How to find employees for detailing shop

Detailingtime said:
Go to your local carwash observe the guys working in detail find the one that works the hardest pick that one because you cant teach hardwork...Everything else can be learned
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That would be one way. I have noticed a car in the local high school parking lot where I drop my son off for preschool .. It is an older eclpse and is always swirl free looking like it was just waxed. I have thought many times about putting a card on his windshield but I just don't have the right garage for volume work for multiple workers. If you see a kid that takes exceptional care of their car that is a good starting point. Local kids here id Michigan are having a hard time getting high school and college jobs so if you paid 10-12 bucks and hour they would be happy. Like stated before, you cant teach work ethic.
 
I think I realized something else today. I'm not really the manager type. I'm not good at bossing people around and giving them criticism. I don't mind teaching people how to detail though
 
Ncs0816 said:
I think I realized something else today. I'm not really the manager type. I'm not good at bossing people around and giving them criticism. I don't mind teaching people how to detail though
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That probably would have been something to think about before you opened a detailing shop.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
That probably would have been something to think about before you opened a detailing shop.
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Could not agree with you any more! You know the expression too many chief and not enough indians!?! This spells failed business better than anything else. Those employees will walk all over you in no time. If you work alongside them and have an "equal" attitude they will (in their mind) think that you are equal and start expecting equal split of the profit. When they don't get it, they will walk with the attitude that they can do it all for themselves. Either that or they will have the attitude that the grass is greener on the other side.

In a service business with no official licensing, registration, or formal education etc.. you are bound to have a high turn over, as anyone can hang their own Detailing sign with very little capital investment. What will keep them around is a sense of fulfillment and a general understanding that they will never be able to survive in a competing environment. This can only be achieved through YOUR reputation. They will get fulfilled with the fact that they are working for the best in town, get the best education in town, and get a fair pay and the opportunity to work on awesome toys. In the same they will know that they will never be able to "steal" your market place (except for the crumbs falling off your plate).

On this forum you find a quite a few part-timers with an incredible reputation that anyone of us would be thrilled to spend a weekend with, they have that strong of a reputation and following....... and those guys are part-timer weekend only businesses that are booked weeks and sometimes months in advance. This is the kind of environment that will not only attract but will help retain "quality" employees. The best employee is the one that seeks you out, not the one that you coherce out of another deadend job.
 
BrandonS said:
That would be one way. I have noticed a car in the local high school parking lot where I drop my son off for preschool .. It is an older eclpse and is always swirl free looking like it was just waxed. I have thought many times about putting a card on his windshield but I just don't have the right garage for volume work for multiple workers. If you see a kid that takes exceptional care of their car that is a good starting point. Local kids here id Michigan are having a hard time getting high school and college jobs so if you paid 10-12 bucks and hour they would be happy. Like stated before, you cant teach work ethic.
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I'm in Rochester Hills... If I was closer, I'd work for you if I was closer.
 
Dr_Pain said:
Could not agree with you any more! You know the expression too many chief and not enough indians!?! This spells failed business better than anything else. Those employees will walk all over you in no time. If you work alongside them and have an "equal" attitude they will (in their mind) think that you are equal and start expecting equal split of the profit. When they don't get it, they will walk with the attitude that they can do it all for themselves. Either that or they will have the attitude that the grass is greener on the other side.



In a service business with no official licensing, registration, or formal education etc.. you are bound to have a high turn over, as anyone can hang their own Detailing sign with very little capital investment. What will keep them around is a sense of fulfillment and a general understanding that they will never be able to survive in a competing environment. This can only be achieved through YOUR reputation. They will get fulfilled with the fact that they are working for the best in town, get the best education in town, and get a fair pay and the opportunity to work on awesome toys. In the same they will know that they will never be able to "steal" your market place (except for the crumbs falling off your plate).



On this forum you find a quite a few part-timers with an incredible reputation that anyone of us would be thrilled to spend a weekend with, they have that strong of a reputation and following....... and those guys are part-timer weekend only businesses that are booked weeks and sometimes months in advance. This is the kind of environment that will not only attract but will help retain "quality" employees. The best employee is the one that seeks you out, not the one that you coherce out of another deadend job.
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This makes a lot of since. My partner is a good manager but I'm more of polisher and worker. He talks to all the employees while I train them.
 
Ncs0816 said:
Awesome.

We are in Darnestown MD. next to Potomac. We are about 29 minutes from you
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Small world :-)

Shoot me a PM if you would like to chat.

Aside from loving to detail, I also have many years of management experience.
 
Ncs0816 said:
I think I realized something else today. I'm not really the manager type. I'm not good at bossing people around and giving them criticism. I don't mind teaching people how to detail though
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So you think being a manager of people you have to boss them around and criticism them - Interesting.
 
True leadership is propping up the ladders of others...not looking down at them from your own.
 
Ncs0816 said:
That's what your doing. No?
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Nick, I can see how you could have taken my 1 word response the wrong way. I should have communicated better.

For that I apologize. If and when I have time I will respond privately in a more meaningful way. In the meantime good luck with your business.

Ray
 
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