By Paul Mac Donald, USA Executive Director It’s a critical question in most industries today: how do you find skilled and well-trained employees? The unemployment rate continues to fall as the demand for talented individuals rises. In the appliance repair business it’s an especially important issue, as technology evolves and becomes more complex, the demand…
Month: September 2015
USA Regional Service Training Institute (RSTI) WOWS Attendees
Below is an excerpt from an attendee review at the recent RSTI in Chicago, IL Attendee: Jim Carlisle, JC Appliance, Arlington Heights, IL I’m at the second day of the Chicago RSTI meeting and the surprise of the day is that my tuition to the meeting included a Membership which will enable me to access…
MST Radio Podcast: We Ain’t Talkin’ Smack, We’re Talking Shop!
By Samurai Appliance Repair Man, http://www.Appliantology.org Announcing the MST Radio podcast: Team Samurai’s latest offering to the appliance tech community, hosted by Samurai Appliance Repair Man and Mrs. Samurai. We produce an episode a week talking shop about topics that appliance techs and service companies want to hear. We’ve already done 9 episodes (maybe 10…
STOP! Leaving Money on the Table
By Daniel Beaule, Service 2000 Wouldn’t it be nice to have a few hundred to thousands of dollars just by making small changes in your organization that could have a big impact? What if your customers were waiting to give this extra money to you with a smile? In the book “The Small BIG: small…
Vet2Tech Connects 73 Veterans with Field Service Technician Opportunities in July and August
By http://www.vet2tech.org In the months of July and August, Vet2Tech helped 73 veterans connect with field service technician opportunities nationwide. While Vet2Tech has helped 284 veterans thus far in 2015, the momentum continues to build month-by-month and they need your help to do much more. While the primary mission of Vet2Tech is connecting veterans who…
8 Tips to Prepare Your Fleet for Winter
By Drew Sheahan, InTouchGPS.com An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. Anyone in the service industry knows that idiom is as true today as when Benjamin Franklin wrote it. How many times have you seen a disaster at a customer’s house that could have been avoided if they performed a little…
Introducing Our New Independent Service Provider Only Website for: RFR (Return for Repair)
By CoreCentric Solutions, http://www.ccsrfr.com You asked and we listened! CoreCentric Solutions is the industry leader in Return for Repair Proud to be celebrating our 20th Anniversary this year We are ISO 9001:2008 Certified Environmentally friendly: By extending the life of your customer’s appliances when parts become NLA by the OEMs We have over 5,000 No…
Personal Umbrella Insurance
Dean Landers, Landers Appliance Everyone seems to have resigned themselves to the fact that our society has become “sue first and ask questions later”. How utterly sad and disappointing! How did we get to this place and what affect will this have on us as a society? How will we, as business owners protect ourselves…
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Starbucks has cut out one of the biggest obstacles between your face and a latte: the line. As of today, Starbucks’ popular Mobile Order and Pay option is available on its iOS and Android app to use at participating locations nationwide — a total of 7,400 stores — the company announced in a statement. Yes! http://ow.ly/Sy593
Over 50 Uses For Vinegar And Tips For Cl
Over 50 Uses For Vinegar And Tips For Cleaning With It http://ow.ly/SdgE8
ASTI Scam Alert
09-03-2015 – It has come to our attention that a company named “National Travel Associates” (877-595-7666) and “Exhibition Housing Management” aka “Exhibition Housing Services” (866-367-4414), as well as “Global Travel Partners (USA)” (877-312-7831) all claiming to have a relationship with USA and is offering hotel reservation services for ASTI 2016. In addition, “James York” has…
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