Posts by Shannon Smedstad
GEICO: a community, inside and out
By Shannon Smedstad on May 2, 2013 at 3:18 PM
When you hear the name GEICO, most likely you think: big company, auto and property insurance, the lovable Gecko and our quirky commercials. Behind our marketing and brand name, there are nearly 28,000 associates working hard to deliver on GEICO’s promise to “be there” for our customers. Additionally, our team strives to responsibly give back [...]
Posted in: Working at GEICO
From representative to regional VP: Executive Q&A with Rick Hoagland
By Shannon Smedstad on April 26, 2013 at 9:09 AM
The second post in our “Executive Q & A” series features Rick Hoagland , a graduate of The College of William and Mary with a finance degree. Like many members of our leadership team, Rick started at GEICO in an entry-level position, as a telephone claims representative. He progressed through various claims and manager-level positions, [...]
Posted in: Claims, Working at GEICO
Meet our team: What it’s like working in sales
By Shannon Smedstad on April 18, 2013 at 9:09 AM
As part of this new blog series, we’ll introduce you to some of our associates to learn first-hand about what it’s like working in various GEICO departments. Our second post in this series is all about working in our sales department, in which you’ll meet Breanne. Breanne M., sales representative in Macon, Ga. GEICO [...]
Posted in: Sales and Service, Working at GEICO
And the Best Music Video Award goes to GEICO!
By Shannon Smedstad on April 11, 2013 at 8:51 AM
American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance and America’s Got Talent … they don’t have anything on us! GEICO’s associates are not only a talented workforce, they also have some serious pipes and dance moves. For many years, we’ve produced an annual music video to accompany our largest, internal corporate meeting. Why our videos [...]
Posted in: Working at GEICO
IT @ GEICO: Meet two mobile team pros
By Shannon Smedstad on March 15, 2013 at 1:53 PM
Welcome to our newest blog series! Here, we’ll introduce you to some of our information technology associates so that you can learn what it’s like working in IT @ GEICO. In the first of this series, you’ll meet Carolyn and Dave … bright, driven members of GEICO’s cutting-edge mobile team. Carolyn T., lead application systems [...]
Posted in: IT @ GEICO, Working at GEICO
Meet our team: What it’s like working in claims
By Shannon Smedstad on March 8, 2013 at 4:25 PM
As part of our newest blog series, we’ll introduce you to some of our associates to learn first-hand about what it’s like working in various GEICO departments. Our first post in this series is all about working in our claims department, where you’ll meet Michael and Bonnie. Michael D., liability claims in Marlton, N.J. GEICO [...]
Posted in: Claims, Working at GEICO
Love is in the air at GEICO
By Shannon Smedstad on February 12, 2013 at 2:25 PM
There’s a long history of love and marriage at GEICO. It goes way back to our earliest days; our founder, Leo Goodwin, and his wife Lillian worked side-by-side to get GEICO up and running. Today, more than 75 years later, Cupid’s arrow continues to strike, as some associates are finding more than just careers here. [...]
Posted in: Odds & Ends, Working at GEICO
Executive Q&A – Jan Stewart, vice president, human resources: ‘We need to hire more’
By Shannon Smedstad on January 29, 2013 at 3:50 PM
Our new “Executive Q & A” series kicks-off with an interview with Jan Stewart, vice president of human resources. Jan joined GEICO in 2002 as the Corporate Secretary and moved into her current HR leadership role in 2006. I sat down with her to talk about GEICO, plans for 2013 and more. What exciting things [...]
Posted in: Working at GEICO
Huge hiring news from the Gecko
By Shannon Smedstad on December 21, 2012 at 1:47 PM
In 13 major locations and field offices across the country, GEICO’s recruiting teams are revving up hiring for 2013! From New York to Hawaii and from Alaska to Florida, we plan to hire more than 4,000 new associates in the upcoming year. Now, when you think of an insurance company, you probably think of jobs [...]
Posted in: IT @ GEICO, Working at GEICO
From campus to corporate: a tale of two Wildcats
By Shannon Smedstad on December 13, 2012 at 7:33 AM
GEICO’s college recruiters have great jobs! Their mission: scour universities for future business leaders who want to work for a company filled with opportunity and great people. Two of our newest associates, Emily and Caitlin, December 2012 grads from the University of Arizona, first learned about careers at GEICO during campus visits. They interviewed and [...]
Posted in: Working at GEICO
