Approaches recruiting/hiring of new insurance agents the same way they approach getting sales. Blind side the target until its too late to back out. Admittedly, when I accepted the position I was in desperate need of a job and was willing to take anything. As soon as I accepted the offer, I was $150 in the hole due to the licencing fee and school cost.
On job boards they market several positions they have open: marketing, management, hr, pr, etc. However they are all the same position. 100% commission based sales. During my 3 months there, I sold insurance, called resumes, interviewed new applicants, among other things, with little to no training in most aspects.
Management expects you to devote 12+ hours a day, 9 am to 9pm +, without compensation for the first 2+ months.
Most of your "leads" that they promise you have no idea what your company is and why you are contacting them. Makes for very uncomfortable and problematic situations, especially when having to lie to get into their homes to even be able to pitch life insurance, which most people are not interested in anyways.
Aspects of a pyramid scheme. Management promises independence and the ability to make your own hours during the interview, however once you are out in the field, their ultra-micromanagement rears its head and they continuously give you grief, because if you are not making money, they are not making money.
