Angry and Frustrated!!

[jdeasy]

There have been those that claim insurance companies will hire anybody that can fog a mirror. However, your post proves that not to be the case. Insurance companies are much more selective than whatever school system employed you and you couldn't even hack it there.

Don't waste your time and money completing the interviews because you will never make it as an agent. You do not have the intelligence to be successful in sales. Only a dimwit would come to a forum made up of insurance agents and call what they do a, "silly 100% commission job".

You say "I have sent out close to 500 resumes. Many of the employers that respond to me are 100% "flakey" commission jobs." What do expect when you aren't even motivated enough to at least research a company enough to know what their needs are before you send them your resume? Face it, no matter how high your opinion is of yourself, the world is not sitting there breathlessly just waiting for you to come to the rescue.

I hate to tell you this but people who deliver pizzas, do telemarketing and work as bellhops are so far above you that it isn't even funny. Instead of sitting around whining and acting as the are entitled, they provide a much needed service and most of them do it with enthusiasm and a smile.

Insurance companies may not hire anyone that can fog a mirror but FMO/IMO's will. He is just trying to get into this business through the wrong channel.

i would be willing to bet that some marketers have already sent him private messages thru this site with offers.

 

[rousemark]

Insurance companies may not hire anyone that can fog a mirror but FMO/IMO's will. He is just trying to get into this business through the wrong channel.

i would be willing to bet that some marketers have already sent him private messages thru this site with offers.

Hope they enjoy wasting their time and effort.

 

[csyjnapapa]

Remember sales can be the easiest low paying job or the tuffest high paying job. That's why it is called. You are entitled to nothing.

 

[BNTRS]

Remember sales can be the easiest low paying job or the tuffest high paying job. That's why it is called. You are entitled to nothing.

I think you have that backwards from how it's usually stated.

 

[WinoBlues]

Wino?
One thing that maybe you didn't pick up on is he didn't make it as a teacher, they cut him loose. So your cheap shot at teachers and their union is a bit unfounded.

Just cause you feel a certain way, doesn't make it truthful or fact. It's just your opinion, one that had you read a bit closer, you'd see he couldn't cut it as an educator, which is a hell of a lot harder job than ours.

I may have fire to broad a shot at teachers in general. I know to many tenured burnouts. I am fortunate that my two that are still in school have mostly good teachers. However, their union is a problem in CA.

 

[GAInsuranceGal]

JCrew, I am curious to know:

Would you work harder at a 100% commission job or harder at a salaried job?

 

[TwiLight]

I doubt we will get a 2nd post out of the OP.

People with his "I'm owed a decent job" attitude will get turned off at the truth's in this post and blow us off.

 

[LGilmore]

Wino,

Just remember when you throw those kinda comments out there you fall in the same people who claim "all insurance agents are crooks."

Is that where you want to be?

By the way, if you look you'll find 9 out of the 10 states that don't allow collective bargaining are at the bottom of the pile. Related? maybe maybe not, but Virginia is the only state that doesn't have collective bargainig where kids do well. The rest, well they s uck. Careful what you wish for, ya might get it.

 

[Larry Tew]

I'm not sure where the OP's cynicism and sour attitude is coming from. It usually take several years AFTER entering the business to get that kind of negativity towards the career.

 

[xrac]

I think this could be a sham post to get us all going. However, I will say this. Anyone who studies social science is not in a field that pays a lot of money. If money is what he is about he studied the wrong subject.