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Opportunity is knocking for insurance agents seeking to bring new blood into their agencies. All they need to do is not follow the shortsighted and discriminatory practices of which some employers are being accused.

By Mark E. Ruquet | Updated on April 18, 2011

Opportunity is knocking for insurance agents seeking to bring new blood into their agencies. All they need to do is not follow the shortsighted and discriminatory practices of which some employers are being accused.

The discrimination I’m referring to has nothing to do with gender, race or sexual orientation. It’s the policy some employers have of seeking to hire only people who are already employed.

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