Rebel Gives its Support to the Rental Industry
Rebel Rents is a proud member of the American Rental Association (ARA). Early this year, they asked us to participate in a focus group, an honor and a privilege that we gladly accepted. The goal was to build the image of the industry, creating awareness of the career opportunities it offers. Thus, attract employees to the rental industry.There were two separate groups we, as a company, contributed to. First was to assist the rental industry in standardizing job descriptions for service technicians, aiming to bring more qualified candidates to the rental industry and create a career path to those already in the industry. It is important to have uniformity when classifying a position as not to confuse potential candidates. Jill Widtfeldt, our Human Resources Manager, participated in this ARA focus group, supported by John Benson, Rebel’s Service Manager, and Doug Fleury, Marketing Department Manager.
The second focus group was to assist in the development of ARA brochures to help illustrate the rental industry as a viable and exciting career choice. Doug Fleury, Rebel’s Marketing Manager, represented us in this endeavor. He shared his thoughts with ARA’s Rental Management magazine’s Rental Careers section on the difficulties of attracting people to the industry. Doug believes it’s mostly due to the lack of people’s awareness of what it means to be in the rental industry. Once we breach that wall of unawareness, the industry should enjoy its share of qualified candidates looking to establish a future in rentals. Our very own Jim Hamilton, Temecula’s Store Manager, was featured in the General Equipment Rental Industry brochure attesting to how the rental industry has provided him with great opportunities and an unlimited career path.
The ARA is using the internet as a tool to help rental companies expand their reach for finding good candidates by launching its own job board in October. Jill Widtfeldt, Rebel’s Human Resources Manager, believes that the ARA’s new job board will be “advantageous…as it is industry specific” and will be very valuable in assisting our recruitment efforts, a quote which was printed in the MemberVoices section of ARA Advantage magazine, October 2006 edition.
We, at Rebel Rents, are passionate about the rental business, and honored to be associated with an industry that shares the same passion. Thanks to all of our team members for taking time out of their busy schedules to help grow an industry that we all enjoy working in.
To learn more visit http://www.rentalcareers.com/ .
posted by Rebel Rents @ 2:51 PM
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