The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE), Automotive Youth Educational Systems (AYES) and Skills USA recently announced an agreement to provide co-branded end of program exams for students in secondary and post-secondary automotive technology programs.
Honoring a 24-year tradition of awarding scholarships to students pursuing careers in the automotive industry, the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) is awarding 93 students more than $130,000 in scholarships for the 2008-2009 academic year.
Jul 1, 2008
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Tim Sramcik
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Willis Ramirez, manager of human resources for CARSTAR, discussed best hiring and retention practices during an instructional session on hiring and employee retention at CARSTAR's 2008 national conference.
Apr 18, 2008
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Tschanen Niederkohr
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You provide all the training you can get your hands on for your technicians, but turnover still is a great problem at your shop. It seems as if when a tech is trained, he or she puts in their two-week's notice and heads to a shop or dealership across town. There are a number of reasons people leave their jobs in the bay, and some of them you can't control. But cutting training opportunities so freshly trained techs will not go somewhere else won't help your cause ? in fact, you're probably doing more harm than good.
Apr 18, 2008
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Chad Simon
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Several factors contribute to today's technician shortage problem, including rigorous qualifications necessary to work on increasingly complex powertrains, fuel diversity, and the negative stigma associated with this career choice. The situation will only be exacerbated in the next decade when Boomer-generation technicians enter retirement. Three industry professionals give their take on the problem and offer strategies to help correct it.
This course is one in a four-course series that leads to a Professional Certificate in Automotive Product Development Management, jointly conferred by SAE and Oakland University's renowned School of Business.
Apr 4, 2008
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Chad Simon
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Several factors contribute to today's technician shortage problem, including rigorous qualifications necessary to work on increasingly complex powertrains, fuel diversity, and the negative stigma associated with this career choice. The situation will only be exacerbated in the next decade when Boomer-generation technicians enter retirement. Three industry professionals give their take on the problem and offer strategies to help correct it.
Mitchell 1 introduces eCRM with eConnect, a comprehensive marketing service designed to increase small-to-medium-sized automotive repair shops? profitable maintenance business through highly effective e-mail marketing. The new program is designed to boost service traffic through repeat business.
Four Northwood University students recently gathered with more than 50 other students and educational leaders from five countries for the annual NUCARS simulation in Aarhus, Denmark.?NUCARS, which stands for Northwood University Computer Automotive Retail Simulation, is a three-day management training simulation developed by The University of Toyota that provides third and fourth year college and university students with the opportunity to solve real-life obstacles in the operation of an automotive dealership.?
