It is my pleasure to introduce a guest blogger for this latest post. Alicia Morris is assistant vice president with The Jacobson Group’s health temporary staffing and subject matter experts team. Her insights into the importance of the customer experience are worth a read. Enjoy… Customer experience—it’s a term that is making waves within the ... Three Tips for Improving the Health Insurance Customer Experience
Does your organization have a positive public persona, or does your company’s image fall short? In today’s increasingly competitive labor market, having a strong, public brand is critical to attracting young professionals. In fact, 75 percent of job seekers consider a company’s brand before they even submit an application. Conversely, 72 percent of recruiting leaders ... Make Your Talent Brand Work for You
We’ve heard it all—a slide to travel between floors, encouraging employees to use skates to move around the office and game rooms filled with arcade classics. Faced with an increasingly competitive labor market, businesses are going to extreme lengths to better attract and retain young talent. Your company is only as strong as its employees. ... The Perks Young Professionals Crave
For years, the insurance industry has stood as a virtual island amid a sea of growing technological changes. While innovations and advancements transformed industries from banking, commerce, travel and more, insurers maintained business as usual. But the industry can no longer silo itself against transformation. In fact, more than 80 percent of CEOs identify technological ... Technology Revolutionizing How Insurers Do Business
The results from our latest Insurance Industry Labor Market Study are now available! Since its debut in 2009, this bi-annual study has become an accurate predictor of the industry’s staffing outlook. Read on for highlights from the most recent study or download the full results. Increased Revenue Projections Accelerate With 81 percent of insurers surveyed ... Strong Industry Outlook Highlights the Need for Talent Solutions
The 2018 healthcare open enrollment period is on the horizon. Unlike previous years, this year’s enrollment season will last only 45 days—spanning from November 1 through December 15, 2017. This shortened period is concerning for healthcare providers who continue to face an increased demand and influx of new customers during open enrollment. In addition, recent ... Technology is Changing the Way We Enroll in Health Plans
Insurance organizations are facing a perfect storm within their finance and accounting departments. Increased accounting-rule changes and regulations are driving insurers to grow their current finance and accounting departments. In fact, the accounting sector boasts faster than average job growth. Currently, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects an 11 percent growth by 2024—representing the ... Insurance Talent Shortage Hits Finance and Accounting
Quick—what does the typical telecommuter look like? Did your mind conjure up an image of a young professional set up in the corner of the local coffee shop with a large coffee and laptop? Or perhaps you pictured a busy mom juggling school drop offs with conference calls? Do these fit your idea of the ... The Remote Revolution: Benefits and Best Practices for Embracing a Telecommuting Culture
School’s out for summer! As summer vacation kicks into high gear, children around the nation are celebrating three long months of swimming, biking and playing. Unfortunately for adults, the daily office schedule doesn’t change as the temperature rises. In fact, the lazy days of summer have shown to have a significant impact on employee motivation ... Combat the Summer Slump: Top 8 Tips for Keeping Your Employees Engaged as the Thermometer Rises
The latest edition of PULSE, the monthly supplement to our quarterly Compass newsletter, is out! According to the latest BLS Employment Situation report, insurance unemployment is down. Following a slight increase at the beginning of the year, the unemployment rate for the industry was back down to 2.0 percent for the month of May. This ... Taking the PULSE of the Insurance Labor Market
The insurance industry’s “war for talent” continues to heat up. No longer just a long-range concern, insurance organizations are now face-to-face with a perfect storm of labor market challenges—from an aging workforce and impending wave of retirements to an increasingly shallow talent pool. In fact, recent estimates show that the insurance industry will need to ... Do You Have the Technology to Attract Talent?
The actuarial profession faces a growing talent conundrum. Despite an abundance of entry-level talent, today’s insurance organizations are seeing an increased tightness within the mid-career actuarial market. Insurers struggle to fill these mid-level roles with skilled and qualified candidates. With a leadership skills gap on the horizon, this narrowing within the mid-level market is even ... Are Rotational Programs Headed for the C-Suite?