Experience

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  American insurance & financial services

  Jul 2000 - Aug 2010

  Office representative

  o Serviced policies in force - Contacted clients regarding issues and made changes neededo Assisted with quoting Auto, Homeowners, Commercial, and Personal Property policieso Gathered specific information for sales and prospectingo Researched client underwriting datao Managed renewals and cancellationso Served as Database manager for the agency

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  Palm beach county school district

  Jan 2008 - Aug 2010

  Social studies teacher

  o Presented high school courses in Social Studies and Businesso Prepared students for state examinations on: History, Geography, Culture, Psychology, Web Design, and Basic Computer Programmingo Structured classroom policies to reflect my management style of consensus-buildingo Assessed students progress daily in all conceptso Planned and participated in events involving the campus.o Served as Social Studies Department Technology Supervisor and as Data Specialist.o Football Coach for Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Freshman level teamso Created 1st ever boys Lacrosse team in school history and served as Head Coach. Show less

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  State farm insurance

  Jul 2010 - Jun 2011

  Office representative

  o Prospected new business through cold calling, and business to business networkingo Developed relationship with new and existing clientso Contacted leads from internet based sources, cold calling, and referred sourceso Serviced existing policies in force - explained coverages, settled clerical issues, provided certificates of insurance as neededo Quoted, determined and explained coverage, then sold new policies to customers

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  American insurance & financial services inc.

  Jun 2011 - Jun 2012

  General lines agent - commercial business manager
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  State farm ®

  Jun 2012 - now

  As an Agency Intern Specialist I train new agents prior to opening their office and assist in securing an office location and staff.I lead classroom discussions on the following topics:-sales - (effectively discover customer needs, product knowledge, utilizing sales software and closing sales)-staff their team - (determine necessary positions to fill, review resumes, conduct interviews, hiring the right candidate)-managing the staff - (set team and individual goals, monitor staff skills, coach team members and asses and review the team)-focus the business goals - (determine effective agency goals, continually monitor individual and team goals and assess production)I monitor and assist new agents in preparation of opening their office location in the following topics:-finding an office location-signing a lease-determining and ordering necessary equipment including office electronics and technology-ordering necessary office furniture-establishing necessary office technology and technology access.-utilizing proper signage and marketing Show less

  • State Farm Agent Intern

    Aug 2017 - now

  • TICA Agency Field Specialist

    Oct 2014 - Aug 2017

  • Agency Intern Specialist

    Nov 2013 - Oct 2014

  • Complex Auto Claims Representative

    Jun 2012 - Nov 2013
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  State farm agent

  Jan 2018 - now

  Agency Owner

  • Alexander Grokhowsky State Farm

    Jan 2018 - now

  • State Farm Agent

    Jan 2018 - now