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Anne Arnold discusses her career in talent acquisition and the evolving recruiting processes at Farmers Insurance.

On this episode of the Insurance Coffee House, Nick Hoadley is joined by Anne Arnold, Director of Talent Acquisition at Farmers Insurance®. With a career that began in the entertainment industry before moving into agency recruiting and eventually in-house talent acquisition, Anne shares how an unexpected career move led her into a profession she has now spent more than two decades building. Anne reflects on her transition from agency recruiting into corporate talent acquisition, first helping build the function from scratch at a real estate investment trust and later joining Farmers Insurance, where she has spent the last ten years. From establishing the executive recruiting capability to leading enterprise-wide talent acquisition, she shares how her role evolved and what has kept her excited about the opportunities within the insurance industry. Nick and Anne discuss the scale and complexity of hiring across a national organisation. Despite having a lean team, Farmers hires between 4,000 and 5,000 people annually, and Anne explains the processes, discipline, and technology that allow the team to manage more than 150,000 applications each year. She discusses how technology has…

People in this episode

Host: Nick Hoadley

Guest: Anne Arnold

Topics covered

• talent acquisition
• recruiting
• insurance industry
• technology in recruitment
• human resources
• career transition

Keywords

• talent acquisition
• recruiting model
• insurance
• technology
• candidate engagement
• human resources
• job applications

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Farmers Insurance, real estate investment trust

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