
The retail automotive landscape saw change and challenges in 2017. From natural disasters impacting Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico to the end of a seven-year long sales rally, much of what the the industry experienced last year is continuing to shape the year ahead.
Working with thousands of dealerships across the country, we’ve identified trends transforming the automotive talent landscape along with new insights from the Hireology network.
- Which applicant sources drive the most hires
- Insight into average time to hire for top-performing dealerships
- An overview of today’s most in-demand (and difficult to fill) roles
- How well managers are following a hiring process

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The 2018 Hireology Automotive Workforce Report
What Our Customers Think
“Hireology knows the automotive business and their professionalism is unmatched. Before I was trying to keep track of hundreds of resumes, but their solution makes it so simple to hire the best people.”

"Hireology is a great one-stop shop for us to manage the hiring process. Before working together, I was doing everything manually over email.”

“We’ve used Hireology to hire lots of staff. A short job board boost or redesign of the job description has provided a great continuous list of qualified candidates."

"Running Caliper tests on candidates and streamlining the hiring process has helped us find higher quality employees and decrease the time to hire."

"Hireology makes interviewing and tracking candidates simple."

"Having the application, resume and references all centralized, and the same process across all of our locations helps us hire better. Setup was easy enough and intuitive that it has been integrated and working well."

"Hireology has simplified the process while providing a professional hiring process for me."

“Our number of applicants has increased significantly. The staff we’ve hired have been a better quality overall."

“We made the mistake of using the local newspaper to advertise for this position. We got zero applicants for a $982 bill. We got over 20 applicants using Hireology with excellent results. Who would ever advertise in print media?"

"We are a franchise model and Hireology has given me a solution for the franchisee’s hiring needs."

“Our quality of hires has increased. I’m able to take the guesswork out of hiring."

“We built a better hiring process that has resulted in higher quality hires that are better matches for our company."

“Our application process is much smoother, and Hireology allows us to collect much more information on our candidates."

"Before Hireology I did the recruiting myself over email. For me, the SmartRank survey is the best: it helps me focus on the best applicants for my open jobs"

"The ease of tracking applicants in one system makes Hireology great. It's not just a strong ATS but also CRM for all of our hiring efforts. It integrates well into our current employee management system."

"I manage my hiring process over email. With Hireology, I can organize each step of the hiring process and run thorough reference checks on every candidate."

Hireology is an easy-to-navigate platform that can be accessed by all team members on various devices. Around 75% of our positions (Caregivers, CNA, LVN, and RN roles) have been filled with the platform. Hireology allows me to review the candidate resume, what area they are looking to work in, and the schedules they prefer. It's an easy tracking system from applicant to candidate to hire."

"We tried Hireology after hearing positive things about them simplifying the recruiting and hiring process. The interview questions and process has helped us get organized and conduct better interviews."

“I appreciate being able to share jobs directly to Indeed and LinkedIn. We get lots of traffic this way."

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