Q: Other than teaching or private tutoring, what are some jobs that someone with a Master's in Math can be hired for? I'm looking for some other job now that my class was taken from me.
It looks like there are some possibilities here: http://www.mathjobs.org/jobs . Or are you in touch at all with your graduate department and/or university placement office? Sometimes they can help.
Tutoring is always a possibility (either freelance through craigslist and/or flyers posted at local schools, or through a paid service). So is writing test items and/or curriculum (check out the websites of the major test companies, but keep in mind that the pay can take some time to arrive; short-term, and given the time of year, I'd go for tutoring, assuming you aren't completely burned out on anything that resembles teaching).
There is always a need for mathmaticians in industry, just whose industry is the question. If you knew a little astrophysics I would think that working for the Chinese or Russian space programs might be a solution. I would look around, see if there are any slots in banking, insurance, or if you are willing to play it dangeriously, working as a bookie. But seriously, don't be a shit-shoveler like Chuck up there.
Mathjobs.org will probably be a strike-out since it's very Ph.D. and academic oriented (it's $400 for an institution to advertise using it).
It will take months to get through the hiring process at the NSA/Census Bureau/The Federal Gov't. But I can tell you that the benefits are AMAZING and if I wouldn't have to move to DC, I'd leave academia in a minute.
Actuarial work is hard to come by for a newbie with no exams. But if you had started earlier you might have been able to snag an internship.
Working for a bank as a teller is pretty good work. You get huge bonuses when you drawer balances regularly (which I guess is an indication of how hard that is to do). But last time I checked you needed several months of money handling experience to be eligible. So if you'd like to have that as a future summer option, you should snag a job at a grocery store/Target/Walmart/etc.
The above are more about careers than last minute money making opportunities.
If it were me, I'd advertise my mean math talent at a local CC (not yours since that might be considered a conflict of interest). I'd see if any local tutoring centers are hiring. I'd try to get hired doing office work. I'd see if any local store I like are hiring. I'd learn to coupon and shop grocery store sales.
There's also a lot of work available for after-school tutoring for schools that have fooked up their NCLB stamp of approval. Craigslist posts many of those jobs. There's also places like Kaplan (SAT cram courses).
You might also look at consulting firms that do things like workflow analysis, risk management, etc (Deloitte?).
In CA, I apply for unemployment every semester I'm not offered a position at my CC. It happens every summer and winter intersession. A few mind-numbing pieces of paperwork, and I get a whopping $113/week.
You could mud-wrestle a Samantha Folkchurch cartoon figure every Thursday night at the local honky-tonk. I hear they pay good money. And who wouldn't like to see a hologram fight a well-drawn academic dean?
The mathematical competency in industry is really low. Get in the ground floor somewhere as a data analyst, get some experience, then move on.
Non-profits & state/fed agencies are a good place to start, then move on to higher paying jobs in for-profits if that gets your goat.
That was the path I took 20 years ago ... as a sociology major with strong data analysis skills. If it can be done with a weak degree, it can be done with a strong one.
Q: Other than teaching or private tutoring, what are some jobs that someone with a Master's in Math can be hired for? I'm looking for some other job now that my class was taken from me. 
shovel shit on a farm. it's not glamorous, but then again neither is teaching.
ReplyDeletecan you program?
ReplyDelete@Merely Academic
ReplyDeleteI know basic.
It looks like there are some possibilities here: http://www.mathjobs.org/jobs . Or are you in touch at all with your graduate department and/or university placement office? Sometimes they can help.
ReplyDeleteTutoring is always a possibility (either freelance through craigslist and/or flyers posted at local schools, or through a paid service). So is writing test items and/or curriculum (check out the websites of the major test companies, but keep in mind that the pay can take some time to arrive; short-term, and given the time of year, I'd go for tutoring, assuming you aren't completely burned out on anything that resembles teaching).
Actuarial/insurance work?
ReplyDeleteYou can help Harold Camping with his math to figure out when the *real* rapture will happen.
ReplyDeleteThere is always a need for mathmaticians in industry, just whose industry is the question. If you knew a little astrophysics I would think that working for the Chinese or Russian space programs might be a solution. I would look around, see if there are any slots in banking, insurance, or if you are willing to play it dangeriously, working as a bookie. But seriously, don't be a shit-shoveler like Chuck up there.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nsa.gov/careers/career_fields/mathematics.shtml
ReplyDeletethese guys?
links to nsa.gov/careers for mathematicians....
If times are hard, you could ask Fab to double your pay per post. I say you're worth it.
ReplyDeleteMathjobs.org will probably be a strike-out since it's very Ph.D. and academic oriented (it's $400 for an institution to advertise using it).
ReplyDeleteIt will take months to get through the hiring process at the NSA/Census Bureau/The Federal Gov't. But I can tell you that the benefits are AMAZING and if I wouldn't have to move to DC, I'd leave academia in a minute.
Actuarial work is hard to come by for a newbie with no exams. But if you had started earlier you might have been able to snag an internship.
Working for a bank as a teller is pretty good work. You get huge bonuses when you drawer balances regularly (which I guess is an indication of how hard that is to do). But last time I checked you needed several months of money handling experience to be eligible. So if you'd like to have that as a future summer option, you should snag a job at a grocery store/Target/Walmart/etc.
The above are more about careers than last minute money making opportunities.
If it were me, I'd advertise my mean math talent at a local CC (not yours since that might be considered a conflict of interest). I'd see if any local tutoring centers are hiring. I'd try to get hired doing office work. I'd see if any local store I like are hiring. I'd learn to coupon and shop grocery store sales.
Good luck, EMH. I hope you find something.
There's also a lot of work available for after-school tutoring for schools that have fooked up their NCLB stamp of approval. Craigslist posts many of those jobs. There's also places like Kaplan (SAT cram courses).
ReplyDeleteYou might also look at consulting firms that do things like workflow analysis, risk management, etc (Deloitte?).
In CA, I apply for unemployment every semester I'm not offered a position at my CC. It happens every summer and winter intersession. A few mind-numbing pieces of paperwork, and I get a whopping $113/week.
You could mud-wrestle a Samantha Folkchurch cartoon figure every Thursday night at the local honky-tonk. I hear they pay good money. And who wouldn't like to see a hologram fight a well-drawn academic dean?
ReplyDeleteThe mathematical competency in industry is really low. Get in the ground floor somewhere as a data analyst, get some experience, then move on.
ReplyDeleteNon-profits & state/fed agencies are a good place to start, then move on to higher paying jobs in for-profits if that gets your goat.
That was the path I took 20 years ago ... as a sociology major with strong data analysis skills. If it can be done with a weak degree, it can be done with a strong one.