The full Career Courses series is here. Explore all five courses with instructor Charles Johnson, FSA, CERA, covering internships, resumes, networking, interviews, and personal branding.
Coaching Actuaries has helped over 120,000 aspiring actuaries pass their exams, and now we're helping you turn that progress into a job offer.
Our full Career Courses series is now live, covering every stage of the job search. Each course is taught by Charles Johnson, FSA, CERA, founder and CEO of the Actuarial Development Institute (ADI).
Career Courses are free with your Coaching Actuaries account.
What’s Included in Career Courses
Passing exams proves you're qualified. In the Career Courses, you’ll learn the skills that get you hired, the ones rarely taught in a classroom.
Each Career Course meets you at a different stage of your journey, whether you're just starting an internship search, graduating soon, or already job hunting:
- Actuarial Internships 101: Learn when to apply, what employers expect, and how to turn a summer role into a full-time offer through quality work, strong relationships, and a standout final presentation.
- Crafting Your Resume & LinkedIn: Build a targeted resume and LinkedIn profile that highlights your exam progress, experience, and potential the way hiring managers actually read them.
- Networking & Finding Opportunities: Discover where actuarial jobs are actually posted and how to build relationships through your academic network, local companies, and professional events.
- Interview Skills: Walk into any interview ready, with strategies for managing nerves, crafting your elevator pitch, using the S.T.A.R. method, and evaluating an offer.
- Personal Branding & Storytelling: Turn your experiences into powerful stories and build a personal brand that helps recruiters remember your name.
Together, these courses provide practical, fast-paced lessons, with lessons you can immediately put to work. They’re built specifically for aspiring actuaries and grounded in what Charles Johnson calls his core mission: "helping students change their lives forever."
[My core mission is] helping students change their lives forever.
One Big Idea Ties It All Together
Across every course, Charles Johnson returns to one theme: Employers care most about your trajectory, i.e., where you're headed rather than where you've been.
"It's about presenting your experiences in a way that shows growth, potential, and a mindset ready to learn and contribute," Charles explains. "Employers are looking at your velocity."
That idea shapes how each course is taught, from the questions you ask in an internship to the story you tell in an interview.
It's about presenting your experiences in a way that shows growth, potential, and a mindset ready to learn and contribute. Employers are looking at your velocity.
Meet Your Instructor
Your instructor, Charles Johnson, FSA, CERA, brings you over 10 years of experience across the insurance and actuarial professions. As the founder and CEO of ADI, he has focused on mentoring and developing the next generation of actuarial professionals across exams, internships, and early-career transitions.
Before founding ADI, Charles worked at Northwestern Mutual on actuarial modeling, asset-liability management, and the implementation of principle-based reserving. He later spent nearly 5 years at State Farm, progressing through actuarial roles before serving as Head of Recruitment.
As Head of Recruitment, Charles reviewed hundreds of entry-level actuarial resumes across life, health, disability, and long-term care insurance. That hands-on experience shapes every course in the series.
Start Building Your Career Skills
You've already proven what you know. Now build the skills that turn your exam credits into an offer, starting with whichever course matches where you are today. Start the free Career Courses now.