Regional Recruiter

Job Description

Overview

The Regional Recruiter supports our General Agents in a specified territory, focusing on the talent acquisition KPI's related to our candidate pipeline for prospective Life Insurance Field Agents.

Core Responsibilities

• Assist in identifying development recruiting strategies that attract quality candidates to the Field Agent role. Quality candidates must meet published recruiting standards, obtain a life and health license and become an Investment Adviser Representative by passing NASAA Series 65 exam within 6 months.
• Partners with General Agents in the development of annual Agency Recruiting Business Plans. These plans will identify the annual agency recruiting goal, open territories, the assigned Assistant General Agent to the territory and the Councils.
• The Regional Recruiter will report to the Sr Director of Talent Acquisition.
• This individual must have, or show the capacity to develop, an excellent understanding of the insurance, financial planning and mutual fund industries.

Essential Competencies

Professionalism/Personal Accountability, Collaboration and Teamwork, Communication, Flexible and Adapts to Change, Service to Customers and Clients

Skill Qualifications

Required:

• Must possess leadership skills, be a strategic thinker and have the ability to recruit and coach sales personnel.
• Good working knowledge of all insurance products.
• Ability to drive recruiting results and exceed annual goal; will need an understanding of the competition's field agent contracts.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to build and maintain strong business relationships with field associates.
• Solid understanding of insurance compliance.
• Enthusiastic team player and self-starter with the ability to work independently and prioritize work in a fast-paced sales environment.
• Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Navigator, SmartOffice, Microsoft Office

Education and Experience Qualifications

Required:

• BS or BA Degree
• 3 years of recruiting in the financial services industry