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Hiring & Developing Talent Tools

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IIABW has made it a top priority to help member agencies recruit, hire and develop new employees. We have a task force creating tools and programs to help agencies with this challenging task. Here are some resources around the industry you may find useful.
 

IIABA, our national association, has created https://www.bigihires.com which provides:

  • online recruiting platform packages
  • Hiring Toolkits made available to all members nationwide per an agreement Big “I" New York,
  • links to the Caliper assessments, and more. 
 
Hiring
o   Caliper (IIABW members get $50 off profiles)
o   InVEST has a free personality profiles
o   Profile XT provides testing for insurance knowledge and skills
 
 
Recruiting Candidates
  •  Job Fairs
  •  Websites for posting jobs
o   Local newspaper
o   Monster.comIndeed.comI
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  • The State of Washington’s WorkSource On-The-Job Training Program partially reimburse for wages.
  • www.InsureMyPath.org – educates students and young professionals about careers in the insurance industry
  • InVEST Career Center has articles on reaching out to young people
  • Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers educates, trains and creates meaningful employement opportunities within the insurance industry for disabled veterans
 
Training 
  • The Institutes training examples CPCU, AAI, AIS, ARM, API, ACSR
  •  Kaplan University has 45 online insurance courses on personal lines, commercial lines, claims and P & C basics.
  •  InVEST Career Center has a free Job Shadow Guide and Internship Guide
  •  Liberty Mutual offers a new producer training program and a CSR training program and are in the process of rolling out their Masters Series training program.
  • Jack  Fries sells a CSR Manual which informs agencies how to hire, train and retain CSRs.
  • Marsh Berry offers sales management, producer recruiting and producer training.
  • Big I training resources:
§  New Agency Employee Orientation
§  Delivering Quality Service
§  Personal Lines Coverage Basics
§  Commercial Lines Coverage Basics
o   P & C Producer License Preparation Programs – both classroom & self-study
o   Online Courses through CEU.com  - 35% discount for IIABW members
§  Technical Insurance topics
§  E&O Loss Control
§  The Ultimate Account Manager Program
§  Recruiting & Developing Young Producers
§  CSR Essentials Package with seminars on Time Management, Relationship Management and Verbal Communication Skills
o   IIABA Live & Recorded Webinars
o   Young Agents Conference in June 6-7, 2019 at the Enzian Inn in Leavenworth
o   Joint Annual Conference in September 19-20, 2019 at the Coeur d'Alene Resort
 
·         The National Alliance CIC, CRM designations, Dynamics of Selling, Producer School
·         IIABA Virtual University
o   Extensive library of articles in coverages, sales, agency management and technology
o   VU Point Newsletter
 
 
 
 
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