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  • The 2022 Insurance Industry Employment & Hiring Outlook Survey Reveals Record Hiring Being Offset By Multiple Post-Covid Hiring Issues Leaving Many Jobs Unfilled

    • Jun 9, 2022
    • Roger Lear

    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. 

  • 11 Million Open Jobs and You're Not Getting Interviews? Here is Why & How to Fix It!

    • Apr 18, 2022
    • Roger Lear

    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 understanding these three things that prevent you from getting a great job will yield more interviews and, ultimately, a great job.

  • 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!

  • 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?

  • 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.  

  • 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.

  • 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 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.