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SUMMARY:Fixed Ops &#8211\; Stop Selling\, Start Scaling: Building Your Own High-Tech Technician Pipeline
DESCRIPTION:The traditional technician recruitment model is broken. Dealerships spend thousands on national job boards and signing bonuses\, only to trade the same revolving door of talent with the store down the street. It’s time for a strategic pivot: Stop looking for "ready-made" techs and start investing in the ones being built in your own backyard.\nThis session outlines a high-impact blueprint for partnering with local high schools and community colleges to solve the technician shortage at the source. This session moves beyond the "career day" handshake to show you how to truly integrate with local trade programs. Learn how to influence curriculum\, provide meaningful mentorship\, and create a "homegrown" pipeline that drives long-term retention and maximizes your service capacity.\nKey Takeaways:\n\n\nIntegrate flexible\, part-time internship pathways into your shop operations to successfully transition local students into high-retention\, long-term dealership employees\n\n\nDevelop a comprehensive\, year-round partnership strategy with local trade school instructors—utilizing sponsorships\, donations\, and guest speaking—to secure direct access to top-tier student talent\n\n\nAssess and align advisory board participation and equipment collaboration opportunities to build a self-sustaining technician pipeline that yields a measurable ROI
LOCATION:330B
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