Christopher T. Lawson’s Post

Does your tech outreach look like spam?🤬 Nobody likes spam. I'm not talking about Spam, the delicious (and unhealthy) salty potted meat product.  I'm talking about spam. Unsolicited junk messages that waste your time and bog you down in unwanted communications. If your outreach looks like spam, it WILL get ignored. Whenever I hear from a client that they aren’t getting any responses from their email and text outreach, the first thing I do is look at the messages they are sending. Usually they go something like this… “This is Joe from Joe’s Garage…blah, blah, blah.” You know what this looks like to a busy tech who just glanced at their phone and can only see the first few characters on their notifications screen? NOISE! It looks like an ad or spam or someone trying to bother them and is certainly not important enough to actually unlock their phone and take the time to read it. Here’s how to fix this problem: Start every text or email communication with the following sentence: “RE: Technician Job” No technician can resist this hook. It’s clear, direct and it creates curiosity. Even if they aren’t looking for work, they can’t resist clicking on it because behind this compelling sentence may lie a juicy opportunity or some valuable industry intel that they should be aware of. Start every communication with this simple phrase and watch your responses skyrocket. Here’s to a full staff and a profitable business!🌟🔧 #Jobs #Staffing #Employment #StaffingAgency #Repair #Auto #Hiring #Automotive #Mechanic #Technician #TechnicianFind #AutoRepair #AutoRepairShop

Technicians not answering your calls?📞😔 Ever feel like trying to get a tech on the phone is like trying to nail jelly to the wall?  Yeah, we've all been there. Here you are, swamped with work, customers lining up, and all you need is a reliable tech to help shoulder the load. But what do you get instead?  Voicemails, unanswered texts, and a sinking feeling that maybe, just maybe, you're being ghosted.  And that stings, doesn't it?  You've got a great shop, solid pay, and you're pretty darn easy to work with—so why the cold shoulder?  You know you could make a strong case for your shop if you could just get the tech on the phone and have a conversation. So what do you do? Introducing the double tap. The double tap is a powerful technique that’s been used for years by top telemarketing professionals to increase the number of times they actually get to talk to live people. Here’s how it works… The next time you make a phone call to a tech and you don’t connect, immediately call back. This sends the message that that the call is important (and it is). An alternate version of this technique is to call in the morning and if you don’t connect, call again in the afternoon and mention, “I tried to reach you this morning…” Imagine this: no more playing phone tag, no more feeling like you're shouting into the void.  You’re having more solid conversations with good techs and you’re not spinning your wheels nearly as often. Ready to connect more and hire faster? Start using the double tap today and level up your hiring game.🌟🔧 #Jobs #Staffing #Employment #StaffingAgency #Repair #Auto #Hiring #Automotive #Mechanic #Technician #TechnicianFind #AutoRepair #AutoRepairShop

Technicians not answering your calls?📞😔 Ever feel like trying to get a tech on the phone is like trying to nail jelly to the wall?  Yeah, we've all been there. Here you are, swamped with work, customers lining up, and all you need is a reliable tech to help shoulder the load. But what do you get instead?  Voicemails, unanswered texts, and a sinking feeling that maybe, just maybe, you're being ghosted.  And that stings, doesn't it?  You've got a great shop, solid pay, and you're pretty darn easy to work with—so why the cold shoulder?  You know you could make a strong case for your shop if you could just get the tech on the phone and have a conversation. So what do you do? Introducing the double tap. The double tap is a powerful technique that’s been used for years by top telemarketing professionals to increase the number of times they actually get to talk to live people. Here’s how it works… The next time you make a phone call to a tech and you don’t connect, immediately call back. This sends the message that that the call is important (and it is). An alternate version of this technique is to call in the morning and if you don’t connect, call again in the afternoon and mention, “I tried to reach you this morning…” Imagine this: no more playing phone tag, no more feeling like you're shouting into the void.  You’re having more solid conversations with good techs and you’re not spinning your wheels nearly as often. Ready to connect more and hire faster? Start using the double tap today and level up your hiring game.🌟🔧 #Jobs #Staffing #Employment #StaffingAgency #Repair #Auto #Hiring #Automotive #Mechanic #Technician #TechnicianFind #AutoRepair #AutoRepairShop

The #1 Reason Technicians Ignore Your Messages. 🌟 Ever wonder why techs ghost you after the first call/email/text and stop responding? It’s because you didn’t make a connection with them. There are two critical steps that you need to accomplish during your first communication with a technician candidate… Step 1 - Find out if they have the basic skill sets you need in your shop (of course this won’t be perfect on a quick call but you can get an idea). Step 2 – Grab their attention and set the stage for the next conversation (phone interview, in-person interview, shop visit, etc Do you hear crickets when trying to follow-up with techs? It’s because you didn’t do step 2. Ask these two questions on every initial call from now on… 1. What’s going on that has you checking out new opportunities at the moment? 2. If we were sitting down one year from now and you were to look back over the previous 12 months and all your personal and professional goals had been accomplished, what would that look like? With two simple questions, you now know what problems and frustrations the tech is having with their current shop and what they want to accomplish personally and professionally over the coming year. This is all of the information you need to craft a compelling employment offer, and keep their attention when communicating in future conversations. Show them that you listened. Show them you care. So, write these two questions down on a sticky note and post them above your phone so that you have them handy whenever you hop on a call with a prospective team member! #Jobs #Staffing #Employment #StaffingAgency #Repair #Auto #Hiring #Automotive #Mechanic #Technician #TechnicianFind #AutoRepair #autorepairshop

