OLA Industry Newsletter: June 2024
Monday, May 20, 2024
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Posted by: Alan Ramirez
Dear OLA Community,
This industry newsletter is provided to our professional members, industry sponsors, partners, allies, and subscribers to keep you current with OLA's various activities, spotlight members of our community, and connect you with career and volunteer opportunities.
If you are not already on our distribution list, please register for an OLA Member Portal account at members@latinoactuaries.org to receive this newsletter and other important communications!
Please reach out to our newsletter team at newsletter@latinoactuaries.org if you have any questions or feedback (or for corporate sponsors and partners, any items you'd like featured in this newsletter),
and thank you for your continued support of OLA!
Alan Ramirez
Director of Membership
Table of Contents
- Upcoming Events & Announcements
- Community Spotlights
- Career Corner
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Support OLA!
- Connect With Us
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Phoenix Mixer - collaboration with cads
We are excited to co-host a networking event with the Casualty Actuaries of Desert States (CADS).
Please join us on Thursday, June 13, at Fate Brewing Company in Tempe, AZ.
Network and connect with OLA and CADS leadership, actuarial candidates, corporate sponsors, and allies! We are expecting over 20 actuaries and students will be there!
A variety of drinks and appetizers will be served. Capacity is limited, so don't wait to RSVP! See you there!
Upcoming Mixers - september/october 2024
Our next networking events will be in the Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia this Fall to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! Be sure to follow us on LinkedIn for the official announcement.
RECAP: OLA Mixer - Dallas
On April 11, OLA members and allies from across Texas joined us for our first mixer in 2024 in Dallas, TX! It was amazing to see the growing OLA community from actuarial students to credentialed professionals. We had a great time connecting with new
members, corporate sponsors, and allies.
OLA's early career symposium (ECS)
OLA is excited to announce our new offering for 2024: OLA's Early Career Symposium (ECS)!
The ECS, taking place Sunday, August 4 - Monday, August 5, 2024, in Las Vegas, NV (concurrently with the 2024 ALPFA Convention) will bring together a record-breaking 60 OLA prospects (college/university students, recent graduates, and career-changers),
OLA Leaders (Board of Directors, Program Managers, and Committees), and Corporate Sponsors. This will promote enhanced in-person networking opportunities, including OLA's familiar Mixer format, OLA's first in-person career fair, networking meals,
and breakout panels/sessions. Following the success of OLA’s Rising Leaders Program (RLP) Inaugural Conference this past August, we are offering the ECS as a way to expand our programming to more of our prospects as well as increase touch points with
sponsors. ECS registration is open until capacity is reached, so don't wait to purchase the ECS sponsorship package that fits your needs! Note that almost all annual sponsorship packages include some level of an ECS sponsorship package.
In you are attending the ECS, we have a few gentle reminders to note:
- As you know, we are currently past the general attendee registration deadline for the ECS. If you have any changes to the registrations, please reach out to us as soon as possible.
- If you plan to reserve your hotel using the OLA ECS hotel block, we ask that you do so by Friday, June 14, at 11:59 P.M. ET. Due to limited capacity, we will try our best but cannot guarantee any reservations booked past the deadline.
ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING OLA'S 2024 CAREER FAIRS
In
addition to the ECS in-person Career Fair, OLA is hosting its Virtual Career
Fair on Tuesday, August 27, 2024, from 2 PM – 6 PM ET. We have some exciting ECS updates to share in two
weeks, including more details on the Career Fair.
Given
that Gold, Gold Plus, and Platinum Sponsors have the option to utilize their
Career Fair benefit virtually or in-person (at the ECS), registration for the
Virtual Career Fair will open first to Silver and Career Fair Only sponsors as
they are limited to the virtual option. We strongly encourage Gold, Gold Plus,
and Platinum Sponsors to choose the in-person Career Fair as capacity for both
career fair formats is limited. Commitment and payment for a 2024 OLA Annual
Sponsorship package is required by June 30, 2024, in order to secure your
company’s space in the Virtual Career Fair.
Please
reference the 2024 OLA Sponsorship Tiers document on the OLA Member
Portal’s Corporate Sponsors Content Hub for more information. We look forward to a smooth and productive recruiting season!
New Career Center on OLA Membership POrtal
Silver, Gold, Gold Plus, and Platinum Sponsors can now access OLA’s new Career Center! This new job board will allow corporate sponsors to post and modify their company’s job openings in real-time. Simultaneously, OLA’s prospects with real-time access
to these openings. All postings will still be shared in OLA’s newsletters/communications, but the OLA Newsletter team will now source these postings from the Career Center.
For specific steps on how to post please check out our Career Corner section below. Please reach out to the OLA Career Center team at careercenter@latinoactuaries.org if you have any questions.
