May 13, 2016
Employee resumes are very likely to contain misrepresentations and candidates’ job histories and education backgrounds aren’t what they seem, according to a survey of recruitment and human resource professionals. According to a survey by global background check firm HireRight, 88 …
March 30, 2016
While all middle market businesses across the world have concerns about cyber risk, few of these firms view it as their biggest exposure, according to a global survey* of 68 leading independent insurance brokers, which gauged the concerns of their …
September 23, 2015
International profile, excellent resume and broad-ranging skills are the qualities of the 20 young adults chosen by Generali for the first “Generali Global Graduate Program,” an international program aimed at employing talented individuals to develop within the group and project …
September 17, 2012
As high unemployment persists and the global economic recovery remains halting and uneven, the “resume tsunami” appears to have been reduced to a “resume riptide.” According to Deloitte’s latest global talent survey, Talent 2020, four out of five (80 percent) …
April 19, 2012
As in every other business sector, during the past few years organizations within the property/casualty insurance industry have sought to maximize efficiencies and take full advantage of the talent in their existing workforce. But it’s not like they haven’t been …
April 19, 2012
Across the nation, employment levels in insurance agencies and brokerages declined at a faster rate than the overall U.S. employment level since the recession began in 2007. The good news: Some independent agencies across Texas say hiring in agencies is …
April 18, 2012
Those interested in new or better positions in insurance might want to grab their suntan lotion and head to the Southeast. They might also want to brush up on their Spanish. The unemployment rate remains higher in key Southeast states …
April 17, 2012
The phrase “Go west young man,” may not apply so well to the insurance industry in the nation’s most populous state. An examination of Bureau of Labor Statistics and Economic Development Department data for California shows hiring for the insurance …
April 16, 2012
Looking for work can be an exhausting, soul-draining endeavor during the best of economic times. It goes without saying that job searching is considerably more challenging these days, when the U.S. unemployment rate is still hovering above eight percent, with …
April 16, 2012
The insurance employment market in the East and Northeast regions — as in most other parts of the country — can be summed up the following way: hiring is “slightly elevated” compared to last year, but there is still a …