A typical day for me is coming into work around 8 or 10 (depending on the day) and usually starts with sharing stories of the weekend and the fun we got into outside of work hours. It is a casual, yet professional environment which makes it comfortable working with everyone.
After we get this first hour down, then we start going through emails and phone calls we may have missed while we were out of the office or in meetings. A lot of this internship requires communication with co-workers, agents, and the carrier companies we work with. During this time, we usually research some new products and make sure we are up to date and as knowledgable as we can be with the current products we are selling.
We have been working on email marketing campaigns to bring in some new agents as well. This involves us calling and following up with their email responses to go over the products we offer and how they can use them to write new business and work with their existing clients. We are also in the middle of a huge product update so we have been studying up and rolling out the updates and presentations to our current agents.
We stay very busy throughout the entire day and the 5 hour shift seems to fly by. There are a lot of moving parts to some of the stuff we do, so it pays off being able to multi-task and stay on point. Some people may find this boring, but I am loving this internship and glad I found it!
-Brady
Hello Brady,
ReplyDeleteYou are lucky to have found such a cool and "casual" internship environment! It always makes it easier to come to work everyday when you have co-workers that are fun to be around. I can remember how horrible it was to work retail and work with people that did not get along. I dreaded having to go into work everyday!
I am not going to lie, I am not interested in the field of marketing or selling insurance but the information that you provided is very helpful. I have retirement accounts and different life insurance policies through my work for me and my family, but I have no idea about the terms or conditions for these plans. I know a little more about retirement and life insurance and I look forward to hearing more about your internship. Best Wishes!
Hey Brady! Thanks for the comment on my introduction.I was wondering how these things you speak of with job compares to the experiences with Mayor Stanton's Office? Thanks and your post was a great read!
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