i am fresh graduate from utm majoring in Industrial mathematics..
currently i was working as analyst programmer but i not very happy with this job.
so, i want opinions and suggestions from u all especially who are graduate in mathematics course about career opportunity for mathematics graduate..

Analyst programmer at where? What language did you use?

I believe that the most cliche career for maths graduates is in academic field. Either as a teacher or lecturer. Other than that, maybe career that requires any degree such as sales or customer service.

I think being involved in IT career such as programmer is a very good decision anyway...

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Added on September 7, 2010, 1:11 pmI think banking is another field that you can try...

This post has been edited by cloverfield: Sep 7 2010, 01:11 PM

Banking field will be the best for maths grad since you are good with numbers. They are very willing to take in maths grad

Ironically, many banks prefer to employ graduates from other science field such as physics or biotechnology... This situation leaves maths graduates no other choice than to go into unrelated career field.

Do you have any data or facts to support that? Personally I work quite closely with the banking sector, from my observation there is no preference.

Maths graduate are better suited for banking job than biotech (not so sure when compare to physics), as certain area require a lot of number manipulation. Such market risk, derivative pricing, exotic product structurer. For example, I bet a math graduate will be very comfortable with a binomial distribution, which is normally use for option valuation.

So I strongly recommend math graduate to go into the banking line. But banking line especially international bank require an all rounder character. So if you only have a math degree with nothing else. It might be hard for you to compete with others.

Yup yup. Bank will definitely prefer maths grad. Being all round character is matter of individual. Whatever course you study you can still be round character.

hi, i'm also a math graduate...

some of my coursemates are now:

Business Technology Analyst
Business Consultant
Web Programmer
System Analyst
Application Developer
Application Tester
Designer Engineer
Auditor
Credit Analyst
Insurance Underwriter
Teacher (including Tuition Teacher and Tutor)
Purchasing Executive
Finance Executive
Human Resource Executive
Marketing Executive
Market Research Analyst
Office Administrator

etc etc...

personally, i think being a analyst programmer is a good choice for math graduates
anyway, all the best in searching for your career

This post has been edited by ranul: Sep 7 2010, 11:14 PM

No data, no facts. Just some job ads that I saw during my job hunting session two, maybe three years ago.

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Added on September 8, 2010, 7:28 amHow about you? Hehe...

This post has been edited by cloverfield: Sep 8 2010, 07:28 AM

cloverfield - i am working one of small company under MSC... i use cache' language...

ranul,where r u work now???

previously was business technology analyst, now am business consultant... in IT industry...

This post has been edited by ranul: Sep 8 2010, 11:34 AM

ranul - owh...which company u work???and u graduate from which university?

when i was business technology analyst, i worked for an MNC,
now a business consultant, at a public listed company...

nevertheless i think MNC provide better working environment to learn and grow...

i was graduated from a university located at borneo...

This post has been edited by ranul: Sep 8 2010, 01:50 PM

Banking line will be ideal, some telco also into maths grads. Job scope normally for decision science or portfolio analysis. I have hired math grads now still with me

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Added on September 8, 2010, 1:59 pmowh really???if u have any vacancy for mathematics plz inform me...hehe

This post has been edited by pue: Sep 8 2010, 01:59 PM

Just to clarify on this statement. Any degree related to math such as pure/applied mathematics, statistics and actuarial are not really to say as "good with numbers".

Mathematics related degree are more towards problem solving for real world problem or "well defined problem".

An accounting degree graduates would be better in number compared with maths grad.

I thought it was the other way round?

I thought "pure/applied mathematics, statistics and actuarial" should be as good, if not better, than accounting grads, with numbers, since they deal with numbers, statistics, graphs, pure maths, models, etc...

Please do not confusing between mathematics and arithmetic. Mathematics especially in pure maths deals with problems which do not necessarily involved with numbers.

Well, if there's any grads from actuarial science... please pm me... There's a vacancy.

applied maths can ar?? what job ? company?

how "Industrial mathematics" can be apply/utilize onto the market/biz?

It is true when you are trying to say primary and secondary school mathematics can be very related to numbers. But it is not true to say math graduate are very good in numbers just because that they studied mathematics as their degree. Mathematics related(except some university) degree actually studies more in "Mathematical language". The mathematical language is needed to solve problem or to state any theorem.

Numbers is just 1 of the way to solve problem. Mathematics do not need numbers to solve problem. Most of the time, knowing the theoretical part in statistical models more important than just presenting a rubbish model. Real world data rarely fit any statistical model well except that it is much possible to happen in physical science model. Of course that statistical model is useful to "predict" if the model assumption is correct and behaviour of the situation do not change much.

An accounting graduate should be better in numbers because there are so many numbers in accounting. If an accounting graduate is not good in numbers, how can the person do any accounting report? Numbers in accounting is not really mathematics.

Haha... Of course that there exists math graduates who tends to mislead people because he/she also may misuse the so-called "Theorem". (Not sure whether it happens due to the person with math degree really sucks in math or he/she just trying to mislead people).

This post has been edited by tata88: Sep 29 2010, 09:04 PM

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