Best way to learn Excel (from scratch) for entry-level actuarial work?

December 21, 2011 11:17 PM

Two actuarial exams passed, writing resume and CV, need to learn Excel fairly well, for basic entry-level actuarial work. Any book recommendations? Or other learning modules? What's the best approach? I'm fairly competent at learning technical things.
posted by brighteyes7 to Technology (6 answers total)

I favorited this thread from last month - Help me become a spreadsheet power user. I found the links from dfriedman to the Contextures and Debra Dagleish sites to be very useful and full of interesting information.
posted by ralan at 3:59 AM on December 22, 2011

Excel Everest.

I've played with Excel Everest a few times and found it engaging and sufficiently detailed. The fact that the course is Excel-based is a plus, too.

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I see there's a demo version you can try, so that might be worth doing first.
posted by fakelvis at 4:01 AM on December 22, 2011 [1 favorite]

Here is a blog that might be of interest: http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/
posted by jim in austin at 4:40 AM on December 22, 2011

Chandoo is one of my favorite online Excel resources. His advanced stuff is awesome, and he also has basic Excel training as well.
posted by Gorgik at 5:36 AM on December 22, 2011

Yeah the links I provided in that other thread referenced above are the ones you want.
posted by dfriedman at 5:46 AM on December 22, 2011

Response by poster: Thanks everyone! :)
posted by brighteyes7 at 1:51 PM on December 22, 2011