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Rich opportunities at Zurich

Published on
Friday, September 30, 2011
Written by
Andrea Zavadszky [1]

With the ambitious target of becoming one of the top five insurance agencies in Hong Kong in the next three years, Zurich has a vigorous growth plan. The financial services giant plans to recruit 1,000 agents within this year, doubling its existing sales force.

The company is hiring fresh and recent graduates, as well as candidates educated to Form Seven or above, for the position of business development trainee.

"Unlike the traditional practice where district managers hire their own team members and train them in their methods, Zurich aims at standardising both the hiring and training process to boost advisers' professionalism," says Clarence Lau, senior manager of the Professional Development Centre, Zurich Academy Distribution Development - the institution tasked with recruiting and training new advisers.

The selection process includes written tests on language, numera