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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Sociology, General
College of Charleston
Graduate Degree
Communications & Information Management
Bay Path University
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be an Insurance Sales Agents:
Bachelor's Degree: Sociology, General
Graduate Degree: Communications & Information Management
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Life & Career Milestones
My path in life took a while to figure out
1.
Social worker after college.
2.
Decided to move in another direction, career-wise. Went to work for an insurance company.
3.
Decided to move to another city and join Travelers as an account specialist in Direct Assignment.
4.
Became a personal lines claims analyst within Travelers in Florida.
5.
Moved into Commercial Lines, in Charlotte, NC, as a claims representative supporting the General Liability lines.
6.
Achieved a leadership role as an operations manager for a Claims Service Center.
7.
In 2004, I changed direction in a project management/business analyst role within National Accounts in Hartford, CT.
8.
Moved into Shared Services within Business Insurance, as a member of the leadership team working to build out functions to support Program Management & Execution.
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
You might have difficulties leading people and projects, you should pick one area to concentrate.
How I responded:
I decided to return to school and get fully grounded on both project management as well as people management, to strengthen, validate and optimize my capabilities.