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Thanks for the info, we'll do some reading here.

Posted By Mike123 on 02 Apr 2009 10:15 PM

... C'mon three weeks- a few hundred or even thousand dollars to a career that will earn you hundreds of thousands? I've lived it. It does work and it is real. Hard work yeah, but in these economic times this is a well kept secret!  

C'mon three weeks- a few hundred or even thousand dollars to a career that will earn you hundreds of thousands? I've lived it. It does work and it is real.

...Thus Spake Zarathrustra!, the Appleby's Parking Lot attendant.

I  entered this field on a high risk stake. I was told take a class and get licenesd everywhere possible and someone will hire you. I left my full time job of 13 years with stability and benefits, made just enough to pay the bills and get by between pay checks. After three to four months spending money on this and that class with the belief that i would be hired, which did'nt happen quick enough, i suddenly found myself wondering what have i done. I left a stable job on hopes that this would work out!!! Tried to go back to my previous work only to find out my position had been filled, but could reapply and wait for months longer hoping a spot would come.Istarted calling vendors, spending long hours from daylight to dark looking online and researching in desparation for any vendor anywhere to just gice me a chance before i lost everything. Fortunately i eventually was picked up by a small vendor with steady day work who helped me along the way, even giving me advances to keep afloat until the carrier(s) paid the invoice. But one of my claims managers stated the follwing to me one day during a converstaion of the long struggles into the field that left me wondering  what was i thinking, he is right, and i was very naive. He stated " Think about it, one can make an average of six figures  year, sevral hundred thousand on a very good year in this field. There are professionals who spent many years in school to make that kind of money. So for one to belive that he or she can spend two weeks in school and payout a few hundred or thousand dollars and go make that kind of money quickly is very gullible". It is true what he said, this is specialized field that demands alot of knowledge, and will pay well. But like any other field you can't expect to start at the top making the same money others do that have spent many years and have extensive experience dealing with losses.Just my .02.

Posted By BobH on 03 Apr 2009 01:28 AM

Posted By Mike123 on 02 Apr 2009 10:15 PM

... C'mon three weeks- a few hundred or even thousand dollars to a career that will earn you hundreds of thousands? I've lived it. It does work and it is real. Hard work yeah, but in these economic times this is a well kept secret!  

Just remember, it all depends on the weather.  There are years without a hurricane Ike or Katrina, where most independents sit on the bench because the carriers' own staff can take care of the routine storm claims.

 

Once you have been placed on "standby" enough times without getting deployed, the honeymoon will be over.

Adter a 10 day course you will know much more than you do now. Work for the next 4 years and 355 days working regular claims and then you can call your self an adjuster with sr. status that deserves a promotion, or go to work for an insurance carrier that will train you for 6-12 months.

I can tell you that once deployed

Don't you mean IF deployed and IF there is a need for untried and inexperienced adjusters are needed?