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Astrocloud · 05-20-2004, 06:21 PM

Now I know that there are many forms of trouble in the world. My chief source of trouble right now is financial. You see, in the past year I was unemployed and had serious trouble finding work. The job that I was doing pretty much moved to India. In that time off, I pretty much spent my cash reserves and eventually gave up on having the nice software job that I used to have.

So it was coming down to the wire and I REALLY needed a job. I changed my focus of work from software to Sales and suddenly I was getting callbacks. This is where I made my mistake.

The first place to call me back was a company called Cornerstone which specialized in Health Insurance sales. The first catch I found out was that it was a commission only position. They assured me that through their great leads (15 a week) that I'd get at least 10 appointments and 3 sales. They said that this way I could make enough money to support myself.

In the meanwhile; when I signed on with them -they made a contract that benefitted them in every way. They had to conduct a background check and I had to pay for my Insurance License training materials. Originally it was about $270.

I know what you are thinking... warning lights should have gone off. They were -however... I was unemployed for so long that the alternative seemed to either go back to being unemployed -or get a job at McDonalds.

Okay so I signed on with Cornerstone and I sell insurance. I've been doing this for a little over 2 months. But the promised leads have been shit and the life supporting commissions have not been there. Some of the more experienced sales guys said that it takes at least 110 to 160 days to get started in this business.

Now I am out of money and I owe everyone. Tonight I went to a job fair and I have a few VERY promising leads through real employers. (All sales but base +commision). I am planning on quitting this insurance job but I am running out of money.

In short I don't have enough to make it through next month. I'm scared. I have no idea what is going to happen. Feel free to mock me or finger wag or whatever -it's pretty pointless... but what do I do?

Thanks for your suggestions.

-Eric

05-20-2004, 06:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
Astrocloud Apocalypse Nerd	I think I'm in trouble. Now I know that there are many forms of trouble in the world. My chief source of trouble right now is financial. You see, in the past year I was unemployed and had serious trouble finding work. The job that I was doing pretty much moved to India. In that time off, I pretty much spent my cash reserves and eventually gave up on having the nice software job that I used to have. So it was coming down to the wire and I REALLY needed a job. I changed my focus of work from software to Sales and suddenly I was getting callbacks. This is where I made my mistake. The first place to call me back was a company called Cornerstone which specialized in Health Insurance sales. The first catch I found out was that it was a commission only position. They assured me that through their great leads (15 a week) that I'd get at least 10 appointments and 3 sales. They said that this way I could make enough money to support myself. In the meanwhile; when I signed on with them -they made a contract that benefitted them in every way. They had to conduct a background check and I had to pay for my Insurance License training materials. Originally it was about $270. I know what you are thinking... warning lights should have gone off. They were -however... I was unemployed for so long that the alternative seemed to either go back to being unemployed -or get a job at McDonalds. Okay so I signed on with Cornerstone and I sell insurance. I've been doing this for a little over 2 months. But the promised leads have been shit and the life supporting commissions have not been there. Some of the more experienced sales guys said that it takes at least 110 to 160 days to get started in this business. Now I am out of money and I owe everyone. Tonight I went to a job fair and I have a few VERY promising leads through real employers. (All sales but base +commision). I am planning on quitting this insurance job but I am running out of money. In short I don't have enough to make it through next month. I'm scared. I have no idea what is going to happen. Feel free to mock me or finger wag or whatever -it's pretty pointless... but what do I do? Thanks for your suggestions. -Eric