6 Conversation Starters About Recruiting for Your Next Executive Meeting July 4, 2022 By Mary Newgard Now that we’re halfway through the year, I assume a big planning session is on the horizon. I want to...
7 Questions Job Seekers Ask About Remote Jobs June 6, 2022 By Mary Newgard For a long time, the burden to prove the concept of work-from-home fell on the job seeker with much of...
What It Takes to Hire Insurance Talent in Today’s Job Market May 2, 2022 By Mary Newgard Dear Mary, Your team is in the thick of recruiting every day, not only for our open roles but for...
10 Questions to Ask When Conducting a Reference Check April 4, 2022 By Mary Newgard An efficient process is essential to successful recruiting in today’s job market. Any part of your process that creates delays...
Retained Searches: Three Things to Know Before Engaging with a Recruiter March 7, 2022 By Mary Newgard In 2022 every insurance organization will have unusual, set apart or outside the norm hiring projects. Think about retained searches...
3 Modern Hiring Practices to Attract Top Talent January 24, 2022 By Mary Newgard It’s a candidate-driven job market, and as a result, job seekers are changing the way the hiring process works. Evolution...
12 Hiring and Recruiting Ideas for Insurance Organizations December 20, 2021 By Mary Newgard For my last column of 2021 I’m mixing seasonal flavor (cue the 12 Days of Christmas song) with the idea...
Are Job Boards the Best Way to Find Insurance Talent? November 15, 2021 By Mary Newgard Have you ever heard someone in your company say, “Let’s just cast a wide net to find candidates.” If so,...
Pay Compression Creates Challenges for Agencies Hiring Client Service Talent October 18, 2021 By Mary Newgard Dear Mary: Our agency is a regional, independent, privately held broker in the Midwest that has been in business for...
Building An Executive Search Strategy with These 10 Questions September 20, 2021 By Mary Newgard Nearly 400,000 employees are expected to retire from the insurance industry workforce within the next few years, according to a...