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NEWS 12<br />
Progress Recruitment warns garages<br />
2019 is set to be an employee’s market<br />
Norwich-based automotive recruitment<br />
specialist Progress Recruitment says 2019<br />
looks set to be an employee’s market.<br />
SKILLED qualified<br />
technicians seem set<br />
to be in much demand<br />
across the industry<br />
once again.<br />
Laura Rycroft, Managing<br />
Director at Progress Recruitment,<br />
said: “When I began my<br />
recruitment career in 2009,<br />
22 dealerships in my region<br />
closed and dealers had people<br />
queuing at the doors with<br />
their CVs looking for work.<br />
“But now the tables have<br />
turned! Fully qualified vehicle<br />
technicians are now in<br />
great demand.”<br />
A recent survey by Progress<br />
Recruitment, conducted in<br />
October 2018 found 96 per<br />
cent of garages agreed that<br />
skilled technicians were ‘very<br />
important’ or ‘vital’ but just<br />
two per cent found recruitment<br />
‘very easy’.<br />
Almost half indicated they<br />
had at times been unable to<br />
recruit the people they needed.<br />
With fewer young technicians<br />
entering the trade than<br />
there are retiring, accompanied<br />
by the escalation of new<br />
vehicle technology, the industry<br />
is experiencing a ‘skills<br />
crunch’.<br />
Progress Recruitment<br />
themselves are working to<br />
address the issue by extending<br />
the reach of its MOT Tester<br />
training courses, developed<br />
in partnership with the<br />
Independent <strong>Garage</strong> Association<br />
(IGA) to individuals who<br />
are looking to self-fund their<br />
training to enhance their<br />
skills and experience.<br />
Political uncertainties are<br />
unlikely to help. <strong>The</strong> Institute<br />
of the Motor Industry (IMI)<br />
believes new immigration<br />
laws could exclude current<br />
employees and exacerbate<br />
the skills shortage in future.<br />
Ensuring that homegrown<br />
automotive talent is<br />
sufficiently qualified to help<br />
bridge the potential gap has<br />
never been more important.<br />
Laura said: “As a specialist<br />
agency, Progress Recruitment<br />
can help garages find<br />
the technical team they need<br />
from our extensive candidate<br />
database, our talent acquisition<br />
channels and our<br />
proven screening services,<br />
saving busy garages owner’s<br />
time and hassle.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> time saved by garages<br />
on hiring can then be invested<br />
back into developing staff<br />
retention and development<br />
plans for the business.<br />
Of all the candidates<br />
placed by Progress in 2018,<br />
59% of the jobs filled were<br />
aftersales based and 35% of<br />
these positions were technical<br />
roles. <strong>The</strong> average salary<br />
offered increased, as did the<br />
additional benefits offered<br />
to further entice the candidates.<br />
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