I climb telephone poles. It’s awesome.

In a small Ohio city between Dayton and Columbus, the American Dream is alive and well for 24-year-old Kyson Cook. The father of one owns a three-bedroom home, has no debt beyond his mortgage and ends most workdays around 4:30 p.m., leaving plenty of time to shoot pool, go fishing or spend time with family. He has a small plot of land with space for his daughter to play, along with enough money to buy her whatever toys she wants and regularly contribute to a mutual fund with her name on it, without needing to cut back on new clothes, vacations or eating out. The AI economy is rewriting the American Dream — and blue-collar workers are poised to winhttps://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/19/ai-hiring-slowdown-skilled-trade-workers.html

Your Post-Memorial Day long read. Bonus – Scary Charts!

Let’s create existential distress and deep anxiety in your employees!

Taking the brunt of this are young workers. According to a recent survey by yet another consulting firm, most of the AI-driven headcount reduction that CEOs are bracing for is expected to focus on early-career positions. The reasoning for that, as it goes, is that AI is best at automating simpler tasks that an early-career worker would be expected to perform at a company as they get on-the-job training needed to mature into higher-level positions. But many executives, dazzled by the promise of an AI chatbot that can finish tasks in mere seconds and work 24/7 without needing so much as a bathroom break, have said to hell with early-career workers and training the future of the workforce. 99% of CEOs Expect AI-Driven Layoffs in the Next Two Yearshttps://gizmodo.com/99-of-ceos-expect-ai-driven-layoffs-in-the-next-two-years-2000762994

Or you can believe the NY Federal Reserve.

We document that one factor contributing to youth unemployment is the four-fold rise in remote work since the pandemic. Employers may not want to hire fresh graduates onto distributed teams because it is more difficult to teach them the requisite skills from afar. Remote Work Leaves Younger Workers Sidelinedhttps://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2026/06/remote-work-leaves-younger-workers-sidelined/

Good luck trying to determine what’s true. It’s only the worst job market for college grads ever.

Senior Life Insurance Underwriter – Job Positions Available – Elite Sales Processing INC

Senior Life Insurance Underwriter

 Elite Sales Processing, Inc. (ESP) a highly recognized National Insurance Services TPA provider located in Omaha, Nebraska has an immediate need for Full Time Senior Life Insurance Underwriters. Home Office or Remote positions are available.

These positions are available immediately.

 Requirements:

  •  10 years senior life insurance underwriting experience.
  • Current approval limits $2,000,000 plus and up to Table 16
  • Brokerage – Sub-Standard Experience required.
  • Financial underwriting experience.
  • Strong Human relations and communication skills.
  • FLMI or FALU preferred but not required.
  • Ability to work quickly and efficiently with an automated work flow system.
  • Strong knowledge of MIB, Privacy laws and Insurance Compliance regulations.

Please send resume to Tom Gracey, Chairman/Chief Underwriting Officer, tgracey@espsvcs.com and/or call direct @ 888-545-5490.

VP International Life Insurance Underwriting

Job Description – VP, International Life Insurance Underwriting INT0008S.

Update 08.09.14

I’ve gotten several page views on this post before finishing my thought process.  I totally forgot my posts here get published on LinkedIn too.  Pretty efficient if you ask me.  My plans are to post links to interesting jobs as I come across them.  I know a lot of page views on this website are from fellow underwriters looking for work.  So if you see a post with a job title description there will be a post and link to that position.  Again, I hope you find what you’re looking for.  Best of luck.

Life Insurance Underwriters Jobs – New York, NY | Indeed.com

I have shameless copied this job posting from Indeed.com because my website gets a lot of visitors looking for work.  If you’re looking for work I wish you much success in finding what you are looking for.  I have personally been home office based for nearly 8 years.  Not a bad way to make a living.  I miss the corporate politics and meetings but not much else.

Life Insurance Underwriters job – New York, NY | Indeed.com.

Life Insurance Underwriters, 15 insurance underwriters needed immediately by well-known national insurance company. You may work at home!These are full time positions working Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm from the comfort of your home. You will earn $20 to $35 an hour or more, depending on you experience and abilities. 

You will be responsible for:

  • Assessing medical and financial risk to protect the mortality results of the organization while also supporting sales.
  • Emailing customers and occasionally speaking with them regarding their insurance.
  • Underwriting complex formal applications and informal quote applications with the ability to evaluate and take final action in an independent manner within approval authority guidelines.
  • Analyzing complex information and interpreting same to reach comprehensive medical and financial assessments based on company guidelines and policy.
  • Effectively managing change, defusing conflict and negotiate positive results.


In order to be considered, you must have at least 8+ years of life underwriting experience with demonstrated competence handling large face amount cases. In addition, you need:

  • Experience with brokerage distribution marketplace.
  • Approval authority minimum of $2,000,000 experience.
  • FLMI, FALU and/or CLU designations preferred.


If you have superior technical underwriting skills, are able to manage a large caseload, and seek a position where you may work from the comfort of your home, then please send your resume now, in complete confidentiality to:
boston@iosstaffing.com 

Salary Range 
$20.00 to $35.00 

Schedule 
9am – 5 pm 

Interested in this position? For more details, contact boston@iosstaffing.com
Corporate Resource Services is an equal opportunity employer
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Life Underwriting Manager – Singapore

This was posted to a LinkedIn group.

We are looking for a Life Underwriting Manager with at least 7-10 years of experience.

The position is based in Singapore and this will be a fantastic opportunity to work for a very established insurer. Interested candidates please email your details and updated CV to m.chen@huxley.com or call +65 6572 4500 for a discussion.

Get a Life, Not a Job

I made a new friend the other day.  While catching up on my non-book reading I came across a manifesto from http://changethis.com/ with the title Get a Life, Not a Job. My curiosity took hold; I thought this short essay might help me figure out where I’m headed in my life and career, so I read it.  Then I contacted the author to tell her how much I liked her manifesto.  Now we’ve connected on LinkedIn and I’ve made a new friend.

My new friend’s name is Paula Caligiuri. The following bio comes from her website:

Paula Caligiuri, Ph.D. is a work psychologist dedicated to helping people navigate the professional and personal challenges associated with their careers. She is the author of several books including Get a Life, Not a Job: Do What You Love and Let Your Talents Work for You, which FT Press will publish in April 2010, and the career blog. Dr. Caligiuri is a frequent contributor to CNN on career and management topics and has completed a pilot for a television show, CareerWATCH.

Dr. Caligiuri is also a Professor in the Human Resource Management Department at Rutgers University, where she teaches courses in career management and global human resources at the masters, PhD, and executive levels. She is an internationally recognized expert on global careers and strategic human resource management. She has lectured in numerous universities and has been a speaker for many major corporations in the United States, Asia, and Europe.

As a consultant, Dr. Caligiuri is the President of Caligiuri and Associates, Inc., a consulting firm that advises leading global organizations on ways to ensure the success of their internationally-oriented talent through assessment, training, and development.

Dr. Caligiuri holds a M.S. and Ph.D. from Penn State University in industrial and organizational psychology.

The book should be an awesome read.  You can get a copy of Paula’s manifesto by clicking the link below.  I’ve also added a link to her website on my sidebar.  I get a steady stream of visitors to my site who are looking for work.  I do hope you find or create what you are looking for.

69.04.Get a Life