An automotive career starts in high school and in the home

Oct. 19, 2018
We, as a collective aftermarket, need to stop talking about the need for quality automotive training and the technician shortage and get involved. It will be our fault for the lack of young people joining our industry.

We, as a collective aftermarket, need to stop talking about the need for quality automotive training and the technician shortage and get involved. It will be our fault for the lack of young people joining our industry.

In this latest Remarkable Results podcast with Carm Capriotto, he speaks with James Halderman, ASE Master Technician and author of 18 automotive textbooks; and James Pressly, trade and industrial specialist, career and technical education with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction; and Shane Hawkins, East Gaston High School in Mount Holly, NC, and an adjunct instructor for Gaston College.

The schools are there for industry. Superintendents and presidents need to hear from industry. A good advisory board will make a huge difference in the quality of instruction, investment from the school and placement of students.

Listen to the podcast here.

With over 400 collective episodes between Remarkable Results Radio, the Town Hall Academy and the new show ‘For The Record’ you have the power of the spoken word in these long-form audio interviews. They are the perfect learning tool for the aftermarket forever student.

Carm Capriotto hosts the industries premiere podcast content library where service professionals, technicians, business coaches, educators, and industry executives among others bring raw, unfiltered, honest, and sincere stories that shaped their success. The podcasts also bring you insights, trends, best practices and stories of personal achievements.

Listen on your favorite podcast listening app or on https://remarkableresults.biz/episodes. These are “conversations worth hearing!”

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