Careers with a Math Major
Here are various links to nonacademic job opportunities for mathematics majors:
Mathematical Sciences
Career Information (including profiles of career mathematicians in non-academic
positions)
Jobs in Industry
(see SIAM's online brochure)
American
Mathematical Society's Resources for Undergraduates in Mathematics
Society of Actuaries
Seeking
Employment in the Mathematical Sciences
Should
You Prepare Differently for a Non-academic Career?
Mathematical
Association of America's Career Profiles
SIAM Report
on Mathematics in Industry (see especially the sections on Applications
of Mathematics and Opportunities in Mathematics)
Mentor Programs
in nonacademic mathematics
On-Line Job
Information and Listing Services
Occupational
Outlook Handbook (Bureau of Labor Statistics) (see especially the section
on mathematics)
Check out a website maintained by Luchsinger Mathematics listing all sorts
of job opportunities for mathematicians
all over the world (including the US)!!
You might want to look at the following books published by
the Mathematical Association of America:
101
Careers in Mathematics, Andrew Sterrett, Editor
She
Does Math! (Real-Life Problems from Women on the Job), Marla
Parker, Editor
On a related matter, see Agnes
Scott College's wonderful history of women in mathematics.