List of Contributions

I never once had the time to answer all the questions on an upper-level, handwritten CAS Exam. Initially this bothered me, but it eventually became a non-issue as I realized it was the status quo for me and that not finishing the exam did not necessarily equate to not passing the exam. By the time I ...

The CAS’s Candidate Liaison Committee (CLC) has four new candidate representatives to share their voices and perspectives on the candidate experience with the CAS and to communicate news from the CAS to the candidate community. I’ve asked our new representatives to introduce themselves and share a little ...

You have probably realized that many members of the Candidate Liaison Committee enjoying writing, and it probably won’t be a surprise to learn that we enjoy reading too. Here are some books that we have been reading this winter. We thought you might appreciate a good recommendation or two that you could ...

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If you were paired up with a stranger and told that (1) the stranger would decide how to split $100 from a benevolent source between the two of you and (2) that you had the ability to either accept the deal (whereby you each got the money that the stranger proposed) or to reject it (whereby neither of ...

I recently read Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain. Although it seems like a book about introverts should have a clear definition of introverts, the topic is too complex and debated for the author to define it in simple terms. To boil it all down though, ...

Everyone knows and talks about “job fit.” You want to find a position that is a good fit for you, and employers want to fill an open position with someone who is a good fit for the role. It is common sense, but in reality, it is not so easy to fit the right person to the right job. What should be done ...