The Ultimate Auto Repair Recruitment Playbook | How to Hire Retain and Build a Winning Team

Finding great people in the auto repair industry feels harder than ever. Skilled technicians are scarce, competition is fierce, and too many shop owners are stuck in a stressful cycle of rushed hires, team turnover, and constant frustration 😩🔧

In The Ultimate Auto Repair Recruitment Playbook, Rachael Evans brings together trusted industry experts to uncover what actually works when it comes to recruiting, onboarding, and retaining the right people in today’s tight labor market. This is not theory. This is real world hiring strategy built specifically for auto repair shop owners 🚘📈

Inside this powerful session, you will discover how to attract higher quality candidates, avoid expensive bad hires, and stop hiring from a place of panic. You will learn when overseas recruitment makes sense, how to retain your best technicians once you find them, and how to build a long term talent pipeline that protects your business future 🧠⚙️

If you are serious about improving your team culture, strengthening leadership, and building a workshop that runs smoothly without constant hiring stress, this playbook was designed for you 🏆

🎙️ Featuring Industry Experts

This recruitment playbook includes expert insights from leaders who work directly with auto repair shop owners every day

👩‍💼 Jessica Baker Bastable Recruit Shop
Specialists in domestic recruitment across Australia and New Zealand

⚖️ Adam Burns Visa and Citizenship Lawyers
Experts in overseas workers, visas, and sponsorship pathways

❤️ Matt Taylor Heart HR
Focused on retention, compliance, leadership, and workplace culture

📂 Free Recruitment Pack for Auto Repair Shop Owners
This video is supported by a practical recruitment pack packed with tools you can use immediately inside your workshop

✔️ A Player B Player C Player identification checklist
✔️ Step by step recruitment process checklist from ad to offer
✔️ Interview structure with proven screening questions
✔️ New starter onboarding checklist
✔️ 30 day and 90 day performance expectations framework
✔️ Getting to know you document for new team members

👉 Access the free Recruitment Pack here
https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

⏰ Chapters

00:00 Welcome to the Ultimate Auto Repair Recruitment Summit
02:15 Why hiring is broken in the auto repair industry
04:30 What you will learn plus recruitment pack overview

06:10 The biggest hiring mistake waiting too long
08:45 Where shop owners should really look for candidates
11:40 Writing job ads that actually get responses
15:05 Salary transparency and benefits that matter
18:30 Breaking the bad hire cycle
21:10 Reference checks most owners skip

24:20 How Recruit Shop approaches recruitment differently
28:10 Regional recruitment challenges explained
30:45 Where Recruit Shop advertises

33:40 When visa applications come into play
36:10 Why visa workers can be highly loyal
39:30 Onshore vs offshore recruitment explained
43:20 What is required to sponsor a worker
47:30 How long visa sponsorship really takes
50:40 What sponsoring a worker actually costs
54:10 Risks every employer must understand
57:20 Why regional shops benefit from visa programs

01:01:10 Why good technicians leave and it is not always pay
01:05:40 Toxic team members and culture damage
01:09:30 Career progression and long term retention
01:13:10 Retaining younger team members
01:17:20 Quarterly feedback forums explained
01:21:40 Building a strong workplace culture
01:25:30 Getting technicians involved with customers

01:29:20 Apprentices expectations and pay reality
01:33:10 How Heart HR supports workshop owners

01:37:00 A Player vs “A Player” mindset
01:41:20 Why experience does not equal performance
01:45:40 The 90 10 rule for hiring top talent
01:49:30 Why hiring the only applicant fails
01:53:20 Building a future proof talent pipeline
01:57:10 What truly motivates candidates
02:01:30 Why interviews need multiple phases
02:05:40 Non monetary benefits that actually work
02:09:20 Pre start preparation and onboarding done right
02:13:40 What is inside the recruitment pack
02:17:30 Final thoughts and next steps

👍 Like Subscribe and Grow Your Shop
If this video helped you rethink how you hire and retain your team, hit like and subscribe for more practical business coaching built specifically for auto repair shop owners 🚀


🔥 Want More Profit Right Now

🏎️ Superstar Service Advisor Training
https://bit.ly/talksuperstar

🚘 Join Our 2 Day Online Client Intensive
https://bit.ly/talkaap

🚗 For Solo Operators or Shops Under 50k per Month
https://bit.ly/talkasa

🚒 For Shops Over 50k per Month in Revenue
https://bit.ly/talkengineroom

🚀 Your business does not change when you find time
It changes when you decide

🚦 Let’s reset your shop your profit and your life one day at a time

Rachael Evans
The Workshop Whisperer™
Helping Auto Repair Shop Owners Profit More and Stress Less Since 2014

#autorepair,#autorepairshop,#autorepairbusiness,#autorepairlife,#mechaniclife,