Local Allstate job fair draws 500

 Insurance company plans to hire hundreds for Chubbuck call center

Friday, September 23, 2011
POCATELLO — More than 500 people didn’t pass up the opportunity to meet and greet local representatives of the new Allstate call center that is currently under construction in Chubbuck.
   A line formed outside and spilled into the parking lot at the Idaho Department of Labor location in Pocatello where the insurance company’s job fair   was held on Thursday.
   Allstate Site Leader Jody Lewis wasn’t surprised at the turnout.
   “They’re excellent paying jobs,” Lewis said. “I’m proud of the fact that we’re adding to the economic growth of the area.”
   Job seekers were presented with basic hiring information before they shook hands with one of the members of the Allstate Leadership Team that was present to answer their questions and collect resumes.
   All job applications must be electronically filed.
   Interested job seekers can submit an application or learn more about the qualifications for each position at  www.allstate.jobs  .
   “Once they are hired on, they will go through an extensive   , week-long training session that will prepare them for a specific exam that they have to pass in order to become a licensed Insurance agent,” Lewis said. “We pay for the first test and if they have to take it a second time, we do provide additional training.”
   As more interest has been expressed in the higher level administrative positions that hiring managers were struggling to fill locally, the Allstate team is currently in the   process of taking applications for customer relationship specialists and other front-line employee positions.
   People can apply for more than one position at a time.
   “The website is being updated regularly,” Lewis said.
   Chubbuck resident Renae Estrada is currently employed. Nonetheless, she was curious to find out what Allstate has to offer.
   “I’ve worked at a call   center before,” Estrada says. “I just wanted to see if this is a job I would be interested in. I’m not sure whether I’ll submit an application or not.”
   Customer Relationship Specialists make $12 an hour and have the opportunity to earn more based on how well they perform.
   Subsequent job fairs will be held in November at the newly constructed site.
   The $21.9 million facility is scheduled to open in October.  

  Hundreds of people stood in line at the Idaho Department of Labor location in Pocatello on Thursday so they could meet and greet local representatives of the new Allstate call center that’s being built in Chubbuck.
 
BY TAMMY SCARDINO
 Idaho State Journal
    tscardino@journalnet.com