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Automotive News Retail Forum Recap

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The final installment of the Automotive News Retail Forum: Dealer Discussions virtual series wrapped up this week, showcasing how dealers and industry partners have weathered the staffing and inventory challenges this summer. Automate the Hiring Process. What’s ahead for Dealers for the rest of 2020. Attract a New Kind of Talent.

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Case Study: Kocourek Automotive Cuts Hiring Time to 21 Days with Hireology

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Between historically-low unemployment and limited job seekers interest in dealership careers, hiring has never been more challenging in the retail automotive industry. In 2017, Kocourek first enlisted Hireology to help improve its recruitment marketing and hiring efforts. Hired 275 employees across seven locations since 2017.

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How Automotive Job Roles are Evolving Across Dealerships

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When you think of a dealership, several traditional automotive job roles – including sales managers and service technicians – likely come to mind. But as reported in Automotive News , some dealerships are adding new roles to keep up with the ever-evolving retail automotive market. Product Specialists.

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The Product Specialist Job Description Blueprint

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Especially given the social distancing mandates and additional safety precautions, your customers don’t want to spend hours of back and forth with a salesperson. What to Look For When Hiring Product Specialists. Of course you can still hire industry veterans, but make sure they know your dealership runs differently. .

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6 Creative Sourcing Techniques to Add to Your Recruiting Strategy in 2022

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2021 was a really tough year for hiring, and 2022 is shaping up to be no different. . Among Hireology customers, referrals represent nearly one in every eight new hires. For example, maybe folks can earn a point for every time they post a job on social media and then they can cash in their points for bonus checks or other freebies.

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New Resource: The Hireology Social Media Starter Kit for Recruiting

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While many businesses use social media to engage with customers and drive business, savvy owners and HR teams have also started to leverage LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook to promote their open roles. Additional content you should be sharing on social media. How to engage your employees using referral incentives.

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12 examples of successful employee advocacy programs

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DriveTime Automotive Group. Like social recruiting in general , successful employee advocacy requires a variety of different posts posted to multiple profiles. Related : Watch Bob’s Discount Furniture’s recruiting manager talk about their social recruiting successes. 2. Got a hiring event? ULTA Beauty. CVS Health.