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Sarah peÑa, ASA, MAAA
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
University: University of California, Los Angeles
OLA Involvement: Treasury Program Manager
Current Position: Actuarial Consultant, Nationwide Financial
Tell us a little about yourself: I am an annuities actuary at Nationwide, currently working on the Annuities Valuation team. I’m originally from
Las Vegas, NV and moved to Columbus, OH to begin working at Nationwide. I recently transitioned to remote work with my move to NYC (I told myself I could fulfill my dream of moving here when I passed my last actuarial exam!). My newly found free
time will be spent exploring the city! Some of my favorite activities include running through the parks and watching theatre performances.
How has OLA impacted your career? I would not be in my current role without OLA. I joined OLA as a student back in 2017 and landed my first summer internship with Nationwide at the 2017 ALPFA Convention.
OLA was instrumental in helping prepare my resume and practice for interviews so I would be successful at the career fair. I’ll forever be grateful for the guidance that the OLA leaders have provided me, and I am excited to connect with more amazing
Latino actuarial professionals as the organization continues to grow.
What is your favorite thing about being an actuary? My favorite thing about this career is that I am always learning. One can never be bored as an actuary since there is always another challenge one
can take on. The exams of course offer great opportunities to learn interesting material, but I think on the job is where learning can feel the most rewarding. I was especially excited to join the Annuity Valuation team because I knew it would
require me to fully master product dynamics and reserve methodologies as well as understand how managing our liabilities corresponds to the methodology of pricing derivative securities. Getting these concepts to click is extremely satisfying!
We enjoy featuring and sharing the stories of members of the Latine actuarial community! If you have a nomination for a spotlight, please ask them to fill out this form with their information/headshot.
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Looking for a new opportunity? Check out the job postings added last month from AmeriHealth Caritas, Nationwide Insurance, and CNA Insurance.
DO YOU HAVE JOB POSTINGS TO SHARE?
Our Platinum, Gold Plus, and Gold Corporate Sponsors can now share job postings on our new Career Center portion of our OLA Membership Portal!
Any member of your team who has an OLA Member Portal account associated with your company can easily post an opportunity by logging into their OLA Member Portal account and navigating to members.latinoactuaries.org/networking to
submit an opening. Please note that, when submitting the opening, you’ll want to click “No, I will tell them ‘How to Apply’ below” for the “Allow online applications?” option so that applicants aren’t mistakenly led to apply on our site instead
of yours.
As a reminder, Silver sponsors can only post entry-level and intern job postings on the Career Center; any postings that do not comply with this condition will not be approved on the backend.
Please reach out to the OLA Career Center team at careercenter@latinoactuaries.org if you have any questions.
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Sign-up to volunteer with ola academy!
Do you want to help shape the next generation of Latine actuarial talent? Volunteer for OLA Academy (OLAA) as an OLAA Coordinator (mentor), Resume Reviewer, and/or Mock Interviewer!
OLA Academy, OLA's signature program for aspiring actuaries, is a virtual program that helps prospects (aspiring actuaries who are college/university students, recent graduates, and/or career-changers) navigate the entry-level job search process.
OLAA provides one-on-one mentorship as well as training on resume writing, interviewing, and more!
The links below contain the expectations, estimated timelines, and interest forms for each respective opportunity. Please fill out as many or as few as you'd like! Note that you must be signed into your OLA Member Portal account before clicking on the links in order to be directed to the correct page.
- Coordinators support, guide and mentor around five to ten prospects in the same class cohort for an average of five to seven months.
- These volunteers review resumes used to find actuarial internships and entry-level positions by helping prospects clearly show what they have achieved and why they would be great hires! Resume reviewers can assist one or more prospects, based on availability.
- Mock interviewers coach students for real internship or full-time interviews. Some prospects have never had an interview, so help us increase their interview experience and confidence! Volunteers can interview one or more prospects, depending on availability.
- NOTE: As of 5/20/2024, we are in high need of mock interviewers who can help prepare Named Scholarship applicants with interviews for the Summer 2025 internship cycle by the middle of June. Please indicate on your interest form if you are available to help with this effort!
Please email us at academy@latinoactuaries.org if you have any questions.
VOLUNTEER WITH OLA!
Are you interested in volunteering with OLA? Sign-in to your OLA Member Portal account and edit your profile to indicate your volunteer interests! If you do not already have an OLA Member Portal account, you can click here to
register.
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We have different sponsorship tiers that can fit your company's size and strategy! If you are interested in sponsoring OLA, please e-mail us at info@latinoactuaries.org. We can schedule a call and provide
information you need or answer your questions.
OLA supports our Latine actuarial prospects (students, career changers, etc.) via scholarship programs, exam materials and registration reimbursements, and our travel program that sends prospects to OLA's Early Career Symposium (ECS) and industry
conferences to help them network and securo jobs at the on-site career fairs.
Individual donations of any amount can go a long way in helping us sustain these programs, so please click here if interested in donating!
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