At WrenchWay, we are always talking to our clients about the importance of getting their employees to share their Top Shop page and Shop Talk videos on social media. Research has shown, social media posts go 561% further when shared by employees on their personal social media accounts. Now, we’ve made it even easier for
Each week leading up to WrenchWay Schools Week, we will be highlighting an open project on WrenchWay School Connect, in hopes we can help get it filled for the school. Help us help these schools by sharing this post on social media and tagging any local shops. Interested in helping out a school in your
Date: January 18, 2022 Who: Mark Wilson, Co-Founder & CEO, WrenchWay Sara Kerwin, Director of Marketing, WrenchWay Description: Shops and dealerships know they should be doing more to attract technicians, yet very few are actually doing something about it. Job boards are great, but if your recruiting strategy begins and ends there, you’re missing out
2021… What a year! On the WrenchWay blog, we do our best to deliver helpful content for shop owners, fixed operations professionals, technicians, and schools. In 2021, we published over 140 blog articles! We hope you got a chance to read a few (or all) of them, but in case you missed some, we put
As we wrap up another great year of the Beyond the Wrench podcast, we wanted to share our top five most popular episodes of 2021. It was a close race between the podcast episodes as we have continued to exceed expectations for this podcast! Thank you for a great 2021, and we can’t wait to
We recently hosted our second annual TechMission event, and it was a HUGE success, to say the least! We had a great two days filled with eight sessions, 24 industry experts, 12 sponsors, and nearly 1,500 registrants. The theme of this year’s event was “Keeping Technicians in the Industry.” With an average of 41% of
WrenchWay is excited to announce Reverse Job Posts for student technicians are now available in the free WrenchWay mobile app. Student Reverse Job Posts work the same way as regular Reverse Job Posts. Students fill out a short questionnaire outlining courses/training along with what they’re hoping to learn in the shop, and shops reach out
Last week, Mark Wilson, Co-Founder & CEO, WrenchWay presented a webinar where we discussed the most common mistakes we see shops making when trying to recruit technicians and what they can do to fix them to start attracting more applicants. Watch the Full Webinar Webinar Summary Mistake #1: Not Paying Enough You don’t have to
WrenchWay today announced they are partnering with post-secondary schools across the U.S. to research why technicians are leaving the automotive, diesel, and collision industries at alarming rates and what can be done to make improvements. Forty-one percent of technicians leave the industry within the first two years, according to a study by ASE Education Foundation.
It’s been about two months since we announced the release of Reverse Job Posts, a new way for shops to find technicians looking for work. Reverse Job Posts flip the traditional job board around: Technicians fill out a short questionnaire outlining their skill set and what they’re looking for in a shop. No resume needed.
