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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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Women in Automotive: How to Conduct Interviews Free From Inappropriate Questions

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And with dealerships facing staffing shortages – fewer than 1% of job seekers would consider working at a dealership – dealers need to make more of an effort to ensure their employment brand and hiring process are inclusive and open to women. Who will watch your children? Why, being a woman, would you want to be an engineer?

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Key Takeaways from the Cox Automotive Dealership Staffing Study

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This blog post includes an excerpt from our paper highlighting key findings from the Cox Automotive Dealership Staffing Study. As the automotive market drives continued change, we have observed that hiring practices supporting automotive talent haven’t kept up with today’s workforce needs.

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Hireology COO Julie Brinkman Featured in Automotive News Piece on Women Impacting Dealerships

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Automotive News released a special supplement on March 13, focused on “Women Impacting Dealerships.” As part of the feature, Automotive News spoke with Julie Brinkman, Chief Operating Officer at Hireology, who shared her expertise about attracting and hiring women in automotive. As outlined in the supplement, only 19.2

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Survey: How Leading Dealerships Are Weathering the 2021 Hiring Crisis

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Today’s hiring crisis is impacting businesses of all shapes and sizes — and dealerships are no exception. At Hireology, we surveyed roughly 200 of our auto dealership customers to determine exactly how dealerships today are adjusting to overcome many of these unprecedented hiring obstacles.

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Session Highlights: Elevate 2021

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He will reveal the results of a 2021 Hireology study based on a survey of more than 5,000 recent job applicants — providing a unique look into the minds of today’s post-pandemic job seekers. The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly impacted the retail automotive space in many ways. 2:30pm – 3:15pm CT. And don’t forget to register here.

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A Look Back at Elevate 2020

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Jason Stein , Publisher at Automotive News, moderated three weeks of meaningful discussions between Hireology’s CEO and Founder, Adam Robinson and various industry professionals like Peter Fong , Chief Revenue Officer at Orbee Auto, Inder Dosanjh , President of California Automotive Retailing Group Inc., Looking Ahead to 2021.