 Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:08 pm Post subject: adjusting jobs |
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I came across this article related to searching for a claims adjusting job and wanted to relay my latest findings after taking the adjusting course and becoming state licensed. I got nudged towards doing this due to having construction material and application , home warranty claims experience,and an eureka moment to end my streak of unemployment, because accidents and fires happen regardless. I figured that knowing Building materials and application along with being associated with warranty claims and obtaining a license, all I would need is a few weeks of training from an employer and I would be good to go. Its been almost 3 months and the excuse for no hire is experience as most companys want a minumum of 3 years. So that means you need a good friend or relative to get you inside or your just another trainee and trainee jobs are rare depending on location. The next hurdle is xactimate. Companys ask for you to know it before your hired. The exactimate software is another issue as it is an expensive rental software you can't buy and if your an independent your expected to bear the cost of using it. My opinion is that I should have taken the xactimate course first as it prepares you for the adjusting job and many other estimating jobs that are available on the job market . It's like buying a fishing lure and you don't even own a fishing rod, So, hats off to the schools that combine the two courses. In the building busines or many other occupations, your an apprentice first learning every aspect of the job, then you get the license. You have to understand the license allows you to do the job, while the estimating and adjusting pays the bills. If you want to validate these facts check out the insurance adjuster forum on the Indeed job web site where you will find alot of adjusters in in these kind of situations. One adjuster posted a comment that more jobs will be available to us due to retiring adjusters or some adjusters being tired of waiting for the next disaster. Wow, that kinda sounds like a part time job and that there there are more adjusters than there are accidents. Sure I did the research, however I recomend you do lots of research on insurance adjusting forums about this occupation before you jump into it and also realize your going to spend way over a thousand dollars in certifications and knowledge to attract employment. I wrote this article wishing someone had written or spoke about this occupation so I could have been better informed . I'm glad I took the course,the Professor did his job well ,I'm just disapointed that this occupation will have to sit on the back burner for a good while I asses even more info and my situation before turning loose funds I don't have.
Good Luck
A. Lewis
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