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Fewer than 1% of job seekers are interested in careers at a dealership, meaning once you receive applicants for your open roles, you need to keep them engaged throughout the hiring process – or risk losing top talent to other job opportunities. Rather than waiting until a candidate signs an offer letter to kick off …

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Best PracticesDealership Operations & Processes

Keeping track of constantly changing workforce compliance and regulatory requirements can be costly and time consuming for your dealership’s HR team. Not only does your team have to ensure compliance for employees you already have on staff, but you also need to maintain compliance throughout the hiring process for each new role. If your dealership …

Dealership Applicants for Hire
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Dealers have many options to fill job openings, but continuously face challenges finding quality candidates for in-demand roles such as service technicians and sales managers. And with fewer than 1% of job seekers considering a dealership for their next career move, it’s critical to have the right strategy in place to attract strong applicants – …

How the Right Employees Can Build Trust and Loyalty in YOUR Dealership Brand
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According to a recent study, 81 percent of recent car buyers polled did not enjoy the car buying experience, with 29 percent indicating they do not trust salespeople. The car sales process can’t simply be about pushing cars off the lot if you want to remain competitive. Instead, you need to understand your buyer, address …

car buying online
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E-commerce has increasingly become a platform for big-ticket purchases like TVs, mattresses and cars. Car buyers can not only complete online before stepping into a dealership, but in some cases, they can buy cars directly from web-based vendors, cutting out the traditional dealership entirely. Sites like Carvana allow customers to buy a car online and …

proactive vs reactive hiring
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Many dealerships make the mistake of waiting until there’s an immediate job opening to start the hiring process. Instead, dealers should have a more proactive solution in place that includes continuous job openings and a diverse set of candidate sources. A proactive sourcing strategy offers several benefits – including optimizing job board spending and building …

amazon selling vehicles
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News broke in June that Amazon is recruiting car sales executives and may soon start directly selling cars throughout Europe. Amazon Vehicles has already broken into the Italian car sales market, acting as an online sales service for several Fiat models, with buyers picking up their car from brick and mortar dealerships. Market analysts say …

4 Reasons to Stop Using Your DMS for HR
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  Hiring new employees to your growing dealership can be EXCITING and STRESSFUL.  Without a comprehensive human resources (HR) system, keeping track of your current employees’ payroll and adding new employees in the system can be difficult. It’s fair to say your stress levels probably increase with the thought of the next pay period or the …

5 Keywords For Job Description
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Millennials­ now make up the majority of the U.S. workforce, and they bring different expectations to the job than the generations before them. In order for companies to attract top talent today, they must highlight the ways in which they can meet these new employee needs. For many companies, the job descriptions they have used …

Best PracticesDealership Operations & Processes

Dealerships run the gamut with respect to the technology they use for hiring and onboarding. The trouble that many businesses run into is knowing where to invest their limited budget for HR software. In its 2015 research report, Key Interval Research highlighted 13 unique HR areas where dealerships can potentially focus their efforts – your …