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The Culture at Your Body Shop All Starts with You

Creating the right culture with happy employees who want to make your business a powerhouse starts with you.

BodyShop Business 2017 Industry Profile: Collision Repair Techs Not Staying Long

Hiring new technicians is a frequent practice for many collision repairers, according to the results of the BodyShop Business 2017 Industry Profile survey.

Women’s Industry Network Acknowledges Sponsors for 2017

The Women’s Industry Network (WIN) is on a mission to engage women in the collision repair industry, and the not-for-profit organization couldn’t do it without the help of its sponsors.

Women's Industry Network
AkzoNobel Signs on as Platinum Sponsor for Women’s Industry Network

AkzoNobel is celebrating Women’s History Month by announcing that it is the Platinum Sponsor for the nonprofit Women’s Industry Network (WIN), a $25,000 commitment.

Managing Millennials in the Body Shop

As hard as it might be to accept, newer generation employees do not work for you – they work for a paycheck and for their young families and the experiences that life brings them.

Managing Millennials
Hollywood’s Portrayal of Skilled Trades Unflattering at Best

A new video asserts that Hollywood’s portrayal of blue-collar workers creates a stigma that discourages people from entering the skilled trades.

Hollywood
Mike Rowe on Skills Gap: ‘To Make America Great Again, We Have to Make Work Cool Again’

The only way to solve the skills gap in trades such as collision repair is to change America’s fundamental perception of the skilled trades, TV personality Mike Rowe recently told Congress.

Mike Rowe on Capitol Hill
Registration for Collision Repair Education Foundation Career Fairs Tops 1,000 Students

The Collision Repair Education Foundation said more than 1,000 students have registered for its next three Spring Career Fairs in San Diego, Houston and Dallas.

Registration Open for Women’s Industry Network 2017 Educational Conference

This year’s conference theme is “Be Extraordinary,” with conference content aimed at creating balance, purpose and results in both the professional and personal facets of your life.

Women's Industry Network
Women’s Industry Network Celebrates Membership Growth

The Women’s Industry Network announced that the organization has grown to 508 members.

Women's Industry Network
Collision Industry Provides $12 Million to Schools Through Collision Repair Education Foundation

The foundation has provided more than $60 million since 2008, when it began its philanthropic focus of assisting collision school programs and students.

Tech Students Go Where the Jobs Are: Collision Repair

The Erie Institute of Technology in Pennsylvania gave the green light to construction of a new auto body lab after the school saw that there are plenty of career opportunities in the field to justify the investment.