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I have never ask this question, but have always wanted to. How much training did you need to get your first job ?

What was your starting wage ?

How long had you been doing the job, when you got your first pay raise ?

How long did it take you to get your first promotion to a supervisors position ?

Just answer these questions, before getting into this business.

If you have a construction background in dwellings it will take you about one year to be a good catastrohe roof and interior adjuster.

These schools will give you about a 2 week jump start. on a 52 week course. (in 3 days)

Ray,

1. No training, USF&G hired me as a trainee adjuster.
2. $5,600/Yr. in 1972
3. First pay raise took three years (pres. Nixon had imposed a wage and price freeze).
4. Never got "promoted to supervisory position" though I have held many.

And I have been as successful in this business as anyone you might name. Point is: Dedication is the key. If someone wants to adopt this as a career, they should be prepared to "pay their dues" as is necessary in any other endeaver in life. One can only reap what they sow.

Adjusting schools are bull____. No one will ever learn the first tiing about adjusting, though they may become licensed as an adjuster. Adjusting schools--- what a scam.

I agree with you 100% Larry. It took you and I three years or more to stop working grease fires, but I am just trying to put adjusting schools in proper focus. Will you conceed a school may cover, but the student will not learn more than you did in your first 2 weeks. And USF&G was one of the largest property carriers in the south. I worked some non admitted losseswith the name in 04 in Florida for St Paul. Heck guess it would be Travelers Now. That many years all adjusters for all carriers seemed to be trained the same way. Paper, pen and long arithmetic. Thats they way I train my grand sons (but I will  not encourge them). Living away from home is no life for a family man.

 

I actually went to the Adjuster School. If you want to learn how to adjust, this is probably not the school for you. You will learn the very basics. I learned the most by talking with people and studying my self. If you take the adjusting 101 course, it will be a short overview of the industry. The Xactimate class is good. If you know nothing about insurance, then I would take the Texas Pre-Licensing course. You will pass the test.

This is the sequence of events that I did to get my first job in adjusting.

I have had builders License for 2 years. (built 4 houses)
Adjuster School - Texas license, Xactimate, Adjusting 101
Received my home state (Alabama) license
Received Florida License
I then applied to Pilot online and was rejected.
After that I received my certification for Florida Citizens through CNC Recourse in Mobile.
I then went to Pilot in person and brought all my certifications and Licenses. They accepted me in their Evaluation Program. I passes the first day and then received training on NextGen and Integiclaim.

It was hard to get my foot in the door, but I finally did.

Hope this helps

Clay,

Thanks for the insight man, im actually from alabama as well. I have my license and have already done the Texas All license class. So would you suggest going to get the citizens certification and do that rather than going to the adjuster school?

Thanks again man!

Are you from Theodore?  TTown

If you get your Citizens, Pilot may talk with you.  Their are a few companies offering it right now.   What is your email address?  I will email you some helpful info.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hey Clay,

 

I sent you some information in your message box!

 

Thanks Man!