COUNTRY Financial Career Opportunities
Company:COUNTRY FinancialLocal Opportunities (5) All Opportunities (16) Company Website  Location(s):2 Pine Tree DriveArden Hills, MN 55112 Map Location
Phone:(651) 631-7309Industry:InsuranceSize:100-499 |
Who We Are
 For more than 80 years, we’ve been helping people like you balance your need to protect what you have with your desire to build for the future.Our COUNTRY financial representatives are local people you know and trust. They’re knowledgeable, down to earth and backed by a team of professionals. Whether you’re starting your first job, raising a family, putting your children through college or nearing retirement, we can provide a tangible plan for your future financial security. Let us put our experience and financial strength to work for you.
Who We're Looking For
Wondering if you would be successful in the COUNTRY® Financial Representative Career? Our COUNTRY Financial representatives have a variety of interests and unique personal qualities, but all hold a certain set of characteristics that make them successful at COUNTRY Financial. The number one trait all COUNTRY Financial representatives share is the drive to help their clients balance their need to protect what they have with their need to build for the future. Our COUNTRY Financial representatives: 
Changing Careers
For many COUNTRY® Financial representatives this is a second career choice. Some of our most successful representatives have transitioned to COUNTRY Financial from other careers such as: 
No matter where our COUNTRY Financial representatives come from, they all have a passion for helping people. If you can combine your previous career experience with this passion, the COUNTRY Financial representative career may be right for you. Still interested? If you enjoy helping people and being rewarded for your hard work, consider a career change with COUNTRY Financial!
COUNTRY's Professional and Financial Support
Your success is our success! We partner with our COUNTRY Financial ® representatives to provide guidance and ensure their success. Here are a few things we offer. Office start-up Once you’re hired as a COUNTRY Financial representative, you’ll be placed in a fully functioning office environment that provides complete COUNTRY Financial representative support. We provide you with: 
We all can’t be experts on everything. You will be backed by a team of experts available to help you whenever you need it. You manage client relationships and help them balance their need to protect what they have with their desire to build for the future. Our team of experts will help you create a tangible plan for each individual client. 24/7 claims and customer service Your clients can always speak to a live person simply by calling your office. We are staffed around the clock to make sure nobody has to leave a voice mail message if they need immediate assistance. This is part of our Real People, Real Answers, Real Quick commitment to clients. Marketing and prospecting campaigns COUNTRY’s experienced marketing staff researches and develops creative ways to help you market new clients and continue to fulfill the needs of existing clients. At a reduced cost, we offer various campaigns to help you build and establish your book of business such as:
If you enjoy helping people and being rewarded for your hard work, consider a career change with COUNTRY Financial!
Incentives and Rewards
We believe in rewarding our COUNTRY ® Financial representatives as quickly as they are able to develop and demonstrate their abilities.Special events and trips We reward hard work with great play! Each year, COUNTRY Financial representatives and agency managers who excel are invited to participate in special incentive programs. Recent trips took top producers to New York City, Ireland, Hawaii, Desert Springs, and Big Sky Montana! Events include an annual sales convention and other regional activities where COUNTRY Financial representatives enjoy being recognized for their hard work. Salary We provide a base salary while you grow your book of business. For up to five years, you receive a competitive salary that increases based on your productivity. Commissions Give yourself a raise! In addition to your salary, sales commissions are paid on every line of business you sell. Sign-on bonus If you already have your Series 6 and 63 Securities Licenses, you will receive a cash bonus of $1,500 upon hire. Designation bonus A $2,000 completion bonus will be paid to COUNTRY Financial representatives when earning their first professional designation including the ChFC, CFP, CLU, CPCU, and CIC. Financial assistance for marketing We want you to be successful! To help you achieve success, COUNTRY® offers a number of marketing tools and sales campaigns to help you cultivate new leads and build your client base. As part of our co-op program, COUNTRY will pay for half of the cost of your approved marketing and prospecting expenses. Benefit options For new financial representatives, COUNTRY provides comprehensive health and dental coverage with low-pay premiums. Additional benefits include group life insurance and long term disability insurance. Our long-term COUNTRY Financial representatives receive retirement income based on sales productivity. Still interested? If you enjoy helping people and being rewarded for your hard work, consider a career change with COUNTRY Financial!
