Career Searching

[THavas]

Hello Fellow HSO Members! I moved to Wright County Minnesota from Pennsylvania in January of 2010. Have been self-employed working as a contractor for a brokerage insurance agency out of PA for 10 years now. While living in PA I acquired many clients in PA, MD and WV. I tried to carry my profession with me to the great state of Minnesota by getting my insurance producer license in hand and taking on a few new companies that are competitive in the state. I have been primarily targeting Medicare beneficiaries and working with cold calling leads that are directed to soon to be new Medicare beneficiaries. Between the government regulations and the CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid) rules…it has made it extremely hard to write business within the guidelines with such a large competitive Medicare advantage market in this state. Our wonderful government does not allow agents to breath a word of these plans to people we cold call (even though these plans may be in their best interest when coming into Medicare price/benefits wise). As much as I love this business, I have started looking for other opportunities here. Stretching the dollars has become thin, and with a baby on the way (pray for it) it’s time to make some moves. Having a Bachelors Degree in Business Management/Marketing and over 10 years of sales/customer service and client management experience, I feel that I have what it takes to seek out other options and become a valuable asset to a company here as an employee. I have been very active on many job boards online, and have had some hits. Mostly all of them are with insurance companies to become an agent. If I go work with another insurance company as a sales agent, this would break my no-compete clause that I have in my current contract with the agency I have been working with. In doing that, I would lose all of the clients the I have attained over the years along with the residual income I get from having them as a client. My monthly residual is substantial enough that breaking my no-compete clause is not worth losing that monthly income.

As an avid fisherman since I could walk, I am reaching out to my fellow fisherman (and women) to keep an eye open and ear wandering if you know of any employment opportunities available. I am always open to suggestions or recommendations. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to private message me .

Thanks to you all in advance. Following a lot of threads on here has kept me grounded in the fishing world (and introduced into the ice fishing world).

Tom

[upnorth]

Good luck in your job search. With your credentials it shouldn't be too bad finding a job. Most the time if you are willing show up and actually do some work, someone will take you up on it.

[Down Deep]

With your credentials and the experience you have with insurance, especially medicare/medicade I would suggest that you look toward the medical industry such as hospital adminstration or management in a hospital Claims Dept.

[THavas]

Thanks upnorth & DownDeep. I have been tossing out applications online like crazy! It's amazing how some of the positions I have applied for I am DEFINITELY qualified for...but have not heard back from the companies (yet). Oh well, wake up in the morning and keep on plugging away. Right?