I am feeling very discouraged. I have a Bachelor's and a Master's in Mathematics and I am struggling to step into the corporate job area with these degrees. I've been looking at analyst positions, research, etc., and I'm applying to entry level jobs, but I feel like I'm the first one denied without considering my analytical background. Does anyone have any advice or some way to pivot? I'm a first-gen so I really didn't know to change my MS to a different field, and I just graduated last may.

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Get some certifications in machine learning

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Try to find ways to add more "skills" to your resume (programming, financial, etc)...some way to apply your mathematical background. I was in a similar boat in 2012 with a bachelor's in mathematics and couldn't find a job...I was basically told I needed some additional skill to "make it real". I went back to school and got a second bachelor's in computer science, but these days there are way more less drastic and less expensive ways to add skills.

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We have math majors in Risk Analytics in our company. Do you know or can you learn about [modeling of] Financial Risk?

Learn how to prototype/code models/apps using AI, especially agentic, tools and techniques. Put some of this projects on GitHub for people to see.

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I have a feeling you would be dangerous with come coding skills and some fancy AI algorithms that you developed on a personal GitHub.

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You might want to explore three letter agencies

You'll have to get more on your resume to separate you from the other candidates.

Go into quant and get certificates.

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