Two Recruiting Tools Every Insurance Agency Needs November 16, 2020 By Mary Newgard “Our agency just hired two junior recruiters. I need a lot of resources to overcome their inexperience. LinkedIn has been...
3 Indicators Your 2021 Talent Strategy Will Be Successful October 19, 2020 By Mary Newgard How do you measure recruiting success? If it is exclusively based on filling job openings, then you are doing a...
Time to Rethink Your Account Manager Recruiting Strategies September 21, 2020 By Mary Newgard Year after year I have found that insurance agencies spend 60% of their recruiting activity on account management hires. This...
COVID-19 Gives Agencies Time to Evaluate Hiring Methods August 24, 2020 By Mary Newgard The original title for this article was “Post-COVID Recruiting” but I don’t know what “post” means anymore. It seems we’ve...
10 Ways to Impress Candidates During Interviews July 20, 2020 By Mary Newgard Recruiting is sales. If you’re excited about a candidate and want to do everything possible to reel them in, then...
Producer Recruiting and Retention Is the Same Issue for Agencies June 15, 2020 By Mary Newgard Why? This is the entire question for agencies when it comes to producer recruiting. Well, maybe not. Here are the...
Your Template to Write an Awesome Insurance Job Advertisement May 18, 2020 By Mary Newgard A job description is the most important step to launch your recruiting project because: It’s the advertising piece that generates...
How To Stretch Your Recruiting Budget During & After COVID-19 April 20, 2020 By Mary Newgard COVID-19’s lasting effect on hiring will force insurance organizations to make difficult staffing decisions. It isn’t the norm for me...
3-Part Hiring Plan During COVID-19 April 6, 2020 By Mary Newgard My recruiting career began 18 months before The Great Recession, so to say I’m seeing similarities between then and the...
5 Lies Insurance Agencies Believe About Recruiting March 23, 2020 By Mary Newgard As you read this list, I want you to think: Are these lies present in my firm? Am I part...