Any AFLAC Recruiters out there!???!?

Question

I have an upcoming interview for a Regional Recruiting Coordinator position with AFLAC. What should I expect? Would the job give me good experience to learn the world of recruiting? Is it more like a sales position with mass recruiting? What are the challenges in the job and is there a lot of emphasis put on reaching quotas in order to get bonus $?

Answer 1

I am not, nor ever have been affiliated with AFLAC. But my question is this:

How could a company hire someone without experience in recruiting to recruit for them, unless they were going to send you to school for it?

With all the companies that I have had dealings with, you would have to start out as a sales rep, and have an excellent track record in production before you would be promoted to a sales management or recruiting position.

You would have to not only recruit agents, but you would also have to have some product knowledge, and have a working knowledge of company practices. (How could someone recruit if he/she didn't know what they were recruiting for?)

Anyway, you can expect to put in long hours. Any company that I have ever recruited for does not pay bonus on recruiting. Your pay is based on overrides from your recruits personal production, and maybe a salary.

This will be your first interview. If the interviewer likes what he/she sees in your potential, there will be another interview, a little more indepth. If that one goes well there may be another. These are different stages in the interviewing process.

A couple of reasons for all the interviews is to get to know you, and to find out how serious you are in desiring the position.

After you are hired, and get your training, you will probably be mass mailing recruiting pieces to a list of licensed agents. Also, by asking current agents for names of people they would recommend, you could increase your base of prospects.

You might put a recruiting ad in the newspaper, requesting resumes from people who would be interested in a career. Or, you could set up a seminar, and have potential recruits come in to the presentation.

The challenges of the job would be in the screening process. Most companies require a Profile Quiz to be taken, to determine the applicant's likelyhood of success. You see, most people are not cut out for the insurance business. Only (estimated) 1 out of 10 who are eventially hired will be in the business 5 years or longer. But you will go through maybe forty, fifty, or maybe even a hundred suspects to get those 10.

To be a successful insurance agent, it takes a lot of work in prospecting. Prospecting, and keeping the "funnel" full, is the lifeblood of an agent's success. If an agent doesn't have a prospect, he /she is effectively "out of work".

The same holds true for a recruiter. If you don't have potential recruits to see, until you have some, you are effectively "out of work".

Good luck!

Answer 2

Gee - James got up on the wrong side of the bed!

Call your local AFLAC agency (in the yellow pages under Insurance) and ask.

They're always looking...will send you to classes for Insurance licensing and train you - all at their expense AND give you a paycheck while you're training!

Their training process is very comprehensive and they will teach you all you need to know about their products and selling techniques. A fresh new recruit can learn alot & take off alot quicker than someone "set in their ways!" from selling other products from other companies!

I've had several friends start with AFLAC and are very happy!

It's a gamble for them AND you - because after you're trained you're commission ONLY.

Good luck. I hope you find what you're looking for.

It's a good beginning for any insurance agent - and once you get your customer base - you can go out on your own (be a broker)