INFORMS CAREER BOOKLET Is a Career in OR/MS Right for You? 12 Questions and Answers to Help You Decide. Should you consider a career in operations research/management science? What exactly is operations research/management science? What kinds of problems do operations researchers work on? How do operations researchers arrive at solutions? How big is the demand for operations researchers? Who hires operations researchers? What's the career outlook for operations researchers? What kinds of opportunities for advancement are there? What sorts of skills do operations researchers need? Where can you get the preparation you need? How can students interested in operations research find out more? What's it like to work in operations research? Meet Some People who work in OR/MS Thomas Cook Elise delRosario Arthur Geoffrion Patrick Harker Mark Lembersky Amir Sadrian See many others at our Profiles in OR/MS series.

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