We often hear from IIAW members about the need for qualified help in their agencies. Combine that with the loss of the agency workforce as more Baby Boomers reach retirement age and there is a real concern among independent agencies about finding and hiring staff. But, help may be closer than you think.
If your agency is looking to host an intern or has a full-time job opening suitable for a recent graduate, let us know! We can help you promote these opportunities to students. Help us, help you, recruit bright, talented students to careers in independent agencies!
Agency Internships Help us, help you, recruit bright, talented students to careers in independent agencies! A great way to bring more young people into the independent insurance industry is to provide internship opportunities in your agency. Not only does it give your agency some additional help for a few months, but it promotes the awesome career advantages that working as an independent agent offers. It’s also a great opportunity to get these top-notch students “in the door” before someone else does and take a risk-free look at a potential future employee.
Attend a career fair and meet students at one of Wisconsin’s in-state universities.
Attend a career fair or get involved at a Wisconsin 2 or 4 year college to promote the insurance industry and showcase your internship. Many universities also have job boards exclusive to students at that college. Lastly, contacting academic and career advisors about your internship is another great way to get your opening infront of up-and-coming insurance professionals.
Hosting an intern is made simple with the Agent’s Guide for Internships.
This guide walks you step by step through a 10 week summer internship so that you can provide a learning experience that is beneficial to both the student and your agency. The guide can be customized for your specific agency but it takes all of the guesswork out of what projects, responsibilities and training should be part of the internship. Included are sample interview forms and evaluations, orientation schedules, intern assignments and more.
Creating a Talent Pipeline When you partner with Invest, you are helping to develop the next generation of insurance recruits as well as insurance consumers. Invest provides numerous resources at no cost to teach insurance and career fundamentals in high schools and community colleges across the nation.
Opportunities are available throughout the nation for you to volunteer in the classroom. You are able to share your experience, explain the importance of insurance protection and give insight to an insurance workday. Through Invest, the insurance industry is poised to attract the best and brightest talent.
Invest connects insurance professionals with teachers as part of a unique insurance and business curriculum for students. Volunteers visit the classroom to teach students about insurance and share their real-life experiences and passion for their exciting and rewarding career. The commitment level of a volunteer is determined by you and the teacher. You may speak once a semester to students in the classroom, work with the teacher to help plan the schedule or host a job shadow day. By volunteering in the classroom, you have an opportunity to gain highly qualified employees.
Invest supplies volunteers with the tools needed to:
Donate to Invest with funds being used in the classroom or for scholarships
Gain highly qualified employees - Invest graduates
Find a school near you or contact Invest to develop a new program. If you do not see an existing program near you, we can work together to start one at a local school. LEARN MORE
