<p>A career that is very business sexy that ought to be mentioned:</p>
<p>-Actuary</p>
<p>The actuarial exams are highly mathamatical and challenging and the career is not for the faint of heart. If you can crack the exams, then the options are great and so is the job mobility. They can work anywhere including insurance companies / business consulting firms / accounting giants / lately they are starting to work for banks (specializing in retirement and pension consulting / they even work for the Government. Down the road, experienced actuaries usually get into management.</p>
<p>Keep in mind there are many different kinds of actuaries. Consulting actuaries usually have the most intense workload and their job is very client-oriented (and not just number crunching). They are also usually very outgoing. The insurance sector has the most stable hours.</p>
<p>According to the Wall Street Journal; the actuarial profession has been ranked #2 when looking at a holistic measure of job satisfaction (pay/hours/stress/etc…).</p>