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What to Expect from this Year’s All-Virtual Elevate Event

Hireology

Elevate 2020 — the only retail automotive event focused on building your best-in-class people operations — is right around the corner, slated to kickoff September 15th as an all-virtual event that’s free to attend. Get Exclusive Content Specific to the Automotive Industry. Jason Stein, Vice President and Publisher of Automotive News.

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Select Your Managers Carefully and Empower Them to Build the Best Team 

Hireology

In retail automotive, holding a sales or service management role is a necessary step in one’s journey to lead, or even own, an entire dealership. managers are typically left on their own to figure out best practices for attracting, selecting, and onboarding top talent. Final Thoughts.

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Dealership Hiring: Excite Young Job Seekers to Join Your Team

Hireology

Dealership hiring is challenging in today’s tight labor market. According to Cox Automotive’s 2019 Dealership Staffing Study , interest in dealership careers has significantly declined in recent years. . Despite this decline, the good news for dealership hiring is that younger job seekers are interested in working at dealerships.

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How to Make Your Retail Automotive Roles Attractive to Other Industries

Hireology

There’s a stigma associated with working in the retail automotive industry that affects who and how you hire. The key here is you’ve got to be competitive among those in your industry as well as the industries you’re attempting to pull talent from, so do your research when assessing your offerings. .

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Recruitment Tools for Hiring and Retaining Auto Technicians

Hireology

Hiring and retaining quality auto technicians is increasingly becoming one of the biggest challenges facing the retail automotive industry today. According to a report by TechForce Foundation , the US will be short approximately 642,000 automotive, diesel, and collision technicians by 2024 if the current trends continue. .

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Obsolete Recruiting Processes Contributes to High Employee Turnover at Auto Dealerships

CareerPlug

All too often, we hear dealership managers lament the costs of turnover from bad hires that should have never made it through the hiring process. Hiring without an effective selection process in place can feel like buying a car without test-driving it first, and, unfortunately, there is no lemon law to protect against a bad hire.

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8 Reasons Onboarding is Essential

Hireology

It’s in your onboarding program. We also recently hosted an onboarding webinar with Hireology VP Scott Brinkman and Sandy Zannino, founder and CEO of Innovative Auto HR. Onboarding Can Reduce Turnover (and Turnover Costs). Standardized Onboarding Is a Competitive Edge. Or your kegerator. Turnover is expensive.