As a State Farm Intern, you may post one job at a time. Once your account is upgraded to a full Agent account, you can post as many jobs as there are job titles available.
In this article:
- Use a job template
- Enter location information
- Select remote status
- Select job title
- Set employment type and salary information
- Require a resume
- Select prescreen questions
- Select assessments
- Set hiring manager and configure notifications
- Select posting status
- Transfer your State Farm Agency Intern account to a full Agent account
- Where CareerPlug sends State Farm Agency Intern jobs
Use a job template
When you want to create a new State Farm job posting, you will need to start with a State Farm-approved job template. Your account comes equipped with prebuilt job templates for three State Farm Agency Intern roles.
- Account Representative
- Insurance Account Representative
- Marketing Manager
From your Jobs page, click the New Job button in the upper right corner and select Use a Job Template.
Alternatively, on your Dashboard, you can click the Add New button and select Use a Job Template.
You can save multiple Pending and Draft jobs in your account, but once you create an active Agency Intern job posting, you cannot create any more.
Enter location information
Enter the City, State, ZIP Code, and Country for your job. This will determine the city and zip code in which your job is posted on the job boards.
Select remote status
To specify that one of your jobs is a remote position, select either Work From Home Flexible, Temporarily Remote, or Fully Remote from the options listed below the job's location information. If the position is not remote, simply select Not Remote.
When you list a job as remote, it will be posted as a nationwide opportunity on job boards that support remote positions.
Select job title
Select a State Farm-approved job title from the Posting title drop-down menu.
A Requisition ID is an internal job code that you can use for reporting purposes. It is not visible to applicants.
Set employment type and salary information
Continue to configure your posting by choosing the Employment Type (full time, contract, etc.).
Adding Desired Experience (years) is recommended, as it can help with visibility on Indeed.
Add a salary amount or range that applies. Formatting this information correctly by using the salary information fields (pay style, amount, pay interval) will help improve this job's visibility on the job boards.
- Pay style - Choose between fixed (allows you to enter one amount) or ranged (requires you to add minimum and maximum amounts)
- Amount ($) - Enter the pay amount (number only)
- Pay interval - The interval can be per hour, day, week, month, or year
Applicants are drawn to job postings with salary information, and Indeed posts now automatically include compensation on every job, so we strongly recommend adding this. If you don't specify salary information yourself, Indeed will assign an estimated compensation to your job posting. Additionally, nearly 20 states (and growing) now require by law that salary information be presented to job seekers. Please refer to your local state laws to maintain compliance.
Once you're done configuring the Job Posting tab, click the Next Section button.
Require a resume
By default, CareerPlug jobs do not require applicants to upload a resume in order to apply.
To require applicants to submit a resume with their application, click the Resume is required to apply to this job toggle at the top of the Applicant Evaluation tab.
Select prescreen questions
On the Applicant Evaluation tab, select any prescreen questions you would like to ask your applicants by selecting from our library of pre-written questions. Applicants must answer all prescreen questions when applying for your job.
Answers to prescreen questions are visible when you hover over an applicant’s prescreen score on the Applicants page. You can use the applicant's answers and prescreen score to help evaluate their level of fit for the position.
To add a prescreen question, click Select Questions.
Turn on the toggle for any prescreen questions you'd like to add to your job. When you're done adding questions, click Save.
We recommend including 3 prescreen questions, but you can have up to 5; including more than 5 will negatively impact applicant volume.
Looking for a candidate with a certain education level? Try adding a prescreen question to your job to ask for for the applicant's education level, then filter your Applicants page to view only applicants with the right prescreen score.
After you add a question, you can edit the status of responses by clicking the settings icon.
Decide whether each of the responses will be scored as Auto Fast Track, Fast Track, Normal, or Disqualify. If you want to easily identify your top applicants, consider using Fast Track.
- Normal (default): This means that no matter how the applicant responds, the response is scored normally and will not be considered for Fast Track.
