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First let me start by giving thanks. Thank you to MJ for creating a place for higher-learning and thanks to contributors who give information freely. This progress thread is not my own business but a part of business I will be starting mostly from scratch (no inventory, no customers, but deep pockets and other avenues already established)
My story: I fell into this line of work at a job fair: they said they would train me and the job seemed interesting enough to keep my interest. I always take pride in my work and do my best and my supervisors quickly learned that I am a person they can throw a challenge at and it will get done. They threw certifications and training at me that were normally reserved for someone who was over 5 years in the business. I was well rounded when I left the company at the 2.5 year mark. The company under-paid because they justified that they paid for training, but this is a competitive business: not just for customers but also for experienced/certified technicians. I shopped around and found a company that was trying to do what I was doing. Set up an interview, learned that the manager had some prior experience in the industry, and had a good impression from everyone I met there. I knew that once they paid for tickets for the interview it was a done-deal on their end, as I know I will live up to my end. I agreed to their terms and am looking at a $6 raise and a chance to grow. The manager asked me if I would be interested in being a service manager, to which I told him that we will have to see how this thing goes once we get it off the ground. I report for work next week.
Here is where we currently stand: construction team and electrician team already established. The manager I interviewed with knows his shit (I can't stand working for dumb people in a technical job), but I will be the first technician on and will train others. He is currently looking for other technicians that already have experience, but like they say you have to fight with the Army you have, not the Army you wish you had.
What I need to do in the near future: train others (but they won't be certified), get a working inventory to fix common issues, figure out dispatch and invoicing, and once prepared get some customers (I have a plan for this). This business is the old chicken and the egg problem: we need techs to handle business load, but we need business to justify having techs. This will be an interesting problem to solve
My story: I fell into this line of work at a job fair: they said they would train me and the job seemed interesting enough to keep my interest. I always take pride in my work and do my best and my supervisors quickly learned that I am a person they can throw a challenge at and it will get done. They threw certifications and training at me that were normally reserved for someone who was over 5 years in the business. I was well rounded when I left the company at the 2.5 year mark. The company under-paid because they justified that they paid for training, but this is a competitive business: not just for customers but also for experienced/certified technicians. I shopped around and found a company that was trying to do what I was doing. Set up an interview, learned that the manager had some prior experience in the industry, and had a good impression from everyone I met there. I knew that once they paid for tickets for the interview it was a done-deal on their end, as I know I will live up to my end. I agreed to their terms and am looking at a $6 raise and a chance to grow. The manager asked me if I would be interested in being a service manager, to which I told him that we will have to see how this thing goes once we get it off the ground. I report for work next week.
Here is where we currently stand: construction team and electrician team already established. The manager I interviewed with knows his shit (I can't stand working for dumb people in a technical job), but I will be the first technician on and will train others. He is currently looking for other technicians that already have experience, but like they say you have to fight with the Army you have, not the Army you wish you had.
What I need to do in the near future: train others (but they won't be certified), get a working inventory to fix common issues, figure out dispatch and invoicing, and once prepared get some customers (I have a plan for this). This business is the old chicken and the egg problem: we need techs to handle business load, but we need business to justify having techs. This will be an interesting problem to solve
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