Finding the right job after graduation is
hard. You need a company that invests in new grads with training, mentorship,
and growth opportunities that can inspire you to excel. That can be a tricky
bill to fit. But what’s even harder is finding the right job in the right city.
If you’re not looking to live in a big coastal
city, it can seem like finding a job that can become a career is a major
challenge. However, there are actually tons of companies that hire top talent
outside of New York and San Francisco, among them: National General Insurance.
NatGen is constantly growing, which is why
they hire so many new grads, especially for sales roles. The company offers
paid, state-of-the-art training; one-on-one coaching; and a clear career path
up through its organization. Essentially, they invest in new grads to ensure
their success.
We spoke to one of their recruiters, David, to
get a better sense of what’s so special about their four major hub offices in
Dallas, Cleveland, Portland, and Winston-Salem—and why they offer such amazing
opportunities to new grads.
1. Dallas
“The Dallas office is really cool because we
have a couple different companies inside each of our offices, all underneath
that NatGen umbrella,” David explains. “We have our property and casualty
insurance business, accident and health insurance business, lender services,
and more. And then you have our operations, IT, legal, actuarial and many other
support units—all in there just from NatGen companies.”
The Dallas office—apart from being in a city
that’s home to six major professional sports teams—offers new grads the
opportunity to learn from a variety of business leaders and mentors, which can
help them make decisions about their career path.
“You get a real think-tank going on. You get
experts on that side who are able to share their experiences, their
opportunities for growth, and where they’re succeeding with the other team
leads,” David explains.
This type of collaboration and communication
is present at all NatGen offices, but the combination of so many specialties in
Dallas makes it a great place for those hoping to learn from a wide array of
experiences.
2. Cleveland
The Cleveland office is one of the company’s
most established sales hubs. David and his team work out of it, and their love
for the city really shows.
“Cleveland, you work downtown, right in
the heart of it,” he tells us.
“We’re between the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame
and an MLB ballpark and Quicken Loans Arena”—where the NFL team plays,
“and we’re invested in this site. If you know anything about Cleveland, there’s
a lot of pride for the city.”
The company’s presence in the city’s
commercial and cultural hub, David says, generates a lot of enthusiasm for the
business.
“There’s a lot of positive energy you get from
being downtown,” David says.
At the Cleveland office, David notes, talking
about his own story, you have the opportunity to learn from a team of sales
leaders who all started in the same role. This is due to the company’s culture
of promoting from within, which both allows new grads to learn from people with
“in-the-trenches knowledge” and gives them a framework for their own success.
3. Portland
“The same,” David says, “goes for our Portland
office: All of the team leaders are so involved.”
Portland has its own brand of pride: sports
teams, incredible hikes and natural sights, and a huge “foodie” culture. The
city’s booming economy and cultural scene has led to a similar sense of
enthusiasm in NatGen’s sales hub.
“It’s awesome,” David says. “There’s such a
high, positive energy. They really separate themselves there as a high-octane
office. They’re moving. They’re having fun. They’re smiling. And they’re
getting business done.”
If you’re looking to live in a trendy city
while maintaining the ambitious energy of a sales office, NatGen’s Portland hub
is a perfect opportunity.
4. Winston-Salem
The Winston-Salem office is the newest sales
hub for NatGen. It’s also one of the best to work in, according to David,
because it’s home to one of the company’s main corporate offices, with close to
900 employees, as well as the new sales hub. This has given the Winston-Salem
sales center a leg up.
“We’ve always had our service, our claims, and
a lot of back-office stuff there,” David says. “But we opened the sales center
there recently, and we’re growing like wild.”
The NatGen brand has a strong presence in the
region, and its familiarity can be a major plus when you’re selling the
company’s products.
“We have such a strong presence down there.
People know about us. They either have a policy with us or their family member
works with us, and we’re getting great talent in that area to grow with it,”
David says.
The new office also has the added benefit of
pulling from every hub’s collective learnings.
“We started from scratch and used everything that’s worked for us there,” David explains. Some of that stuff includes their state-of-the-art training program, which pairs top-performing agents and experienced mentors with new hires to ensure their success at the company.
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