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>just finished mechanics school
>start looking for jobs at dealerships
>its been 3 months already and have not heard one word from anybody
WTF do dealers only hire experienced people? how am i suppose to get that experience of nobody wants to give me a chance? the career services at my school was shit and busy always trying to help others. waiting on them i better help myself. everybody i know tells me just to specialize in one brand and to work for a dealer cause there are benefits unlike a small shop. my dads mechanic told me this. at the small shop he works in he does about 12hour shifts 6 days a week with a fucked up boss. how he wishes he could work for a dealership but can't because he isnt a US citizen. i'm getting desperate /o/. so far i have a tool box sitting in my living room and its not pretty.
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Time to start changing tires and oil
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Get a job in a small Shop
Get experience
Get a job in a dealership
Life is a bitch
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>>15235994
Over here in Australia its the opposite. They almost exclusively hire apprentices because theyre cheaper and just treat them like slave labour. Small workshops are where its at
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Don't be in a hurry to land somewhere, it's going to be shitty no matter what for the next 10 years so enjoy your temporary vacation before entering the mines
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Which school did you go to?
I went to Universal Technical Institute and along with core automotive classes, I also took performance engines, Nissan, and Toyota.
It took me 2 weeks to find a job at a Toyota dealership. I just walked in, showed them my ASE and Toyota certs, moved my box of half-price snap-on tools into a bay and started working the next day.
It's really not that hard. Do you have any form of certification?
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>>15237843
mine didnt have any. i went to lincoln tech. i live in NYC. their school is in queens. their other core had core classes but in new jersey. i have no certitications
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>>15235994
>WTF do dealers only hire experienced people? how am i suppose to get that experience of nobody wants to give me a chance?
it's like that with any job
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>>15238398
You best bet is having someone you know to hire you or ask your friends/family if they know someone who can hire you. You'll find it eventually. Or just spread information that you can repair/check up people's cars for small compensation. You can set up a shop in your own garage.
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>>15235994
>how am i suppose to get that experience of nobody wants to give me a chance?
Offer to work for free. Get some experience, then search for a payed gig.
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How can you expect a fancy dealership gig straight out of school?
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>>15235994
Work at a small shop for a year or two then apply to a dealership
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>>15239582
Nothing "fancy" about being a dealership tech. I got hired straight out of school as a tech, interview matters a lot in this business. I doubt OP is really proactively sending out a cover/letter resume, interviewing, and getting denied. There's huge turnaround at most dealerships, young techs are in high demand, and working at a dealership is definitely something you graduate to after working at a small indie as some people suggest in this thread, it's really the other way around.
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>>15239600
*definitely NOT something
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>>15235994
I suspect you don't present well, and without certifications either you are up shit creek without a paddle.
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