Aftermarket June 2022

NEWS 6 AFTERMARKET JUNE 2022 www.aftermarketonline.net Process key to recruitment success? Businesses experiencing staff shortages should take a hard look at their recruitment processes, the Glen Callum Associates (GCA) Automotive Aftermarket Recruitment Survey 2022 has suggested, with 36% of those responding saying they would actively look to leave a job immediately if their joining experience was poor. 62% went on to observe that a poor experience with a company would put them off that business for life. 93% said there should be a maximum of two interviews leading to any role, with 77% adding that the whole process should take less than three weeks. In fact, 84% said they would prefer to be turned down on the spot. The survey, conducted via LinkedIn, attracted over 23,000 views and also found that 70% of those applying for jobs in the industry prefer phone interaction to email. GCA Director Glen Shepherd said: “Candidates want to be engaged, have personal contact and proceed through an efficient recruitment process.” For Aftermarket’s recruitment section, turn to page 64. Cost of living crisis impacting on driver habits 69% motorists changed their motoring activities during 2022 due to the cost of living crisis, a survey from Kwik Fit has revealed.. 35% of drivers said they had cut-back on non-essential car journeys. 17% of drivers of EVs or hybrids said they left their diesel or petrol car behind this year as a direct result of rising costs. 4% of drivers said they sold their car this year and not replaced it. Drivers under 35 are eight times more likely to make this choice than drivers over 55. There has been a positive impact on maintenance though. 10% have been regularly checking their tyre pressures, while 11% have emptied their car boot, to assist fuel economy. Members of NGK’s BoxClever loyalty scheme will be collecting double-points on every NTK Lambda, camshaft and crankshaft and MAF and MAP sensor purchase until the end of June, and will also be automatically entered into a free prize draw where the prize is 50,000 extra points. Members receive 300 points for every Lambda sensor bought, and 200 points for every camshaft and crankshaft or MAF and MAP sensor fitted. Every time they purchase one of these products, they will be also entered into the free prize draw. Commenting on the offer, NGK Spark Plugs (UK) Marketing Manager Mark Hallam said: “We are giving away more than half-a-million points as not only can members earn double points by purchasing them during the two-month promotion but they will also have the chance of being selected as one of the ten winners of 50,000 points in a mega point draw when the promotion finishes at the end of June.” For more details, visit www.ngkntk.com/uk Double-time! NTK sensors BoxClever points bonanza Petition: MOT plan slammed An online petition calling on the government to back-pedal on proposals to move the MOT to a biennial basis had hit 6,857 signatures as Aftermarket’s June issue went to press, and the total is climbing. The petition, ‘Scrap cost of living' 2-year MOT plans’, is running on change.org , and was set up by members of the Automotive Support (UK) Facebook group in order to rally support from the industry and beyond to fight government plans to move the MOT to an every-other-year basis. The proposal was subject to almost blanket motor sector condemnation. One of the members of the group is Stephen Browne from Meadowfield Auto Centre, a Top Garage finalist in 2021, who said: “Members of the group decided to set up the petition to show our stance on the proposed changes, as well as to show our solidarity as an industry.” To add your name to the petition, go to: www.change.org/p/scrap-cost-of-living- 2-year-mot-plans For more on the sector’s response to the government’s biennial MOT proposals, turn to Big Issue on pages 8-11.