One Of Many Challenges Faced In Recruiting Insurance Agents ~ When we reach the ceiling it becomes a floor but it does not change the fact. We always want to grow beyond what we have already achieved in the past and continue in the path towards bigger and greater excellence. In my brief career span in the financial services industry I was baffled to figure out why such a challenging yet lucrative career option is so hard to fill in that our industry managers has to go out aggressively recruiting and more so, convincing prospective candidates about the opportunities it promises. Granted it does not start with any fixed salary but so does most of the sales careers out there with significant earning potential.