John Wetmore compares insurance hiring to an NFL combine, arguing that technical skills matter less than showing up early, putting in effort, and being professional. The intangibles separate the drafted from the cut.
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If insurance were a sport, imagine they had an insurance combine to test how well you knew phone script and what time the trainings were and who was on them and where the meetings were and what to say in this scenario and the underwriting questions and what AIG's comp was. And imagine they tested y'all on all that stuff. And then we went, we're only going to pay $250,000, $400,000, $500,000 to the elite. And we're going to have a draft. Dude, I wanted to get picked. You know, I wanted to work. And when you start looking at that level, dude, everyone has a skill set in the NFL. They're all good. What makes them truly pick someone? It's the intangibles. They show up early. If they put in effort, if they aren't yelling at the refs, if they're a good teammate. That's what actually makes people get into professional sports. It's not because they're good at throwing a football. Those are a dime a dozen. Well, so is this. I get anybody by a league to pick up the phone. Question is, are you going to do all the intangible stuff?