- Auto Fast Track: This means that no matter how the applicant responds to other prescreen questions, if they select an Auto Fast Track response, they will automatically be considered Fast Track. This is useful if you have one key response or requirement you know you will want to move forward within the hiring process.
- Fast Track: This means that if the applicant chooses a Fast Track response, that person has the potential to be considered Fast Track. These applicants must correctly select all other Fast Track responses you have set up in order to be considered Fast Track.
- Disqualify: This means that an applicant should not be considered in the hiring process if they select a Disqualify response.
When you're done adding or editing questions, click Save.
Once you have added multiple prescreen questions, you have the option to reorder questions according to your preferences and/or recruiting priorities. To reorder questions, click the arrow icon to the left of the question and drag it up or down.
Select assessments
You can add two assessments to your job — the Math/Verbal Aptitude Assessment and the Sales and Leadership Assessment — which you'll have the option to send to applicants.
Both toggles will be on by default. To remove either assessment from your job, click the associated toggle.
Here's what each assessment measures:
- Math/Verbal Assessment: A 12-minute timed, test of cognitive ability that focuses on applicants' problem-solving skills, numerical skills, verbal skills, and reasoning.
- Sales/Leadership Assessment: A personality test that focuses on sales and leadership potential.
Click Next Section to proceed.
Looking for a candidate with a good math/verbal aptitude or one who has sales potential? Ensure you're inviting applicants to take assessments, then filter your Applicants page to view only applicants who have completed assessments.
Set hiring manager and configure notifications
Confirm the Hiring Manager selected by default, or choose a different manager from the drop-down list.
Edit notification settings for yourself and other users by clicking the Configure Notifications button.
In the drawer, click the down arrow icon next to a user's name to edit their notifications settings.
Set whether users receive notifications when New Applicants apply and when Applicant Tasks are completed by turning on/off the associated toggle.
- For New Applicants notifications, select the frequency of notifications from the drop-down list.
- For Applicant Tasks notifications, select which tasks you want users to be notified about when completed by applicants.
Set whether users receive notifications when New Fast Track Applicants are received and when applicants reach particular Hiring Stages by turning on/off the associated toggle.
- For New Fast Track Applicants notifications, select by which methods you want users to be notified. If selecting text message notifications, you need to enter a Phone Number.
- For Hiring Stages notifications, select which hiring steps you want users to be notified about when reached by applicants.
When you're done configuring notifications settings for all of your users, click Apply to save your changes.
If there are users outside of your organization that need access to your job, turn on the Email notifications to external users toggle. Enter any external email addresses needed in the field below, each separated by a comma.
Click Next Section.
Select posting status
The final step of creating your job is configuring the Select posting status pop-up.
Set job post status
Set your job posting's status to Active, Pending, or Careers Pages Only.
These are the available job post statuses:
| Active | Your job will be immediately posted on your careers page and sent to external job boards. It may take up to 24 hours to appear on job boards. |
| Pending | Choose this status if you’re not ready for the job to be posted anywhere yet, or if you want to post the job at a future date. You can find all of your Pending jobs on the Drafts tab of your Jobs page. |
| Careers Pages Only | Your job will be created and posted on your careers page, but not sent to any external job boards. You can find all of your internal-only jobs on the Passive tab of your Jobs page. |
Passive recruiting is important. Imagine one of your A-players quits and you are unexpectedly left shorthanded. You'll scramble to write a job description and get into hiring mode while your team feels the absence. But if you’re constantly searching for A-players, fostering relationships, and building your talent pipeline, you’ll already know where to find the best candidates when your A-player quits with two weeks’ notice.
Post job at a later date
If you're thinking about a position you need to fill in the future while you're in your CareerPlug account, you have the option to create the job now, but set it to post to job boards at a later date. Setting a job to post at a later date helps you prepare for future hiring needs.
