Vacancies

(N.B. Summer Scheme and Insight Programe Vacancies are listed under the Work Experience section of the website).

UK & Ireland

The deadline for the majority of our Graduate Scheme vacancies has now passed but you can still apply for the following positions:

For an Autumn 2008 start

  Benefits Group (Actuarial Consulting) Benefits Group (DC Consulting Benefits Group (Pensions Technical Unit) Human Capital Group Insurance & Financial Services (Life)

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Dublin

 

 

 

Leeds

 

 

 

  

Full-time vacancies for Autumn 2009 intake open from the 1st August 2008

International Offices

The deadline to apply for our Asian vacancies from the UK has now passed but, if you wish to apply directly to our international offices, the following links should help:

US:   www.watsonwyatt.com/careers

Greater China:  http://www.watsonwyatt.com/asia-pacific/localsites/mainland-china/careers/main_c.asp

Australia:  http://www.watsonwyatt.com/asia-pacific/australia/careers/gradstud/default.asp

Netherlands:  www.werkenbijwatsonwyatt.nl

In the final of a game show, Simon is asked to pick one of three doors. There is nothing behind two of the doors, while the third is hiding the star prize of £10,000. After choosing a door, the host opens one of the two Simon hasn’t picked to reveal nothing but fresh air. He then asks Simon if he’d like to stick with his original choice, or switch to the one other remaining unopened door. What should he do and why?

This is based on a famous statistical problem once printed in a magazine. The correct answer is to switch, as it gives you a 2/3 chance of winning, as opposed to a 1/3 chance if you stick with your original choice. However, this goes against common sense, and many statistics professors wrote in to say that the answer was wrong. The key lies in the fact that the host didn't open the first door at random - he couldn't choose the one Simon had chosen, nor the one he knew was hiding the star prize. We can give the mathematical answer too!


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