Lauren Lamb

After graduating with a degree in architecture and interior design, I began my career in interior design and was hired as a store manager for tabletop products at a new company called HomePlace. My department quickly became number one in sales, which led to me being recruited to handle nationwide recruiting for that role. I traveled extensively and helped open 150 stores in about four years for this big box retail company that was similar to Williams-Sonoma but more accessible to the general public. After working as a store manager while raising my children, I got recruited to American Fidelity even though I wasn't looking for a job. A recruiter named Kim Burkeen called me, I went to interview, and I've been here ever since - 23 years now. When I started, we didn't really have a recruiting program for the field; it was kind of the wild wild west with every manager doing their own hiring. About a year after joining, the president of sales met with me to discuss quality hiring issues, and out of that conversation, we developed my position and started building a structured recruiting program. I've watched our field staff grow from 200 to nearly 450 representatives. My boss retired last year after working together for many years, so it's been a transitional period, but I still love what I do.