Setting a job to post at a later date (think scheduling a job to go active in the future) also lets you set a job to post on the best days for applicant visibility — Monday through Wednesday, when job seekers are most active on the job boards — without having to log into your account on those days.
You must select Pending as the job post status in order to post a job at a later date.
Selecting Pending will expand the Posting Status pop-up and give you the option to schedule your job to post at a later date.
Turn on the Post at a late date toggle, then click the calendar icon to select your job's posting date from the drop-down calendar.
After you click the Post Job button, the job will be saved on the Drafts tab of your Jobs page until it is posted. If you did not set a future date for your job to post, it will remain on your Drafts tab until you update it with a date or post it (by making it an Active job).
Post job to careers pages only
Passive jobs — sometimes called internal-only jobs — are future openings posted to your careers page but not shared on job boards like Indeed. Passive recruiting allows you to build a hiring pipeline of qualified candidates who you can reach out to when openings become available.
To make a passive job posting, select Careers Pages Only as the job post status.
Selecting Careers Pages Only will expand the Posting Status pop-up and give you the option to schedule your passive job to post at a later date.
Turn on the Post at a late date toggle, then click the calendar icon to select your passive job's posting date from the drop-down calendar.
After you click the Post Job button, the job will be saved on the Passive tab of your Jobs page. If you did not set a future date, your job will post to your careers page immediately. If you selected a future date, your posting will go live on your careers page on that date.
Post your job
When you're all done editing your job's posting status, click the Post Job button.
When you set your job to active, it may take up to 24 hours to appear on job boards. You can also immediately post your job to custom sources besides the job boards to which CareerPlug automatically sends your job. And don’t forget to share your careers page link with your network.
Transfer your State Farm Agency Intern account to a full Agent account
All State Farm Agent Interns who use the CareerPlug Team Member Recruiting System are eligible for a free 60-day trial of the Agent account.
Starting on the date of your appointment to Agent status, you will have a brief window of time during which you can convert your Intern account to a full Agent account by logging into CareerPlug. You will automatically be directed to the Plan and Billing tab of your Settings where you can enter your company information and credit card number to begin your free 60-day trial of the Agent account. Converting to a full Agent account will allow you to retain your applicant data and gain access to discounted pricing.
Your account cannot be converted until your official appointment date.
If you do not convert your account within the allotted time after being appointed to Agent status, you will be unable to convert your Intern account and the applicant data in your account will be permanently deleted. If you want to use CareerPlug again, you will need to sign up for a new Agent account.
In addition to all of the tracking tools and email templates that you have access to as an Intern, full Agent accounts have access to:
- A much more flexible Job Post Builder
- Additional job titles
- Unlimited active job postings
- Unlimited use of assessment tests to evaluate applicants
- A customizable careers page, used to advertise your jobs
For information on converting your Intern account to a full Agent account, contact us.
Where CareerPlug sends State Farm Agency Intern jobs
CareerPlug sends all active job postings to job boards (listed below) daily via an XML feed.
Due to the volume of job postings submitted to job boards, new jobs may take up to 24 business hours to appear in their organic job feed.
If your job is not showing up on a job boards, it's possibly the result of a job board performing thorough quality review to protect the applicant experience, or a job board (especially the smaller ones) limiting visibility after determining that the job submitted isn't a good fit for job seekers on their particular website.
Each job board has its own algorithmic review process, as well as ultimate authority over the visibility of submitted job postings.
The sources where we automatically send your jobs include:
- Indeed (To get maximum visibility on Indeed, ensure your job postings our job board best practices)
- ZipRecruiter
- CareerJet
- Glassdoor
- JobInventory
- WayUp
- JuJu
- DirectEmployers
- Simply Hired
- Your careers page
Google Jobs operates differently from other job boards. Instead of having XML feeds sent to them, Google scrapes major job boards (excluding Indeed) for postings to include in their job feed.
When you transfer your Intern account to a full Agent account, we will also be able to send your jobs to LinkedIn and TeamMemberJobs.com.