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Consideration for the Video Interview
As experienced recruiters for the insurance industry, it is our job to be effective and energetic communicators. The current state of the world has definitely put those skills to the test. But if we’ve learned anything from this industry, it’s that conditions are always changing and rarely ideal. When circumstances shift, it requires adapting your…
Read MoreKeeping Productive when Working From Home
With so many workers moving to a home office to help curb the COVID-19 pandemic, it can be easy to lose focus. To help you stay at the top of your game, we’ve compiled some tips for being productive when working at home. Stick with your routines—Obviously, some routines will change. But try to keep…
Read MoreFinding the Needle: Recruiting Success During Times of Scarcity
As we sit here watching events unfold across the country and around the world, it is at times hard to believe a lot of this is even happening. March Madness is canceled, the NBA has suspended its season indefinitely and, the strangest one of all, there is a toilet paper shortage. How is this even…
Read MoreRisk Assessment: Preparing for the Monsters You Know
Risk assessment is all about preparing for the threats that you know, the ones you have the information on to make those life-saving and financially responsible decisions that will ultimately and probably benefit you or your business in the long run. It’s really the short term—the new stuff—that pops up that we have trouble responding…
Read MoreFinding a Recruiter Worth Your Trust
When we sit down and think about the chances we never took, why did we never take them? What was stopping us from stepping forward, trying to do something more, something different with our lives? The simple answer few folks want to admit is that we were, like every single person on this planet at…
Read MoreHear Them Out: A Recruiter Can Enhance Your Career
Recruiters look for passive, but highly qualified candidates to fill a variety of positions with their clients. Passive means the candidate is already employed in a similar industry and probably isn’t looking to change positions. The real question is why would recruiters look for passive candidates? Recruiters are always looking for the best talent and…
Read MoreKeep Being Amazing
Last week, we talked about the insurance industry offering lifetime careers with limitless opportunities to grow and expand ones’ career. I truly believe that is the case and can testify that I have personally helped hundreds of candidates enhance their careers and the lives of their families in this very industry. We recently posed a…
Read MoreWhat I Want to Be When I Grow Up
Were you ever asked as a child what you wanted to be when you grew up? The answers may have ranged from a doctor, nurse or major league ballplayer to a teacher, ballerina or astronaut. But did any of you proudly say, “I want to be in the insurance industry”? It’s not too likely. But…
Read MoreHow to form a relationship with your recruiter
Hiring quality employees is essential to the growth of your organization, and hiring now is harder than ever. Unemployment in the insurance industry sits at just 1.7 percent meaning there aren’t as many people looking for jobs in the field as in the past. At the same time, the industry is facing one of the…
Read MoreAssessing Soft Skills
As we discussed last week, soft skills are crucial when finding the best candidate for your insurance business. Ninety-two percent of talent professionals believe soft skills are just as important if not more than the technical skills needed for the job. At The James Allen Companies, we believe both are essential, but soft skills can…
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