Hydrate Your Business
A recruiting and training plan now can stave off your thirst for employees later.
Car-O-Liner Welder Awarded to Wisconsin Career and Technical School
Jerome Goodson, an industry instructor at Fox Valley Technical College located in Appleton, Wis., has won a Car-O-Liner CR 55 Aluminum Stud Welder and Dent Repair Tools in a giveaway sponsored by Car-O-Liner, I-CAR, ASE, the I-CAR Education Foundation and the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF). For the fifth year in a row, these
March Taylor Memorial Fund Raffle Extended to January
The March Taylor Memorial Fund raffle to win a ProSpot i4 inverter spot welding system worth $21,000 has been extended until the Collision Industry Conference (CIC) gathering in Scottsdale, Ariz., Jan. 14-16, 2009, when a winner will be drawn. Raffle proceeds will benefit the March Taylor Memorial Fund, which assists collision repair technicians through educational
Eliminate the ‘Fear Factor’
A group of your technicians confronts you with a list of demands and threatens to leave if those demands aren’t met. But there’s no need to panic if you’re running a sound business and have a plan to introduce new employees.
ASE/AYES/SkillsUSA Announce Testing Partnership
The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE), Automotive Youth Educational Systems (AYES) and Skills USA announced an agreement to provide end-of-program exams for students in secondary and post-secondary automotive technology programs. The new exams, set to be released in spring 2009, will combine the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) end-of-program tests into a
I-CAR Board Elects New Officers and Executive Committee Members
The I-CAR International Board of Directors elected new officers and executive committee members after the organization approved a change in the I-CAR fiscal year from July 1 to June 30 to Jan. 1 to Dec. 31. This change required an interim fiscal year of July 1, 2008 through Dec. 31, 2008, termed “F’08.5.” The first
I-CAR Scholarship Winners Recognized by ALLDATA
ALLDATA has awarded one-year, online ALLDATA Collision subscriptions to the two winners of the I-CAR 2008 Education Foundation scholarship program. The I-CAR Secondary School Scholarship winner – Matthew Landman of Beaver Falls, Pa. – attends Beaver County Area Vocational Technical School. The Post-Secondary School Winner –Michael Luna of Sequin, Texas — attends St. Philip’s College
Breaking Away
It was evident by the way CARSTAR CEO Dick Cross bypassed the stairs to the stage and leapt up onto it instead that this year’s annual CARSTAR conference was going to be a high-energy affair. The leader of the largest group of independently owned and operated auto body repair stores in North America couldn’t have
Universal Technical Institute Announces $10 Million Student Loan Program
Universal Technical Institute, Inc. (UTI), which specializes in technical education training for careers in collision repair, mechanical and other fields, has developed a $10 million private loan initiative designed to help students who need help "bridging the tuition gap" in today’s tight credit market. UTI has 10 campuses across the United States and manufacturer-sponsored advanced
The Consumer-Centric Solution
With DRPs losing favor and shops in desperate search for profitability, creating a consumer-focused business model may be the answer.
