Caliber Awards Student Scholarships Through Collision Repair Education Foundation
The Collision Repair Education Foundation has announced the winners of Caliber Collision Scholarships made available this spring. Post-secondary collision students from Universal Technical Institute in Houston and Sacramento were eligible this spring to receive $4,000 scholarships (each), and these funds will help pay back tuition costs that accumulated during their education. The 2012 Caliber Collision
Colorado Collision Student Represents U.S. Well at WorldSkills Championships
The 2011 WorldSkills Championships took place Oct. 4-9 in London and the USA was well represented. Representing the U.S. in collision repair was Cameron McCreery of Sterling, Colo., a student at Morgan Community College. As a student member of SkillsUSA, McCreery earned the right to be a member of the WorldTeam by competing and winning
Web Presence Management: Obtaining Your Body Shop Website’s Domain Name
A website domain name broker offers
to sell you CollisionCenters.com. What should you do? I say pass. Don’t fall for these brokers’ tactics. Save a lot of money by registering your own!
Web Presence Management: Optimize Your Website
Consumers who need collision repair services are now almost exclusively searching for body shops online. So does your shop rank high in their search results? If not, you need search engine optimization (SEO).
Employee Retention is Key to Continued Success
Companies that build and maintain a superior workforce will have a long-term competitive advantage in their marketplaces. Here are some strategies for doing just that.
READER’S CHOICE: Attracting New Talent
“How do we draw more technicians into this business? We’re making less profit and doing more work for the insurance companies. The insurance companies are going to force themselves into a situation where they won’t have qualified shops.” – Bob Showers, body shop manager, Bentley Pontiac-GMC, Huntsville, Ala.
Hydrate Your Business
A recruiting and training plan now can stave off your thirst for employees later.
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.
Developing Tomorrow’s Staff
Putting training in body shops’ hands with an in-house training program may be the best way to develop a workforce for the future.
Effective Job Descriptions
Effective job descriptions ensure that potential hires will know exactly what’s expected of them. And that, in turn, will result in them being happy and productive.