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Do CISSP’s make good life insurance agents?
When I was looking for a job a few years ago, I updated my profile on a popular job board. While the information security space is quite hot and my inbox was quite busy, I also got many emails from left field. Over a few weeks, I also received over 25 emails from some of the most prominent life insurance firms in the US, including:
- Bankers Life
- Aflac
- Prudential
- Allstate
- New York Life
- Northwestern Mutual
- State Farm
The emails from the life insurance firms attempted to stroke my ego with statements such as:
- We came across your resume posted online and are very interested in you as a possible candidate.
- I’m in charge of reviewing top local resumes and yours stood out to me
- We found your resume on careerbuilder.com and we are very interested in you as a possible match for our Account Representative position
- We believe you possess the skills necessary to join the Career Management Program
- It is not every day I read a resume and think WOW!
Did these firms saw my CISSP and think: this guy was born to become a life insurance agent? Three of the life…