Training and Development
Our training program follows a “learn by doing” approach through comprehensive, client focused learning experiences that support COUNTRY® Financial's mission of providing Financial Security for all clients, no matter where they are starting from. These programs will build your confidence in meeting with clients and understanding the solutions we offer. You will have the knowledge, ability and confidence to successfully build your book of business. Web-based courses Web-based courses are foundational and will teach you the detail of COUNTRY’s products and services. The courses are interactive and provide real scenarios that will teach you how to identify client needs and provide solutions to fit those needs. Classroom training New COUNTRY Financial representatives travel to our corporate headquarters in Bloomington, IL for an 11-day program. During this time you will practice conducting interviews in a simulated environment using our unique and proven COUNTRY® sales process. Coaching You will receive field support from your Agency Manager and Marketing Business Consultant. Your Agency Manager will meet with you regularly to answer questions, discuss sales techniques and oversee your production. Your Marketing Business Consultant will help you design a personal marketing plan and establish sales practices that will increase your long-term success. Career development After your first three to five years, you will have completed the training phase and be prepared to become an independent contractor with COUNTRY. The renewal commissions you developed throughout training will be large enough to replace your salary and support your business. Although your initial training phase has completed, you can continue to count on training, marketing support and unparalleled customer service from COUNTRY Financial to help you achieve your goals. 
Continuing educationCOUNTRY supports furthering your education as it will allow you to develop credibility with your clients and assist them more effectively. Many COUNTRY Financial representatives continue their learning by acquiring various certifications including:
Licensing COUNTRY Financial representatives must have the proper licensing to legally sell insurance and financial products. As a representative with COUNTRY Financial, you will be required to obtain several licenses right away:
Still interested? If you enjoy helping people and being rewarded for your hard work, consider a career change with COUNTRY Financial!  Diversity at COUNTRY FinancialFor more than 75 years, COUNTRY® Financial’s growth has been based on the simple principle of recruiting the very best people. "At COUNTRY, we strive to provide a diverse and inclusive atmosphere for our people. We value individual strengths that make a difference. Our representatives and employees are valued; they matter to the business and know they are part of something important." -- Doyle Williams, Chief Marketing Officer Our commitment to diversity As the world and our business grows and changes, so must our work environment. Our future success is dependent on creating an environment of inclusiveness. At COUNTRY, we are committed to respect and embrace individual differences. “Our goal is to create a workplace where people are appreciated for their differences and feel they’re making a real difference in people’s lives.” -- Deanna Frautschi, Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Communications What this means to you At COUNTRY, business is as dynamic as you make it. Success is based on your talents, hard work, and willingness to help clients protect what is important to them over a lifetime. 
Hieu Tran - Lombard, IL, explains it this way:"Being a representative at COUNTRY is an important job. I think that's why COUNTRY takes such care in recruiting new representatives. They are interested in hiring the most qualified individuals they can. I am of Vietnamese heritage and speak the language fluently. While I didn't join COUNTRY to expand into the Vietnamese marketplace, I have been pleased to serve some of their insurance and financial services needs. COUNTRY hired me because of my qualifications and my strong interest in securing a long-term, financially rewarding career. I am proud to provide outstanding service to my clients." 
Tiffany Maines, supervisor, Customer Service Center, says diversity is something to be celebrated:“Any differences among individuals should be celebrated. This effort shows we are taking responsibility to make sure all representatives and employees feel comfortable and know they will not be judged on anything other than the merit of their work.” Vicki Nygren, agency manager, Chicago, IL, believes everyone’s diverse skills contribute to our success: 
“Diversity is larger than race, religion or gender. It’s about viewing situations from a variety of viewpoints and problem solving using the creative talents of a wide spectrum of individuals."Diversity and inclusion are important in creating an environment where you feel differences are accepted and valued. We want you to feel connected at COUNTRY. Check out the current job openings and see if a career with COUNTRY is waiting for you. |