#115 The biggest trends in dealership hiring, Demystifying pay plans, Rise of the $1M manager, Hottest automotive roles | Steve Adragna, Partner, CDG Recruiting

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Steve Adragna where we discuss: The biggest trends in dealership hiring, Demystifying pay plans, Rise of the $1M manager, Hottest automotive roles and much more. This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to you by: CDG Recruiting - Building on the success of my industry job board, I’m launching CDG Recruiting — a more hands-on, white-glove automotive recruiting service. Our team has decades of experience and has successfully placed over 1,000 roles in the automotive industry. So if you’re ready to find your next rockstar employee, try CDG Recruiting today by visiting cdgrecruiting.com Interested in advertising with Car Dealership Guy? Drop us a line here Interested in being considered as a guest on the podcast? Add your name here Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:00:46) - Announcing CDG Recruiting (00:06:32) - Steve’s background and career (00:11:14) - What is the general demand for employees looking to make a change? (00:14:22) - Dealership comps by role (00:22:56) - Where are you seeing comp variance in dealerships? (00:28:30) - Why does GM hiring tend to happen later in the year? (00:30:43) - The technician shortage (00:32:23) - What roles are dealers looking for most? (00:35:52) - Why do candidates come to you? (00:40:06) - How quickly do you typically fill roles? (00:41:15) - Do you ever reject candidates or dealers from working with you? (00:44:13) - Predictions for the industry Check out CDG Recruiting here. Check out Car Dealership Guy’s stuff: CDG News - https://news.dealershipguy.com/ CDG Jobs - https://jobs.dealershipguy.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cardealershipguy/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@guydealership X - https://x.com/GuyDealership LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/cardealershipguy/ Everything else - dealershipguy.com