Hello, I'm Bruce Hurwitz, president and CEO of Hurwitz Strategic Staffing. You can find me on the web at: www.hsstaffing.com. How to write an insurance resume. We all like to believe that we're special but the truth of the matter is a resume is a resume is a resume and everybody should follow more or less the same structure for their, for their resume. It's relevant, it works, let me show it to you. This is the structure that I recommend for a resume. At the top, obviously your name, your address, your contact information. There are predominantly women, but there are men as well who do not like to share their home address. It's not critical, what is important is to have your city and state of residency. Why if it's a local search and you're out of area, they're not going to consider you, your telephone number is no longer relevant, you used to be able to tell where someone was from, from the area code, most people use their cell phones. I have candidates who live in New York, got their cell phones in Texas, it means nothing. So you want to have your city and state at the top of the resume after your name along with your phone numbers, your email addresses. The more ways they have to contact you the better, but if you give your office number and they leave a message, all be it a foolish one. Joe, thank you for sending me your resume, I'd like to talk about the job and your boss overhears it, it's your fault not theirs. So only include your office number if you're comfortable with it. The next section, selected accomplishments, 3,4,5 bullet points you don't need more than that of things that you have done in your career that are verifiable and that differentiate you from everybody else. So the case of insurance, sales, sales, sales. The next section, work experience. Where have you worked, where were they located, what was your title, a little blurb, 2,3 lines more than enough about the company. Then bullet points, your main responsibilities, after that, education. Then comes licenses and certifications especially in the case of an insurance agent you have to show that your licensed. Then you want to continue to differentiate yourself so how do you do that. Skills and languages, skills can mean computer programs that you've worked with, languages obviously. The more foreign languages you speak the better because those languages mean new markets for your new employer. Then, if you've had any publications, media citations, if you volunteer anywhere, list them. All of those things differentiate you from your competition and that's what's key, differentiation will get you the job whether it's in insurance or anything else. Thank you very much for watching, I'm Bruce Hurwitz, president and CEO of Hurwitz Strategic Staffing on the web at: www.hsstaffing.com.
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