UCA Career Services
EFIRM Career Possibilities
Career Ready
Wildcard
100

This UCA platform allows students to schedule career coaching appointments and access career opportunities.

UCA Career Services uses Handshake for appointment scheduling and career support.

100

This EFIRM career evaluates and manages the potential for financial loss within an organization.


What is a risk manager?

100

UCA Career Services lists this as one of the seven NACE career-readiness competencies.

What is communication?

Other acceptable answers include career & self-development, critical thinking, leadership, professionalism, teamwork, or technology.

100

The ideal timeframe to seek Career Services resources

What is freshmen year?

200

UCA Career Services is located on which floor of Bernard Hall?

What is the 3rd floor?

200

This professional evaluates insurance applications and determines the level of risk an insurer is willing to accept.

What is an underwriter?

200

The appropriate action to do after an interview.

What is follow-up (thank you) email/note?

200

The number of careers fairs hosted at UCA

What is 6?

300

This Career Services resource helps students connect their major to career areas, employers, and occupations.

What is “What Can I Do With This Major?”

300

This professional investigates insurance claims and determines whether and how much an insurer should pay.

What is a claims adjuster?

300

You meet an insurance recruiter at a career fair. Instead of saying, “Do you have any jobs available?” name one thing you should be prepared to discuss.

What are your skills, interests, experience, career goals, or knowledge of the organization?


300

Location of professional clothing closet

What is Bernard Hall 4th Floor?

400

Name two ways UCA Career Services can help an EFIRM student prepare for an interview.

What are mock interviews and career coaching?

400

This career combines investments, retirement, insurance, savings, and estate planning to help clients develop a comprehensive financial strategy.

What is a personal financial planner/advisor?

400

An EFIRM student has an interview tomorrow. Name three things they should research about the employer.


What are the company’s products/services, current news or industry issues, the position, organizational culture, competitors, or recent accomplishments?

400

The 20-30 sec speech to provide overview of who you are and what you are seeking

What is an elevator pitch?

500

A student says, “I know my major, but I have no idea what careers I can actually pursue.” Name two UCA Career Services resources that could help.

What are Focus 2 Career Assessment and “What Can I Do With This Major?”

500

Name four different industries or types of employers where an EFIRM graduate could potentially work.

What are banks, insurance companies, brokerage/investment firms, corporations, government agencies, real estate firms, or financial-planning firms?


500

Term to describe a set of skills that are gained via experiences/organizational involvement that can be transferrable.

What are power skills?

500

The ability to explain how skills developed in one experience apply to a different job or career is known as identifying these.

What are transferable skills?