The experienced tech shortage is real. The solution isn’t recruiting harder. It’s training. We bring people into our lab with zero experience and build them into technicians. Yes, it’s an investment. But there are so many great people out there who just need someone willing to teach them. The industry has to step up and be that someone, or keep fighting over a pool that keeps shrinking.
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there aren't enough technicians with experience out there to meet the demand. Here at our training lab, here at TopTech, we train our technicians that have come in with zero experience. Now that may seem like a risky investment, but what I know is there's a lot of great people out there that are eager to learn. We've got to step up as an industry and be willing and able to provide that training.
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