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bfont face="Times New Roman" size="5"span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:16pt;"Chicago/span/font/bbfont size="5"span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:16pt;" Pneumatic Increases T2 School of the Year Prize Value to $25,000 in Second Annual Competition/span/font/bifont face="Times New Roman" size="3"span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-STYLE:italic;"/span/font/iifont face="Times New Roman" size="3"span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-STYLE:italic;"Deadline for entering the competition is December 31, 2008/span/font/ifont face="Times New Roman" size="3"span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;"_________________________________________________________________________/span/font p class="MsoNormal"bfont face="Times New Roman" size="3"span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:12pt;"nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; /span/font/bfont face="Times New Roman" size="3"span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;LINE-HEIGHT:150%;"Chicago Pneumatic, a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of high-performance aftermarket tools, accessories and compressors, has increased the prize value of the second annual TT School of the Year to $25,000. The 2009 School of the Year will be awarded $10,000 in Chicago Pneumatic tools, with three regional winners receiving tools worth $5,000./span/font/pp class="MsoNormal"font face="Times New Roman" color="black" size="3"span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;COLOR:black;LINE-HEIGHT:150%;"In addition to nationwide recognition in emTomorrow’s Technician/em magazine and the tool prizes from Chicago Pneumatic, the winning schools will receive a School of the Year plaque, flag and shop banners, and apparel. strongEntries must be received by December 31, 2008/strong./span/font/pfont face="Times New Roman" color="black" size="3"span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;COLOR:black;LINE-HEIGHT:150%;"/span/fontfont face="Times New Roman" color="black" size="3"span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;COLOR:black;LINE-HEIGHT:150%;"Students, teachers and school supporters can nominate their school online at a title="http://www.tomorrowstechnician.com/" href="http://www.tomorrowstechnician.com/"font color="#800080"www.tomorrowstechnician.com/font/a by clicking on the T2 School of the Year presented by Chicago Pneumatic banner. Entries can also be sent to T2 Editor Ed Sunkin via e-mail at a title="mailto:[email protected]" href="mailto:[email protected]"[email protected]/a or by mail to 2008/09 School of the Year, Tomorrow’s Technician, 3550 Embassy Parkway, Akron, Ohio 44333. /span/fontfont face="Times New Roman" color="black" size="3"span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;COLOR:black;LINE-HEIGHT:150%;"nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Entry forms must include the nominee’s name and position, school name and address, contact information and a 500-word or less stronganswer to why /strong/span/fontstrongyou think your school should be named this year’s School of the Year.font color="black"span style="COLOR:black;"/span/font/strongfont face="Times New Roman" size="3"span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;LINE-HEIGHT:150%;"emTomorrow’s Technician /emreceived more than 170 entries during last year’s School of the Year competition, including the grand prize winner, Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove, Ill., and three regional finalists: Tennessee Tech Center in Newbern, Tenn.; North Central Technical Skills Center in Wenatchee, Wash.; and the Sultana High School Automotive Tech Program in font color="black"span style="COLOR:black;"Hesperia/span/fontfont color="black"span style="COLOR:black;", Calif./span/fontfont color="black"span style="COLOR:black;" Last year’s tool prizes were valued at $13,000./span/font/span/fontfont face="Times New Roman" size="3"span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;LINE-HEIGHT:150%;"strongChicago Pneumatic/strong is a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of innovative aftermarket tools, accessories and compressors. Founded in 1901, the company serves automotive, truck and heavy equipment repair, and tire and body shops with industry leading pneumatic impact wrenches, ratchets, drills, grinders, pneumatic hammers and sanders. To learn more about Chicago Pneumatic’s dedication to quality and innovation, please visit a title="http://www.cp.com/" href="http://www.cp.com/"www.cp.com/a./span/fontfont face="Times New Roman" size="3"span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;LINE-HEIGHT:150%;"nbsp;/span/fontimg src="http://www.tomorrowstechnician.com/cs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=487" width="1" height="1"

 

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      I recently spoke with a friend of mine who owns a large general repair shop in the Midwest. His father founded the business in 1975. He was telling me that although he’s busy, he’s also very frustrated. When I probed him more about his frustrations, he said that it’s hard to find qualified technicians. My friend employs four technicians and is looking to hire two more. I then asked him, “How long does a technician last working for you.” He looked puzzled and replied, “I never really thought about that, but I can tell that except for one tech, most technicians don’t last working for me longer than a few years.”
      Judging from personal experience as a shop owner and from what I know about the auto repair industry, I can tell you that other than a few exceptions, the turnover rate for technicians in our industry is too high. This makes me think, do we have a technician shortage or a retention problem? Have we done the best we can over the decades to provide great pay plans, benefits packages, great work environments, and the right culture to ensure that the techs we have stay with us?
      Finding and hiring qualified automotive technicians is not a new phenomenon. This problem has been around for as long as I can remember. While we do need to attract people to our industry and provide the necessary training and mentorship, we also need to focus on retention. Having a revolving door and needing to hire techs every few years or so costs your company money. Big money! And that revolving door may be a sign of an even bigger issue: poor leadership, and poor employee management skills.
      Here’s one more thing to consider, for the most part, technicians don’t leave one job to start a new career, they leave one shop as a technician to become a technician at another shop. The reasons why they leave can be debated, but there is one fact that we cannot deny, people don’t quit the company they work for, they usually leave because of the boss or manager they work for.
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