Insurance Recruiters

Guide to Insurance Recruiters

Use insurance industry headhunters to find the perfect job candidate
By Shannon Tani

Recruiting services for the insurance industry are an excellent resource for business owners who need to fill positions on short notice. Insurance recruiters often send you several qualified candidates to choose from.

While you may have to spend some money to work with insurance headhunters, it's often worth it in the end due to the amount of time you save. A good insurance recruiter understands your needs and has a knack for matching up job candidates with the right company.

Some of the advantages of using a service when recruiting insurance agents are:

1. You'll save time by not having to weed through all of the resumes. If you posted a job advertisement yourself, you may receive literally hundreds of resumes. Insurance industry headhunters, on the other hand, have already pre-qualified candidates. It's simply a matter of finding the candidate that fits best with your needs.

2. You'll only interview candidates from the insurance recruiting company that meet your criteria.

3. You'll conceal your recruitment needs from your competitors. Insurance recruiters keep your needs and information private so you do not have to worry about your competitors.

Action Steps

The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Use a service for recruiting insurance agents Sit back and let someone else do the work for you. Simply let the insurance recruiting companies know what position you need to fill as well as the qualifications required for the position and they will introduce you to candidates that match your needs.

I recommend:  Contact Jacobson Associates for your insurance recruiting needs. They offer many locations around the United States. The Kaufman Agency is another good choice, with over 10 years of experience in insurance recruiting.

Hire Insurance headhunters to recruit at the executive level It is particularly helpful to use executive recruiting for the insurance industry when you have upper level positions to fill. Your executive staff is important to the success of your business and a recruiter will help you find the right person.

I recommend:  Reaction Search International has a long tradition of placing executives in the insurance industry. Kaye/Bassman Executive Recruiting & Search also matches insurance executives with the companies that need their services.

Post on industry-specific job boards instead of using insurance recruiters Recruiting services for the insurance industry are great, but some companies cannot afford them. When you post on an industry-specific job site, you are more likely to receive applications from those only interested in insurance industry jobs. This will be much less than if you posted on a catchall job board such as Monster.

I recommend:  Sign up for GreatInsuranceJobs.com in order to post an available job position. You can also post your position on UltimateInsuranceJobs.com. Both of these sites allow job seekers to upload their resumes, so you can easily browse potential candidates.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• Make sure you understand how you will pay for the company that you choose. Some insurance industry headhunters require a monthly fee while others require you to pay them a certain percentage of the employee's salary once you find a good match.