Employer Spotlight for January 24, 2012: Farmers Insurance

About the company:

We began our journey in 1928 when two men who shared a dream of providing a quality insurance product at a reasonable price opened the doors to the Farmers Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange in Los Angeles. In the decades that followed we've grown and adapted to meet the changing needs of Americans, but one constant has remained. We have an unwavering commitment to upholding the ideals with which we began by providing industry-leading products and services to the customers we're privileged to serve. Today, Farmers Insurance Group of Companies is one of the country's largest insurers of vehicles, homes and small businesses and provides a wide range of other insurance and financial services products.

Farmers is proud to serve more than 10 million households with more than 20 million individual policies across all 50 states through the efforts of over 50,000 exclusive and independent agents and nearly 24,000 employees.

The city and state that most of your jobs are in:

Our District is looking to expand our services in all of Northeastern Minnesota.  No town is too big or too small for us to consider.

Positions you will be focusing on recruiting at the Head of the Lakes Job Fair on February 13th:  

Farmers Insurance and Financial Services Agent. 

Some information on the recruiter that will be at the fair:

Mickey Taylor -District Manager for Northeastern Minnesota

Mickey came to us from Salt Lake City, Utah.  He was a physical education teacher and coach for many years before deciding to join the Farmers Family in 2010.  He began his career as a Reserve Field Agent and quickly moved his way up to his current position as the District Manager in Duluth. 

Miranda McGuire-Tokkesdal - VP of Operations and Recruiter

Miranda graduated from the University of Minnesota, Duluth in 2008 with a BBA in Marketing.  She is currentlya first year MBA student.  Miranda worked as a Server and then an Associate Manager from 2005-2012.  She also went overseas to South Korea for one year before she joined the Farmers team this last Fall. 

Mitchell McGuire - Recruiter

Mitchell is a first year engineering student at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. Mitchell spent his summers working as a Floor Manager for Dairy Queen and a painter and re-modeler for a local business in Hayward, WI.  He is a new part of our growing district, coming to us at the beginning of January of this year.