Recruiting
Selection
Trends
Financial Services
MISC
100

A recruiting tool used for tracking applicants

What is an applicant tracking system

100

Traditionally, the 2nd interview should have what type of questions asked 

What are behavior based questions

100

Currently, the most common type of way to conduct a first interview

What is a video call

100

The average age of career distribution financial advisors

What is 44

100

The year rekroot was founded

What is 2015

200

The proven best source to recruit people to the financial services industry 

What is advisor referrals

200

Referral language during an interview 

Share Language! 

200

Social media tool where you post short videos 

What is tick tok
200

Minimum production requirement for members of MDRT from 2021

66K commission, 114K income OR 132K premium

200

The most common reason for employee turnover

People want more money

300

The top 3 reasons people get into the business

What are making a difference in people’s lives (30%), income potential (25%), and work/life balance (17%)

300

The 3 R's of Recruiting according to Harry Hoopis

  • Recruiting

  • Retention

  • ’Rithmatic

300

The name given for the recent trend of higher-than-usual number of employees voluntarily leaving their jobs since late 2020 and early 2021

The great resignation

300

Name the number of households that do not have life insurance at all in the US

35 million households

300

Crosstown classic, in Chicago means what 

Chicago Cubs & Chicago White Sox play each other

400

The % of Americans that are NOT willing to leave their current role

What is 15% 

400

The 2 most common mistakes interviewers make

What is the glare factor & short cutting the process

400

***DAILY DOUBLE***

Although recruiting more women has been a focus of financial services, the % of FP's that are women in the business as of 2020 is what

What is 24%

400

Name two factors that impact retention

Early activity (fast start), Joint-field work, Mentoring,Strong selection process prior to hire, Quality of sales skills training,Quality of product training, Marketing support, Competitive financing plan for inexperienced hires, Existence of a pre-contract period prior to hire, Practice management, Attaining security licenses, Formal teams

400

 Benevolence, Integrity, Dependability, Competency all represent this

What is the four facets of trust

500

The average ratio for Internet leads to contract 

294:1

500

Name the 4 intuition questions an interviewer should ask themselves when selecting someone in the process

Would I buy from you?

Take you home to dinner?

Invest in you?

Proud to introduce you?

500

The retention rate of FP's according to LIMRA research

16%

500
Describe the career to someone who has no idea what you do

share language!

500

What year did Insurance start in the world?

What is 1666 - Great Fire of London, which occurred in 1666. After it destroyed more than 30,000 homes, a man named Nicholas Barbon started a building insurance business. He later introduced the city's first fire insurance company.

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