Three Steps to Improve Your Hiring Process April 19, 2021 By Mary Newgard In January, my spouse and I made a spur of the moment decision to sell our house. It was exciting...
4 Progressive Jobs Insurance Agencies Will Hire in 2021 March 22, 2021 By Mary Newgard When it comes to insurance agency hiring, producers and account managers are a broken record. Yes, your agency still needs...
How Your Diversity & Inclusion Plan Can Positively Impact Recruiting February 22, 2021 By Mary Newgard Here are the top two statements insurance agencies said to me in 2020: “We need to find top talent.” “I...
Dear Insurance Agency: Never Say This to a Potential Producer During An Interview January 25, 2021 By Mary Newgard There are a lot of moving parts to hiring a producer like timing and money. Where I see insurance agencies...
8 Things Candidates Love (or Hate) About Job Offers December 21, 2020 By Mary Newgard July’s Ask the Insurance Recruiter column, “10 Ways to Impress Candidates During Interviews,” turned out to be my most popular...
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...