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Technician Recruitment and Retention

How to hire and keep technicians when the board is full, including pay, tooling, and whether the day on the board is a day someone wants to work.

Updated October 13, 2026

Service manager and technician review the dispatch board beside dealership service bays.

12 min read•Oct 13, 2026

Technician Recruitment Starts With the Day You’re Offering

A candidate walking through your shop can learn more from the dispatch board than from the recruiting conversation. They can see whether technicians have work they can…

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