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Discover Your Career at Automotive Art
Our growth has created a wealth of career opportunities in our stores and at our corporate headquarters. We offer employees exciting work in a fun, dynamic environment that encourages learning and growth.
Our growth has created a wealth of career opportunities in our stores and at our corporate headquarters. We offer employees exciting work in a fun, dynamic environment that encourages learning and growth.
Why work at Automotive Art?
There so many reasons. Let's start with the people. Our employees are smart. Excited. Energetic. Hard-working. And lots of fun.
Let's next consider our line of work. Cars, Wheels, Accessories, Paints. Enough said.
Now consider our company. Automotive Art is a winner. An innovator. A visionary. A leader. Who doesn't want to be on a team like that? Culture
The culture of Automotive Art can essentially be summarized in one word; excellence. Excellence in how customers are served, excellence in the quality of products sold, excellence in the vision that has been established for the company, and excellence in the teamwork exhibited between employees.
It is about going the extra mile for both internal and external customers, and doing the job right the first time, on time. Establishing and achieving personal goals and aspirations in the context of the broad goals set for the organization is an important part of an employee’s individual development and growth. The company has fostered a culture of learning for its employees to enable the organization to grow in harmony with employee knowledge of the businesses in which it competes. In committing to the concept of a learning organization, the company tolerates risk and failure as a natural part of the process by which the company learns, develops, and achieves it objectives over the long term.
Another important aspect of the culture of Automotive Art is the organization's capacity for change. The company recognizes that it is part of a dynamic economic organism that is constantly in a state of flux. In order to evolve, adapt and survive in our dynamic business environment, the company has embraced a culture of change as one of its core values. The company recognizes this as an innate feature of the organization, and one that has allowed the company to achieve its goals.
Another dimension by which the company’s culture can be defined is commitment. Everyone involved in the organization can have honourable intentions, lofty aspirations, and be an agent for change; however, without serious commitment to these values, the result is a cultural philosophy that lacks substance in the real world. Commitment in the context of Automotive Art means “never say die”, tempered with the wisdom of knowing when your efforts must be channelled differently to achieve the goals that have been established.
Last, but by no means least, the benchmark by which the company measures its cultural philosophy is results. These results may be based on broad company goals, specific to various projects, and are outlined by your manager, and measured in terms of sales, costs, profitability or a variety of other possible measures. We define results across the company to enable our team to recognize that delivering on our goals is necessary to the company’s existence, and without this commitment, our company’s culture remains merely a philosophical, rather than a tangible, facet of our culture. The results of each employee, each team, each department and division are an important part of the cultural landscape for the company. Job Interview Tips
- Learn all you can about the prospective employer
- What are the products and services?
- What is its reputation?
- What types of jobs are available?
- What are the hiring policies and practices?
- What are their goals?
- The Internet
- Company brochures
- Newspaper and magazine articles
- Networking – ask friends, relatives, teachers, social and business contacts
- Identify what you have to offer
- Your education, training and experience - what you have done, know how to do and can do.
- Remember all the skills, abilities and talents you possess that will make you an excellent employee.
- Consider your potential as an employee
- Why do you feel you can do the job?
- What makes you qualified for the job?
- What do you have to offer the company or organization?
- Why do you want to work for the employer in question?
- Have you researched the organization you are interviewing with?
- Do you know the interviewer’s name? If not, get it from the receptionist before the interview.
- Have you formulated answers for usual interview questions?
- Do you have all necessary information for the interview? This includes items such as resume or personal data sheet, names and addresses of references, pen and note pad.
- Is there someone you could do a practice interview with? You will benefit from suggestions for improvement.
- Do not forget the most obvious research, simply knowing where you are going BEFORE the interview. What is the company address? How long should you plan for travel time? Drive by the company to be sure that you know how to get there and how long it will take.
- Find out the name and position of the person you will meet with and get his/her telephone number in case an emergency arises.Consider how the position relates to your talents and goals, such as specialty area and opportunities for advancement.
- Be prepared with answers to why you want to work at that particular organization, and how you would be the best candidate for this position. Understanding the company, their mission and their environment will help you with these questions.
- Dress properly for the interview. Dress slacks, and dress shirt for men. Women should wear a knee length (or longer) skirt or pants, and blouse. Don’t forget the dress shoes.
- Introduce yourself with a smile and firm handshake. Maintain good eye contact during conversation.
- Demonstrate to the recruiter what you want to and can do for the employer today, based on employer research. Give two minute commercial.
- Answer questions with:
Yes, for example (accomplishment/result statement)" and
" No, however (accomplishment/result statement)" - Show interest in what the interviewer is saying, by nodding your head and leaning toward him/her occasionally.
- Give positive answers to negative-based questions.
- Ask the recruiter prepared questions.
- Initiate the next step by asking what the next step is.
- Ask for the recruiter’s business card for future contact. Immediately after you leave make notes of important points of discussion.
Researching the company you are interviewing with and the position you are pursuing demonstrates genuine interest and initiative. It will be obvious to the interviewer whether you did your research or not. Many interviewers will focus questions on finding out how much preparation you did for the interview.
One can research a company utilizing many different sources:
You do not need to know everything possible about the company. The information most helpful for the interviewing process includes knowing the product manufactured or service offered. You should find out the size of the company and if they have multiple locations. Who are their competitors? Did they recently merge with another company?
Pre- Interview Checklist
Before you leave home for your interview, check the following: Other tips on preparing for your interview:
What to Say
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The "Tell me about yourself" question
- Personal and Education
- Early Career/Life Experiences
- Recent Work History/Life Experiences
- Why you are here
Here is an example about how to answer the first question most interviewers ask. “Tell me about yourself.” It also allows the job seeker to share with the interviewer the most important thing they want to know – “Why should I hire you?”
This part is used to give the interviewer relevant information concerning you personally and about your educational background. This does not include personal information such as marital status, children, etc. This does include information such as where you were born, and personal attributes. The education should be either the latest obtained and/or major field if relevant to job objective.
This part is used to share with the interviewer past work and life experiences relevant to the job objective.
This is the time for the job seeker to relate to the employer two accomplishments/results of the job seeker that indicate why he/she is the best candidate for the position sought.
In this part, the job seeker speaks with enthusiasm that he/she is here for the specific position sought.
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What to Do
- Arrive 10-15 minutes early.
- Use time wisely to review employer research information.
- Have pen and paper. Asking to borrow a pen indicates lack of preparation.
- Be enthusiastic. Recruiters remember a positive attitude.
- Listen carefully to the interviewer’s complete question before responding.
- If needed, pause and take time before answering difficult questions.
- Keep going even if you feel you made a mistake.
- Carry extra resumes, references, etc. organized in a portfolio
- Unless asked, do not discuss salary and benefits.
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Notes:
- Video clips featuring employees & why they like working here.
- Add a digital version of our job application form.
What is it?
Automotive Art’s Circle of Excellence employee rewards and recognition program is designed to encourage employees to go the extra mile in providing both internal and external customers with exemplary customer service.
Every month employees are nominated by company managers and supervisors based on their exhibiting positive customer service behaviour in the execution of their job. These nominations are then reviewed by a nomination committee, and points are then awarded to various staff based on their nomination. Bronze, Silver and Gold pins are awarded to staff over the course of the year as points are accumulated. In addition, a monthly award of “Most Outstanding Employee of the Month” is also presented, along with a special pin, recognition certificate and financial award.
At the company’s Christmas Party and Award Ceremony each year, the reward points are tallied and financial awards are presented to the top three individual and team performers for the year, as well as an award for the team with the most points in the company.
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