How and Where to Start When an Agency Leader Retires March 4, 2019 By Mary Newgard Q: Our executive team wants to start the recruiting process for a chief operating officer. The current leader is within...
Agencies Promote Soft Benefits to Gain A Distinct Recruiting Advantage February 4, 2019 By Mary Newgard It’s Part of Who We Are “When I first brought up some of these new ideas you would have thought...
3 Female Agency Leaders on Opportunities in Insurance January 7, 2019 By Mary Newgard I was so intrigued by McKinsey & Company’s “Women in the Workplace 2018” study that I decided to flip the...
The Insurance Recruiter: Q&A December 3, 2018 By Mary Newgard Q:I’m keenly aware of the talent shortage in our area. As vice president of benefit operations, our agency not only...
Where’s Waldo? Enticing Experienced Producers to Your Agency November 5, 2018 By Mary Newgard Getting a picture of who that person is? I’ll never forget that interview experience. In a time such as this,...
Q&A November 5, 2018 By Mary Newgard Q:My agency’s 2019 producer recruiting plans are under way and one thing is clear. We are definitely going to make...
Hiring Stereotypes That Hurt Insurance Agencies October 1, 2018 By Mary Newgard Agency Hiring Stereotypes: True or False Agencies don’t downsize their best account managers. False: Here’s a great example of what...
It Took an Agency How Long to Hire a Commercial Lines Manager? September 3, 2018 By Mary Newgard The old saying, “Our agency is constantly recruiting,” used to make firms sound very progressive. That barely cuts the mustard...
‘A Pain Free Process’: Proactive Agency Recruiting August 6, 2018 By Mary Newgard 1 Make Decisions Driven by Data To know where you’re going, you have to know where you’ve been. Historically, how...
4 Ways to Highlight Experience in Resumes July 2, 2018 By Mary Newgard 1. Ooze Expertise. No one knows the insurance industry like you. Your resume is a timeline of when your experience...