1. Employment Profile: What exactly does a Claims Examiner do? |
|
 What field is your job in?
Insurance
|
|
What is your job title?
Claims Examiner
|
|
Please provide a brief description of the firm or organization that you currently work for
(size and general description of what type of organization it is)
We are a Third Party Administrator, that administrates worker's compensation claims for big companies.
|
|
How long have you been employed in this position?
3 years
|
|
How many hours do you work a week on average?
45 hrs
|
|
Please provide a BRIEF description of your duties and responsibilities. (job description)
Administors Workers compensation claims, Pay medical bills, administors employess medical care and return to work full duty.
|
|
What was your gross income last year? Please include any bonuses or incentives received.
$36,0000
|
|
What is your expected gross income for this year? Please include any bonuses or incentives you expect to receive.
38000
|
|
Please
list any benefits you have (Please include number of weeks vacation,
sick leave and type of health insurance, retirement plan 401k)
3 weeks vacation, Health, dental, eye insurance; 401 k. Disability.
|
|
Do you feel you are under/well/over compensated at your current position?
Under
|
|
|
2. Work environment! |
|
Does
your job entail you working with others on a daily basis? Is this
something you like/dislike about your job? Explain
Yes; I enjoy it becuase some examiners are more experienced than others so if we have questions we could always go to other team memebers and get advise. Also we handle many different State Jurisdictions so there are many different laws.
|
|
Do you work collaboratively with supervisors/managers?
Yes
|
|
Do you work collaboratively with your co-workers?
Yes
|
|
Describe
your work location (e.g., office, home, theatre, in the field) and what
you like/dislike about working in it
|
|
Please rank in order of importance from 1-8 (1- most important 8- least important) Assign each number once.
-
2 Income
-
3 Work Environment - co-workers
-
5 Work Environment - supervisors
-
1 Benefits
-
4 Hours
-
6 Level of responsibility
-
8 The actual "work" you do at your job
-
7 Job Title
|
|
3. How should someone new to the workforce get a J-O-B like yours? |
|
If someone wanted to go about getting a job similar to yours, what would you recommend for him or her to do?
Go and get the medical background, it entitles a lot of medical terminology. So it helps if you have had pervious experience with medical.
|
|
What
skills do you think a person should have if they want to pursue a
position like yours? Please be specific and explain why (e.g., social
skills, organization skills, technical skills)
Organizational - Becuase you work with so many different reports and tasks. Social Skills - Due to the amount of providers, supervisors and employee you deal with on the phone.Technical skills - Everything is done thru systems, we are a paperless company so everything is on the computer.
|
|
Do you feel that you need a certain level of education or training to be successful in your job?
Yes; Associates or Bachelor
|
|
What advice would you give to someone who was about to start work in your position/ line of work?
Expect a lot of work and stress, it is very overwhelming.
|
|
In order to view the remaining sections of this questionnaire please
SIGN IN
or
REGISTER HERE or 
|
