Looking to Drive More Fixed Ops Profits to Your Dealership? Focus on Your People Strategy
Your fixed ops department has the potential to be a major profit center for your dealership — and employees are your dealership’s main source of competitive advantage. By putting a great team in place, you can ensure your dealership secures more fixed ops business and remains successful in the event of a vehicle sales decline.
Looking to Improve Your F&I Department? Rethink Your People Strategy
To remain competitive in today’s retail automotive space, each step of the car-buying process must be a positive experience for customers. From salespeople to F&I employees, your team must prioritize customer satisfaction.
Do You Know How Much Your Dealership Spends on Job Boards?
Continuously examine how many quality applicants you’re receiving from each channel — rather than the total number of applicants — and evolve your sourcing strategy to focus on the highest-performing channels.
How the Right Employees Can Improve Your Online Brand
The average car buyer in 2004 visited five dealerships before making a purchase. By 2014, buyers visited only 1.6 dealerships. This change happened largely because buyers started completing their research online before setting foot in a dealership.
Does Your Dealership Have the Right Payroll Provider to Reach Your 2018 Goals?
When it comes to talent management, dealers have two main objectives: increase employee productivity and decrease expenditures. An integrated payroll and talent management platform can help you accomplish both by helping your business run more efficiently and cutting down on costs — including automating tax record-keeping and filing and reducing payroll fees.
Now is the Time to Shift from Sales-Focused to Product Specialist Roles
Today’s car buyers are walking into dealerships armed with more information than ever before. The average car shopper spends more than 11 hours researching cars online. Dealership employees are no longer the gatekeepers of all the information consumers need to make a hiring decision.
Former Cars.com Exec Joins Hireology as VP of Auto Partnerships
Kraut most recently served as vice president of national sales at Cars.com, and led the company to over thirteen years of record growth, according to Hireology.
Cox Automotive and NADA Partner With Hireology for Dealership Workforce Conference
Officials from the hiring and talent management platform are working in partnership with Cox Automotive and the National Automobile Dealers Association to host a retail automotive human capital management summit called Elevate.
Podcast: Changing Your Dealership’s Pay Plans
Hireology’s Adam Robinson speaks with us on changing your dealership’s pay plans to attract a new generation of employee. hireology.com
The New Standard for Paying Dealership Employees
To better cater to this growing Millennial workforce, dealers are slowly abandoning the all-or-nothing approach of high-risk/high-reward commission plans. The times are changing, and the rise of cross training and new positions like product specialists is leading to a noticeable shift in pay scales.