The #1 Reason Technicians Ignore Your Messages. 🌟 Ever wonder why techs ghost you after the first call/email/text and stop responding? It’s because you didn’t make a connection with them. There are two critical steps that you need to accomplish during your first communication with a technician candidate… Step 1 - Find out if they have the basic skill sets you need in your shop (of course this won’t be perfect on a quick call but you can get an idea). Step 2 – Grab their attention and set the stage for the next conversation (phone interview, in-person interview, shop visit, etc Do you hear crickets when trying to follow-up with techs? It’s because you didn’t do step 2. Ask these two questions on every initial call from now on… 1. What’s going on that has you checking out new opportunities at the moment? 2. If we were sitting down one year from now and you were to look back over the previous 12 months and all your personal and professional goals had been accomplished, what would that look like? With two simple questions, you now know what problems and frustrations the tech is having with their current shop and what they want to accomplish personally and professionally over the coming year. This is all of the information you need to craft a compelling employment offer, and keep their attention when communicating in future conversations. Show them that you listened. Show them you care. So, write these two questions down on a sticky note and post them above your phone so that you have them handy whenever you hop on a call with a prospective team member! #Jobs #Staffing #Employment #StaffingAgency #Repair #Auto #Hiring #Automotive #Mechanic #Technician #TechnicianFind #AutoRepair #autorepairshop

*Recruiting secret exposed* "The other search firm told us that they have Quincy compressor people." I went mask magician and revealed a magician's secret. 'If you want Quincy people the easiest way to find them is on ZoomInfo. If you're looking for talent beyond Quincy, then I'm your man.' I won the contract. I made a big claim and I had to back up my words. Several late nights of research and.... Within 1 week, I found a candidate with 20 years of experience who was the perfect fit that my client had been searching for. Sometimes it's about who you know, and other times it's about hustle and willpower to make things happen. Wondering where to find your next technician, service manager, or sales superstar? I have a goal, and that's to be the #1 hiring resource in industrial equipment and machinery. Looking for someone who can back up the talk with results? I am in this game for the long term and deliver results.

How to get better candidates faster. To improve your hiring process and get better, faster results, ask each applicant how they found out about the position. It sounds basic but it’s oh so powerful! As a business owner, how many times have you stopped doing something that was working because you simply got busy and forgot about it? And you knew that if you kept doing stuff that was working to get you results, you'd keep getting more and better results right? So, find out how candidates are finding you and focus more time, money and effort on that recruiting channel. WARNING: sometimes you have to dig deep on this one. Most candidates will be lazy and say something like “Indeed”. When in reality it was a friend who told them about the job and they went to Indeed to apply. Or they saw the job on Facebook and then went to Indeed to apply. Let’s take the two examples from above. What would happen if you took the candidate at their word and started shoveling $5k - $6k per month into Indeed? You’d end up with very few decent candidates and a very expensive lesson. Bottom line… …find out what's working... ...and do more of that. Then set up SOP’s and accountability systems to make sure you and your team don’t forget. I know this process works because this is exactly how I built Technician Find over the last 6 years. This process will work for you too. #Jobs #Staffing #Employment #StaffingAgency #Repair #Auto #Hiring #Automotive #Mechanic #Technician #TechnicianFind #AutoRepair #AutoRepairShop

How to get better candidates faster. To improve your hiring process and get better, faster results, ask each applicant how they found out about the position. It sounds basic but it’s oh so powerful! As a business owner, how many times have you stopped doing something that was working because you simply got busy and forgot about it? And you knew that if you kept doing stuff that was working to get you results, you'd keep getting more and better results right? So, find out how candidates are finding you and focus more time, money and effort on that recruiting channel. WARNING: sometimes you have to dig deep on this one. Most candidates will be lazy and say something like “Indeed”. When in reality it was a friend who told them about the job and they went to Indeed to apply. Or they saw the job on Facebook and then went to Indeed to apply. Let’s take the two examples from above. What would happen if you took the candidate at their word and started shoveling $5k - $6k per month into Indeed? You’d end up with very few decent candidates and a very expensive lesson. Bottom line… …find out what's working... ...and do more of that. Then set up SOP’s and accountability systems to make sure you and your team don’t forget. I know this process works because this is exactly how I built Technician Find over the last 6 years. This process will work for you too. #Jobs #Staffing #Employment #StaffingAgency #Repair #Auto #Hiring #Automotive #Mechanic #Technician #TechnicianFind #AutoRepair #AutoRepairShop

I'm searching for new employment opportunities In a laboratory or manufacturing setting! I'm particularly interested in R&D Technician roles or roles in production which work closely with engineers or scientists to help further my own understanding of subjects that interest me. This was exactly the case with my last employer and I love working in an environment where things are rapidly changing and I'm constantly challenged in ways that promote rapid personal and professional growth. What I'm looking for most is hands on work with active Materials or Complex systems in areas of high technology. Areas I'm looking at currently ranked in tiers of interest in descending order are as follows. Tier 1-Energy production (Fusion and Fission), Robotics, Aerospace (Propulsion, Parts fabrication). Tier 2- Semiconductor Manufacturing or Development (Battery, Microchips) General Electronics (Soldiering, Electrical wiring, PCB, Systems testing) Tier 3- Medical device Manufacturing or Pharmaceutical Production (Pills, Compounds, Chemical extraction) Raw data analysis, Information Technology roles. There's a lot of overlap in many of these industries and many skills are transferable directly or indirectly. I'm excited to start the next chapter, leveraging the skills I've picked up over time through work and self education. Thank you for taking the time to read this I hope to hear from your company soon. The email listed on my profile is a good place to reach out. Direct messages work too. #Researchanddevelopment #Manufacturing #Production #Opentowork #Labratory #Semiconductor #Superconducter #Fisson #Fusion #Robotics #Growth #Aerospace #Boston #Cleanroom #Dryroom