GEICO recruits students

Members of the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) hosted a GEICO event on Tuesday, Nov. 24, in which representatives spoke about Emerging Leader, a position within the company's management development program.

For the last five years, GEICO has been visiting college campuses to recruit potential seniors and graduate students.

GEICO college recruiters Jeanine Toscano and Rick Haas presented an interactive dialogue detailing the program's competitiveness in the market, the responsibilities of the position and the training and application processes.

"Though we are speaking about this position today, GEICO has an array of positions ranging from analytical to supervisory leadership, GEICO has a place for you in one of the 12 regional offices," said Haas.

Haas began the event by talking about the services that the company has to offer and the commercials that demonstrated the "good marketing and great campaigning that is showing that GEICO is viable in the market place."

"We use a lot of humor to tie into our public, and GEICO is a great company in that way, and the people that we look for have to be just as quirky as our commercials," he said.

Following Haas' commentary, Toscano spoke about the leadership program and how the role provides a small corporate environment in a large corporation.

"GEICO and the insurance industry itself is very stable, and we have a good reputation and financial strength which are things that you are looking for in a company, so we can give you a solid career," said Toscano.

Toscano also discussed the benefits of employment within the company, such as intensive training and learning support, paid salary within the first day of training, opportunity for promotion within the company and solid health benefits beginning within the first 30 days of starting the position. The company also offers developmental classes for individuals looking to pursue higher positions.

Before concluding the event, Toscano and Haas recognized NABA Corresponding Secretary Keisha Dillon as a recipient of a GEICO scholarship.

"The event turned out to be great," said NABA Publicity Director Jonathan Jeanty. "It was a success for the students because they were able to be exposed to a company that leads in its industry, and it was a success for NABA because we made a new contact that will continue to work with us in the future."