What is it with insurance companies??
 

As some of you know, I got laid off from my job of 10 years, in an industry that I have been in for 22 years(medical device MFG.) last week. Posted my resume EVERYWHERE. This is the third insurance company to contact me for what looks like a sales job. I have never done sales, unless you count the auto parts counter many years ago. Most of them are one's I never heard of, but this one is Aflac, I am actually considering following up on this one.

Hi Richard,

Regional Sales Coordinator for Aflac™, Joshua Buzzard, reviewed your resume and asked me to contact you to set up a time to meet about an open position with our company.

This would be the first of two interviews in our hiring process. At this meeting, Joshua will go over details of the position; including our business model, leads, compensation, training and requirements. Please contact me via email or phone to schedule your interview.

Thank you,


Rachelle Turner | Regional Administrator | FL-S/VI
American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus (AFLAC)
Tel: 561.536.0720 | Fax: 561.536.0721
1375 Gateway Blvd, Boynton Beach, FL 33426
[email protected]

It is a funnel approach, hire as many as possible and keep the best of those that make it after a few months. You will need to get an insurance license at your own expense (weekend class, probably $700 total costs) and you will make minimum wage while you train then your commissions will get reduced for the minimum wages previously paid as a draw.

By hiring people from way different backgrounds they reach new clients ( aka your friends, neighbors, family).... Even a terrible salesman can sell to friends/family. They get the sale, you wash out of the industry and they still collect a revenue stream off the policies you sold.

Kinda what I figured

Huge turnover with AFLAC. Lots of people thinking they can sell to everyone after selling to family and friends.Then the well runs dry.
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Yup
I get those all the time, I don't even bother.

I feel for you, I also feel there is a problem being experienced and older.

My buddy took a position with Aflac - they set the newbies up for failure by letting them sell the impossible products like supplemental insurances.

Best of luck in your search, but I'd approach with caution....

Best of luck!! If you're over the age of 30 it's going to be tough sledding. Nobody wants to hire older people for any substantial amount of $$$.

One more thing, posting your resume IMO is asking for trouble is this day & age. The horror stories from people having identity theft to address stalking, to being subjected to massive data mining operations.

Best of luck, it's a jungle out there.

I work in IT and was job search a little over a year ago and got a few calls from some Insurance Companies as well. They left me a breif message that gave me the impression they were looking to fill an IT possition. So I called back only to find out it was for a sales position..... I was pissed off, and I let the a-hole on the other end know it......... Good Luck with your search, been there done that....

problem a lot of companies dont do anything but online recruiting. the government, major corporations etc. Go in and ask if they are hiring and theyll tell you to apply online. Getting a job is tough today, without doing it online good luck

So anyone with any form of advanced education only has their 20's to get employed and then their career opportunities are over ? I doubt that.

No I think you mis-read it......no one wants to hire you and PAY you for your experience! :angry-smiley-038:

Yup. A lot of companies want young, cheap labor that they can "Mold" into a position. I had a hell of a time finding an IT job that would come close to my previous rate, even though I have certifications and experience... Most jobs I found wanted to hire in at 1/2 of what I was previously making. I actually got lucky and forund a new job that is paying me more than my previous job. But it took my previous boss, to hire me in at a new company.... (my boss was laid off at the same time as me a few years back. He got in at a competing company, then when an opening opened up he gave me a call... I fear, had this not happened I would either still be looking for a job, or have taken a position at a greatly reduced wage)

It would be a hell of a commute, but Arthrex is supposed to be hiring over here. They make medical devices, etc..

RC,
Sorry to hear about your lay off, have you tried up here near Orlando? They have the Lake Nona Medical Complex that is opening up with all kinds of medical industry there?
Best of luck to you, and keep plugging, you'll get there!

Thanks all,

Those that mentioned Arthrex(clean your PM box DON:lolhit:), I am aware of them, I actually do some consulting work for them and one of their contract manufacturers, and a family member of mine is one of their main suppliers. Unfortunately a move to the west coast of FL is out of the question for me now due to my wifes job, and still being a bit upside down in my house. In the past 24 hours I have made some good progress, and have a few promising leads, unforunately good companies take their time, and I was looking to roll right back to work after a few weeks vacation, that way I can use my severence pay towards a new toy, or at least some upgrades to the Pantera:daz:

Pretty much how it works, you almost have to know someone, not always but most of the time.