Best Practices

Dealerships ‘farm' for service technicians

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Shawn Vaughan, right, brings in candidates such as Carlos Antonio, left, from local high schools, trade schools or associate degree schools. He then puts them through a rigorous 100-hour internship program.
June 13, 2022 06:14 PM

When Shawn Vaughan took the reins at Mike Calvert Toyota in Houston, one of his first orders of business was to implement a hiring model he had developed previously that works contrary to the usual practice of luring technicians from competing dealerships with higher pay.

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