insurancerook
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I posted a reply in the becoming a state farm agent i need help on my decision and no one replied. So in this thread I will re write it and hope to get some answers.
ok so here is the my situation guys i hope you can help. I am a college student 20 years old graduating next march/apr. Recently I have been going on various interviews to see where my career lies. I do not have kids nor a wife. Single and living at home looking for doors to open up. I think going the insurance route will be good for me to start out. Recently I went to a state farm interview and talked to an agent that was going to hire me.
He loved how enthusiastic I was and said I can really do good. Now, he then said I would have to take the P&C, life and health insurance licensing for my state(New Jersey by the way). He said that State Farm pays for it if working full time. So i gave him my availability which is tues thurs fri sat fully flexible. That causes me to not be full time because i have class on Monday including a night class and on Wednesday I get out at 1 or 2:30. So he told me to search schools that would let me do it at the evenings from 6 to 10. I received a call from him the next day giving me a proposition and have me think about it. His proposition was he would bring me in part time paying like12/hr and hire someone full time instead because he really needs someone.
He believes by hiring me part time I can get my feet wet and learn what to do when the time comes. Then he said that by April I have to be licensed and he will let his full time person go and I will take her spot he will let her go because he doesn't think she can grow with the company and although she is licensed she doesn't have half of the potential that i have but in order to do this i will have to be licensed.
Now here is the dilemma the class cost 450 dollars for the P&C if i do the life and health insurance it will be $650 all together. I am a college student and do not have that money to fork out because he can't pay for it because I will be part time not full time. He said if i do pass when he brings me on full time I will be reimbursed. My question to all of you out there that have experience is it worth it? Also I see the P&C life and health licensing as a credential to add to my resume and if my career doesn't work out at state farm I can go elsewhere and be highly marketable in the financial/insurance industries. Is this a good idea will it build my resume and help me for future jobs? I am trying to get my foot in somewhere and he said to me that full time pays 28-30k a year and that is ok for me for someone who doesn't have experience in the real world/corporate field. I am very persuasive and persistent and believe that I have what it takes to make money. Is this something I should do or not and what would be a good idea? Thanks
ok so here is the my situation guys i hope you can help. I am a college student 20 years old graduating next march/apr. Recently I have been going on various interviews to see where my career lies. I do not have kids nor a wife. Single and living at home looking for doors to open up. I think going the insurance route will be good for me to start out. Recently I went to a state farm interview and talked to an agent that was going to hire me.
He loved how enthusiastic I was and said I can really do good. Now, he then said I would have to take the P&C, life and health insurance licensing for my state(New Jersey by the way). He said that State Farm pays for it if working full time. So i gave him my availability which is tues thurs fri sat fully flexible. That causes me to not be full time because i have class on Monday including a night class and on Wednesday I get out at 1 or 2:30. So he told me to search schools that would let me do it at the evenings from 6 to 10. I received a call from him the next day giving me a proposition and have me think about it. His proposition was he would bring me in part time paying like12/hr and hire someone full time instead because he really needs someone.
He believes by hiring me part time I can get my feet wet and learn what to do when the time comes. Then he said that by April I have to be licensed and he will let his full time person go and I will take her spot he will let her go because he doesn't think she can grow with the company and although she is licensed she doesn't have half of the potential that i have but in order to do this i will have to be licensed.
Now here is the dilemma the class cost 450 dollars for the P&C if i do the life and health insurance it will be $650 all together. I am a college student and do not have that money to fork out because he can't pay for it because I will be part time not full time. He said if i do pass when he brings me on full time I will be reimbursed. My question to all of you out there that have experience is it worth it? Also I see the P&C life and health licensing as a credential to add to my resume and if my career doesn't work out at state farm I can go elsewhere and be highly marketable in the financial/insurance industries. Is this a good idea will it build my resume and help me for future jobs? I am trying to get my foot in somewhere and he said to me that full time pays 28-30k a year and that is ok for me for someone who doesn't have experience in the real world/corporate field. I am very persuasive and persistent and believe that I have what it takes to make money. Is this something I should do or not and what would be a good idea? Thanks