In this entry-level position you will be trained as a licensed financial professional in our Customer Value Center. Becoming a Retention Representative can be a springboard to a successful career with Prudential Financial, a world leader in financial services.

You will be helping to retain Prudential customers who call to cancel their insurance policies. Your job begins with a ten-week paid training program. During training you will learn to understand what your customers’ needs and concerns are so that you can either re-educate them about the benefits of their current policies, or tell them about other options Prudential has to meet their changing needs. You will be trained on sales techniques, insurance products, and the systems you will use.

To be qualified for this position you will need:

•Excellent verbal and written skills with the ability to persuade and sell.
•The ability to quickly engage customers in discussion.
•Exceptional active listening skills and the ability to ask appropriate questions to determine customers’ needs and preferences.

We also prefer, but do not require, that you have:

•Previous direct telephone sales experience or customer service experience in  telemarketing, commission sales, or collection.
•Knowledge of life insurance products. 
•A college degree.
•NASD registration for series 6 & 63 (Variable) and Minnesota Life and Variable license (but must be acquired as soon as possible and no later than 6 months from hire.) Note: Prudential will cover fees for employees who do not have these qualifications at time of hire.

Your benefits will include:

•A starting salary commensurate with your sales experience.
•Outstanding advancement potential and ongoing educational opportunities.
•A comprehensive health care plan.
•Tuition assistance.
•The opportunity to participate in company-sponsored retirement savings plans.
•Ample paid time off – vacation, holidays and personal days totaling 15 paid days off in the first year, then 21 paid days off after the first completed year of employment.
•Retention Representatives work a daily eight-hour shift, Monday through Friday, or may be able to work a compressed week schedule during operating hours of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. (For example, four 10-hour workdays Monday through Thursday.)

Prudential Financial companies serve individual and institutional customers worldwide and  include The Prudential Insurance Company of America, one of the largest life insurance companies  in the United States. These companies offer a variety of products and services, including life  insurance, mutual funds, annuities, pension and retirement-related services and administration,  asset management, banking and trust services, real estate brokerage franchises, relocation services  and, through a joint venture, retail securities brokerage services. For more information, visit  www.prudential.com.

Prudential is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to diversity in its workforce.

Any applicant selected for this position will be required to submit to an extensive background screening and a credit check.  Failure to comply will eliminate an applicant from consideration for this position. Any negative information obtained as a result of the background screening may result in the disqualification of the applicant from this and any other position in Prudential, including their current position if they are an internal applicant.