<p>Ok, here's the lowdow. I'm looking into the business and finance sectors for potential careers and would appreciate some suggestions/advice as to what to look into.</p>
<p>I'll be going to a top 10 LAC and plan on double majoring in applied mathematics and either japanese or asian studies w/ japanese emphasis. I have an interest in economics and math, so for a career I would like to put those two areas to work. I also have an interest in Japan, and plan on being bilingual by the time I graduate. Thus, I would like to either work in Japan (either for a Japanese company or American company's branch) or to have dealings with Japanese clients/business.</p>
<p>I would love to have some job security and reasonable-ish hours (i.e. <80 per week), though I could certainly sacrifice for a few years to get somewhere I wanted to be. I don't really feel comfortable being a salesman (read used care salesman type) though I could if it also involved mathematics to do preliminary reports or research. I also have good interpersonal skills, and some writing and speaking ability, so being squirreled away in an cubicle wouldn't be a requirement.</p>
<p>Any help or advice you can give would help me out a great deal. Thanks!</p>
<p>Try look into actuarial careers.But you have to be great in Mathematics!!!Some universities offer major in mathematics with actuarial mathematics concentration. I was a mathematics major.</p>
<p>I have looked in actuarial science as a possibility, and it certainly has its appeal. </p>
<p>Oh, and to give you a better feel of my math abilities, I took Multivariable Calculus and Differential Equations at a local community college wihle I was a senior in HS and have top-3 state-level math competition placings.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice so far! Any other suggestions?</p>
<p>Nihongo daisuki dai yo! I lived in Japan for two years almost, not for business, but as a missionary. I LOVE Japan. As for ideas for your career, I second what already has been posted. Try looking into consulting, actuarial work, etc. There are a lot of healthcare/insurance/benefit consulting companies out there who have offices in Tokyo and look specifically for canidates who have degrees in mathematics/statistics, etc. Companies like Milliman, Towers Perrin, etc. The web page posted above on business careers is good. Also, if you want to learn more about consulting companies go to Vault.com and look down the list of their top-fifty consulting companies. A number of them look for canidates who specialize in quanitative skills and who have an analytical mind. As for working in Japan in one of these companies' offices, I've heard that you basically have to be fluent to be considered, but don't quote me on that, I'm not positive. Good luck!</p>