You can learn more about the field of risk management by reading books about finance, such as Risk Management and Financial Institutions (John Wiley & Sons, 2023) and An Introduction to Derivative Securities, Financial Markets, and Risk Management (World Scientific Publishing Co., 2024). Talk to risk managers about their jobs. Ask your counselor or a business teacher for help setting up an information interview. In such an interview—which can be conducted in-person, on the phone, or through video-conferencing technology—you will get the opportunity to ask risk managers about their job duties, work environment, likes and dislikes about their careers, educational training, and other topics that will help you to learn more about the field. Perhaps you could even job-shadow a risk manager to learn even more about the field.
Once you enter college, join risk management or business clubs. Consider competing in the Spencer Educational Foundation Risk Management Challenge (https://www.spencered.org/risk-management-challenge), a seven-month-long competition for college students in the U.S. and other countries that will help you to develop your risk management skills. Participants receive a case study and must develop a comprehensive risk management program to address the issue.