By now you’ve started to figure out if you want to have a career in the automotive industry by looking at the ‘Getting Started‘ section and then gone to the ‘Self Assessment‘ section to see what you do and don’t know about cars.

At this point you’re ready to start learning about the tools you will need to leverage your career and break into working at a shop repairing cars for a living.

Below you will find resumes templates, tips about local shops in Indianapolis, information to help you choose the best certifications and how to present yourself when you go in for an interview. As always, if there isn’t something here you would like to see, please don’t hesitate to contact us at autoknowblog@gmail.com or by using the contact button above.

Job Classifieds

Once you’ve created a resume and cover letter, refer to Indianapolis Job Search/Automotive Technician Classifieds for a list of repair shops with contacts for posting them. Most of these sources have a place to post your finished resume and cover letter on line. Some of these you can use the contact information to send your resume to their human resources department , and a couple of them use career builders to post your information.

Tools and skills for the job hunt

Resumes

Follow the download the basic automotive technician resume link to get a copy of a template you can use in Microsoft Word to make your own targeted resume. If you are interested in a detailed description of what should be included in each section, visit the post entitled Building your automotive resume.

Cover Letters

Follow the download the basic automotive technician cover letter link to get a copy of a template you can use in Microsoft Word to make your own targeted cover letter. If you are interested in a detailed description of what should be included in each portion of the cover letter and how to leverage that information to sell yourself, visit the post entitled Create a automotive technician geared cover letter.

Interviewing

You’ve made your resume, you’ve submitted a cover letter, now it’s time to go in and interview for that dream automotive technician position. Read the Interviewing for an automotive technician position post to learn more about some of the ways to prepare yourself to be the best candidate and land the job.

This post is an organized group of BMW dealers that I researched and put together. It is for anyone to use, but for those who are about to attend, have entered, or finished the BMW STEP program here’s a way to scout out different dealers that could possibly be great places to relocate to and start your career as a certified BMW technician.

If you’re an automotive instructor, head up an automotive program at a local high school/career center, or own a local dealership anywhere in the United States here’s an opportunity for you.

We’re not talking a hand shake and verbal note of appreciation, I’m talking some sort of written thank you note that makes it’s way to the interviewer’s / employer’s desk two to three days later. But you want to edge out your competition, don’t you? Here’s a tip that will put you in front of the pack while displaying your forethought and motivation.

There are 3 types of pay scales used widely in the automotive work force today. Here is a break down of what to expect after graduation when entering the automotive field.

In order to prepare yourself for a job interview, take some time to sit back and put yourself in the moment. Even if you researched a specific position and thought that of all the places to work out there this is your number 1 choice, expect the unexpected.

You’ve graduated! You have your degree or certification, now when you walk into a automotive repair shop jobs should fall at your feet! Not so. Here’s a tip on how to get into the shop of your choice that has an almost certain level of success, offer yourself up for free! Volunteering your time a couple of days will let you know right away if this place will work for you and if they like your personality.

Not sure you want to work for free? Well, read on to see how this strategy can put you a leg up on your competition.

Here is a short list of the first five steps you will need to take to prepare yourself to find your dream career as an automotive technician

You might think a killer automotive resume will get you a job, but it’s not that simple. In our opinion, getting a job is half your skills, and half dependent on your soft skills which include your presentation, like-ability and networking ability (It’s about who you know!)