When I got my adjusting license in October and started talking to potential employers it became very clear that I needed ‘real world experience’. I had gone to a local meeting for adjusters, and everyone was very supportive and congratulatory on the achievement, but they also said I should embrace an opportunity to go work the [...]
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I got a commission only position and have been in Denver CO for the last 6 weeks as a Claims Expert for a Roofing Company. Denver got hit with at least 6 good sized hail storms over the summer. My job is to go, knock on doors and get people to let me help them get [...] Twenty Five years ago, when the PC was really just the IBM PC, Apple had their first Mac’s on the market and the IBM typewriter was still common place in the office going into ‘computers’ seemed like a great career move. If hind site is 20/20, would any of us do it again? Its a tough question. [...] I have been using computers since 1976 when my father got one of the first Apple II’s. They were simple machines back then, but just as temperamental as today’s systems. Of course throughout college we used computers (mainframes, mini’s and PC’s) and then out of college I was in the IT field, so it was basically [...] Its been a while since many of us have been in a classroom setting for an extended period of time. For some it may be over 20+ years! We are learning a program called Xactimate. It is a claims estimating tool that is both powerful and complex. Our knowledge of this software is key to us [...] The discipline to have a home office I learned through time. In former positions with prior companies I had the home office. An uncle give me great advice that rung true and that is it has to be an office. So when we were house shopping for the move I made sure we have the “home [...] My kids are in 5th and 3rd grades so their reality for what school is like is a little different than mine. Kids love field trips. Its an opportunity for them to do something different at school, see something new and learn something without knowing they are learning something. For them the bus ride is a [...] After being out of college for 19 years I was actually nervous about going back to school to become an independent insurance adjuster. Its not that I haven’t had to continuously learn throughout my career in Information Technology, attend classes, get certified on software and the like. There was something different about this, first off it [...] I have two kids ages 10 and 8 and they are in 5th and 3rd grades respectively. When I chose to go back to school and learn a new profession, insurance adjusting, they had some adjusting to get used to themselves. If you are going back to school and have younger children, do not underestimate their [...] I’ve been in the delivery of technology based Professional Services for 20 years. That’s a long time! Over the course of the 20 years I developed what most consultants do, the crystal ball. It’s also a curse that I can meet with a client and very quickly know how things are going to proceed. Who will [...] |
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