| | ASE: The blue seal bargaining chip
| | The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Blue Seal patch is worn with pride by techs and counterpeople throughout the industry. When job-hunting, however, how can techs use ASE certification to their advantage? Can it mean overqualification in some instances? Not a chance, say those we spoke with. | |  |
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| SEMA awards more then $130,000 in scholarships
| | Motor Age | | 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 over $130,000 in scholarships for the 2008-2009 academic year. |
| | CARSTAR national conference looks at best hiring practices
| | Automotive Body Repair News | | 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. |
| | Training is important whether employees stay or go
| | Motor Age | | 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. |
|  | Vehicle complexity, negative stigma put brakes on tech careers
| | Automotive Body Repair News | | 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. |
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