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They are Keeping Forever We surveyed fifty-nine insurance industry talent acquisition leaders for the 2022 Insurance Industry Employment Outlook. The huge takeaway was the admission from these leaders that Covid forced them to make massive recruiting, training, and retaining changes on the fly.
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The 2022 Insurance Industry Employment & Hiring Outlook Survey Reveals Record Hiring Being Offset...
6/9/2022
The pandemic that started in March 2020 forced insurance companies to look at all their current hiring and retention strategies. This survey found that insurance employers are still struggling to figure out how to solve many of the issues created by the pandemic. -
Right now is maybe the best time to get a great job, not just any job. Here are three significant mistakes job seekers make in 2022 and how to fix them. No matter what you do for a living or what level of job you are in, most likely, there is a great job waiting. I can promise you that understand...
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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 hi...
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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.
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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.
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The Great Resignation and Retirement Hits the Insurance Industry - Why This is Great For Your Ins...
1/10/2022
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! -
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?
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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.
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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.
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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 did...
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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,...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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For most people, they have a tough time networking for jobs. It usually goes south because the people you meet cannot directly help you. But you want to convert these people into your personal “job angels”.
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Clickbait Job Titles Rock!
8/23/2019
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.