to keep your responses concise.

Please drop our LinkedIn admin a note should you have any other questions!