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  • 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.

  • Job Postings Are More Important Than Your Corporate Career Site

    • Jan 16, 2020
    • Roger Lear

    In helping many companies with job marketing strategy, one of the best ways to increase applications is to treat each job your posting like its own website. For example, at GreatIsuranceJobs.com, you have the ability to make your job posting stand out by adding pictures, your social media, video, employment brand, and employee testimonials.

  • What You Need to Know About Your Insurance Career in 2020 - The Year of Change

    • Jan 14, 2020
    • Roger Lear

    Over the years, I have spoken with talent managers, human resource professionals, and thousands of insurance workers about their hiring needs and career tracks. For the first time since I have been in the business, I see a lot of change coming to this great industry.

  • Top 3 Interview Questions You Always Answer Wrong... Until Now

    • Dec 13, 2019
    • Roger Lear

    Interviewing is challenging. Interview preparation usually starts by searching for good answers to typical interview questions. This is where many of you make your initial mistake.

  • HELP! How Will You Recruit in the Tightest Talent Market Ever?

    • Dec 9, 2019
    • Roger Lear

    If you have a ton of open jobs and come into work every day praying the right person will walk through the door, this strategy will not work. Here are my top three ideas on how to ramp up your recruiting efforts for 2020.

  • What Artificial Recruiting Products Should Talent Acquisition Consider in 2020?

    • Oct 23, 2019
    • Roger Lear

    I can only imagine the stress you would feel if your company asked you to research, find, and purchase the best artificial intelligence (AI) recruiting product. My goal is to give you three areas in AI talent acquisition that are the things to watch because they may help you get the best talent.

  • Artificial Intelligence Will Affect Your Job Search in 2020

    • Oct 23, 2019
    • Roger Lear

    In the future robot recruiting world, the hope is the job seeker may not even have to worry about optimizing their resume since the robots will “compile” it using all your data points it finds in anything you have ever done on the internet.

  • The Best Job Posting Strategy to Get Great Hires!

    • Sep 19, 2019
    • Roger Lear

    What is the best job posting strategy in 2019? The simple answer is to post on job sites where your qualified audience hangs out. The challenge is to understand what this means.

  • Clickbait Job Titles Rock!

    • Aug 23, 2019
    • Roger Lear

    The job title you select when posting jobs may be more critical than the actual job itself. The infamous “passive candidate” is the person who you should be writing the job titles and descriptions for, to get them to click.

  • How Insuretech Jobs Will Enhance Your Insurance Career - Only if You Embrace Them!

    • Aug 7, 2019
    • Roger Lear

    Two movements are happening in the insurance industry today and both will benefit your career. The aging workforce and insuretech are capturing headlines and both emphasize the changing of the guard in this major industry which employs almost three million people. 

  • How Employers See Your Resume Is the Key to Getting a Great Job

    • Jul 16, 2019
    • Roger Lear

    If you were the employer and had 100 resumes to select from, how would you do it? To understand how your background is evaluated, here are just a few employer “sorting” techniques companies use to decide who gets an interview.

  • What Is New in Recruiting Products? A Trip Around #SHRM19 Expo Hall Tells the Story!

    • Jul 15, 2019
    • Roger Lear

    If you were not one of the 22,000 attendees at the national SHRM conference in Las Vegas last month, don’t worry, I was and I’m very excited to give you the expo hall rundown on the latest recruiting products.

  • Find Great Candidates Other Companies Can’t

    • Jun 20, 2019
    • Roger Lear

    It’s tough out there. Low unemployment, buzzing economy... if you want to find more candidates, it’s time to try these three techniques.

  • Top Three Reasons to Determine If It's Time to Make a Job Change

    • May 20, 2019
    • Roger Lear

    Many are leaving very stable jobs for greener pastures in a red-hot economy. Is this a good idea? Yes. Well, for some, maybe not.

  • The 5 Insurance Companies with the Most Open Jobs

    • Apr 30, 2019
    • Andrew Hernandez

    Sometimes you just want to know where all the jobs are. Here is a list of the top five insurance companies with the most jobs currently available. 

  • Allstate Insurance Creating 1,300 New Jobs with $11 Million Expansion in Irving

    • Apr 29, 2019
    • Andrew Hernandez

    Allstate Insurance Company will invest $11 million to expand their Irving facilities. The expansion is expected to create 1,300 new jobs.