Somewhat off topic but is there really that much of a shortage of people to sell insurance? Or is it some type of scam?
High turnover.
All sales positions are hard, quota driven jobs. I could get one tomorrow, but the economy is too poor for such a position to be viable without putting in 90 hr weeks at it. Usually they are 100% commission as well.
Thanks for the info, it is an area I know nothing about.
It always boggles my mind to hear about jobs that are both in high demand AND have high turnover. You would think market forces would even things out but I know the real world doesn’t work like that.
Many of these insurance “jobs” are offers to sell you lists of leads. You might have to have a license before they’ll sell you the lists, so if you already were working as an agent they might be worth your while to supplement your practice. But if you’re not in the field, they’re scams.
I’m currently trying to find a programming job, and am on a number of job sites. I’ve learned the hard way that if there’s no specific information in the email, it’s almost always a marketing/sales job. I’ve gotten emails saying things like “I came across your resume and have a position I thought you’d be a good match for. Please contact me for an interview.” Then the job turns out to be selling insurance to old people. Um, all of my experience is professional programming. On mainframe computers. What, exactly, about that screamed “selling insurance” to you?
If you don’t get a company name, job description, or any relevant information, just ignore it.
This has been my experience too. If they’re not being forthcoming about the basics of what the job is, there’s something wrong with it. It might be that it’s a sales job that you have no qualifications for and no interest in; though I’ve also had recruiters get all weird on me because what was wrong with the job was the boss. This happened with an agency I’ve worked with for years – they were awfully vague about a bunch of things with the job, and described the supervisor in the most bland terms ever. The reason for this was that said supervisor was SO PSYCHOTICALLY EVIL (and unprofessional, which kinda goes without saying) that they couldn’t keep anyone in that job. One girl was brought in to assist me, and she left without a word at lunch and didn’t come back. I think I stuck it out the longest and I was only there for three months, looking for something else the entire time, and ultimately “declined to renew the contract” at the end even without having anything else to move to, because she was just. that. evil. (She used me as a scapegoat to another manager for something she forgot to do, claiming that she’d given it to me – she hadn’t – weeks ago and didn’t know why it wasn’t done yet whine whine. I very politely told her, privately, that she had done no such thing, and she told me it didn’t matter [uh, you just made me look like a lazy unprofessional slob to another manager] and just do it now. I took about 10 minutes to breathe so I could stop shaking with anger, went to the lobby, and called the agency to tell them I was done.)
The only reason I still work with that agency is because I’ve worked with them for years (almost 10, at this point) and that’s the only time they really did me wrong. The recruiters were 1> completely unsurprised at my call and 2> completely understanding, so I think we’re on the same page as to what I’ll put up with for a paycheck, now. They don’t usually get psychos, anyway.
I’ve had a lot of experience with temp agencies, and even if they won’t tell you the company (they won’t), they will be very forthcoming with every other detail. I agree with everyone else; this is either marketing/sales, a scam, or a recruiter looking to fill out a database.
On the other hand, I had a call from a company that saw my resume on an online site and did have a valid job for me - the call basically went like this:
“Hi, I’m Bonny from Delta Industries. We saw your resume on jobshop.ca, and we have a six-month contract accounts payable job that we would like to interview you for. Would you be interested in coming in for an interview?” Real jobs have real job titles, and people looking to fill them use them freely.