I was scheduled for a face-to-face interview at the Pittsburgh office shortly after I graduated from college. At the time I was a very recent college graduate with no professional job experience. I called the recruiter the week of the interview to cancel because I had received another job offer that week and because I would have had to drive two hours to their office for the interview.

I spent several years working in the property and casualty insurance industry when I decided to reapply to ERAC in Pittsburgh. This time, I was trying desperately to move closer to Pittsburgh. (I still lived several hours away.) I had two professional insurance designations and a state license to sell insurance, as well as four years of professional work experience behind me. When I applied the second time, I had a phone interview but wasn't even invited for a face to face interview! A few months later I was offered a job in Pittsburgh (in the underwriting department of an insurance company) with a salary of $37,000 and a 40 hour workweek.

If you're looking for a field with opportunity, cosider a career in property and casualty insurance. I started in the field with very little business knowledge (my bachelor's degree is in Public Relations with a minor in business). I worked hard and made an effort to study insurance principles on my own time. I don't think anybody in my office studied insurance in college.