Tips For Accelerating Your Insurance Career

If Ernest Mashingaidze has one piece of advice he could share with his early career self, it would be to not fear the mystical creature.

‘How many times have people looked at a job application and it says you need 10 years of experience or education, things you might not necessarily have at the time,’ said Mashingaidze, a claims adjuster for strategic products at HSB Canada.

‘What we find now is the job descriptions [are] looking for the best possible candidate — the mystical creature. This person doesn’t exist.’

Mashingaidze was speaking during the Insurance Institute of Canada’s webinar Career Insights: Personal Branding to Elevate Your Career, held earlier this month.

Webinar host Trevor Buttrum, manager of Career Connections at the Institute, asked speakers what is one piece of advice or insight they’d share with their ‘early career self,’ and asked what they brought to the table from a career-branding perspective.