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  • Three LinkedIn Profile Changes Job Seekers MUST Make in a Post Covid 2022

    • Mar 10, 2022
    • Roger Lear

    Like all social media, those who stand out (which means they have optimized profiles) are the ones that usually get the interviews. Also, never forget that 90% of all recruiters (companies and third-party recruiters) search LinkedIn every day looking for your optimized profile. In a post covid hiring world, it is time to tweak your profile. Here is what you need to know.

  • Video Interviews are Here to Stay- 2022 Tips You Need to Know That Will Get You the Job!

    • Feb 8, 2022
    • Roger Lear

    For 2022 and beyond, it is time to take video interviewing seriously since employers will expect minimal hiccups. The honeymoon with video interview technology is over, and employers will be expecting excellence. Here is what you need to know.

  • Insurance Careers Month Edition- New Ways to Recruit Outstanding, New Insurance Talent

    • Feb 8, 2022
    • Roger Lear

    The challenge to find great new insurance talent marches on, and during Insurance Career Month, your company can gain a competitive edge learning from many experts.

  • The Great Resignation and Retirement Hits the Insurance Industry - Why This is Great For Your Insurance Career!

    • Jan 10, 2022
    • Roger Lear

    The great resignation and retirements in the insurance industry are opening up significant opportunities. Companies are ready to hire motivated, trainable and people in the long run. If your job or company isn't meeting your career demands, you will never find a better time to make a change!

  • Resignations and Retirements in the Insurance Industry

    • Dec 13, 2021
    • Roger Lear

    News Flash: There gap between the number of jobs open and the number of people looking for jobs is at a 20 year high. On top of that, those currently working are quitting their jobs at a record pace (4.5 million people quit in September-BLS). Of all the people hired in 2021, 75% of hires have been men. Help wanted signs are rampant. Needless to say, if you’re an insurance employer looking to hire, it’s like trying to solve a rubrics cube. Here's how to solve it!

  • Pump Up Your Insurance Career in this New Era. Here is How!

    • Dec 10, 2021
    • Roger Lear

    In August of this year, 4.3 million people quit their jobs across the country. September saw 4.4 million more people quit their jobs (BLS). The “Great Recession” is a real thing driving employers crazy. If so many jobs are open, how do you use this information to excel your insurance career?

  • Employers-The Great Resignation Gives You a Once in a Lifetime Event To Recruit and Hire Great Employees!

    • Jan 10, 2022

    People want to and need to work, and they will start returning in droves. Here are some recruiting tips to help you find the best employees ever!

  • GreatInsuranceJobs.com Turns 20 Years Old!

    • Jun 8, 2021
    • Roger Lear

    Read more about the last 20 years GreatInsuranceJobs.com has been in business. We're so grateful for all of the support!

  • Hiring: Loss Control Contractor - Georgia

    • Nov 20, 2020

    TranStar Technical Services is a dynamic, growing company with 25+ years of experience in commercial loss control and a family owned business. 

  • Video Interviews Are Here to Stay - This Is How You Knock It Out of the Park and Get the Job!

    • Aug 31, 2020
    • Roger Lear

    Q: I am happy to get the interview, but with COVID-19 keeping everyone at home, this insurance company has scheduled a video interview. Can you give me advice on how to excel during this interview?

  • GreatInsuranceJobs.com Virtual Insurance Claims Career Fair Featuring Over 35 Insurance Employers Hiring During COVID-19

    • Aug 5, 2020

    GreatInsuranceJobs.com's annual virtual claims career is live for the entire month of August 2020 and features over thirty-five insurance employers.

  • Your Insurance Industry Job Search During COVID-19- Everything You Need to Know to Get a Great Job!

    • Jun 17, 2020

    The insurance industry is resilient. We don’t need to tell you about COVID-19 and how it is destroying small businesses and putting over 20 million people out of work. While the insurance industry has not lost many jobs (see our COVID-19 hiring survey), the unemployment rate is usually 1.8% has increased to 3%.

  • Insurance Industry Survey Finds Hiring During COVID-19 but Human Resource Professionals Unsure of the Future Normal

    • Apr 29, 2020

    GreatInsuranceJobs.com today released its survey to find out how COVID-19 is affecting current hiring trends in the insurance industry.

  • GreatInsuranceJobs.com Virtual Job Fair for Employers Who are Hiring During COVID-19 (Coronavirus) April 20th-May 22nd

    • Apr 20, 2020

    The main goal of this virtual event is to feature insurance industry employers who are hiring during the COVID-19 worldwide crisis.

  • Great Ways To Use Facebook for Employer Branding

    • Mar 19, 2020
    • Roger Lear

    If you are not using Facebook to help build your employment brand, you are missing out on attracting potential hires to your organization. Employers use Facebook to put themselves out there to the masses (or targeted) audiences to find that elusive "passive" candidate that everyone desires.

  • Help for Your Job Search During Coronavirus (COVID-19) Uncertainty -Important

    • Mar 16, 2020
    • Roger Lear

    If you are in the middle of a job search and really need to work, the COVID-19 is going to disrupt this already stressful process.

  • Telephone Interviews Matter for One Reason... Getting the Face to Face Interview

    • Feb 25, 2020
    • Roger Lear

    I am in the middle of interviewing candidates for a sales account manager. Like many companies (all sizes), it is very reasonable for the recruiter or human resource professional to call a potential candidate and do an initial phone interview. Seven out of ten phone interviews I had this week didn't go well, and this has inspired me to write this article.  

  • Hmmm... Not so Fast With A.I. Video Interviewing Maybe

    • Feb 20, 2020
    • Roger Lear

    Anything that potentially disrupts the recruiting process will certainly go through all kinds of scrutiny, especially if it is going to eliminate humans. The bottom line with most of the concerns questions whether any artificial intelligence or machine learning is "learning" and acting on the biases already present in a company's recruiting process.

  • Jobs in the Insurance Industry Are Pretty Damn Cool

    • Feb 4, 2020
    • Roger Lear

    One of my favorite things to do is speak to college students about how to find a great job, not just any job, once they graduate. The challenge for so many students is simple; they don't know what they don't know.