Recently, the reporter found that many car beauty centers in our area had posted job advertisements, and they had been posted for several weeks or even a month. It was learned that the car beauty industry is currently facing the problem of recruitment difficulties, and it is caused by multiple factors. This situation has troubled many car beauty store owners.
Low wages are one of the reasons for recruitment difficulties
At present, the threshold for the car beauty industry is relatively low, so those who have some money all look towards the car service market. Moreover, during the interview process, the reporter found that not only is it difficult to recruit for car beauty, but it is also difficult to hire car decoration technicians. Relevant personnel such as car audio modification, power modification, car four-wheel alignment, car repair, bodywork and spray painting are also hard to find. The hardest ones to find are still the car wash workers in car beauty stores. "Since the salary of general laborers in factories is generally around 2000 yuan, while the salary of car wash workers is only about 1000-1500 yuan, and in good business days, people get very tired. Therefore, it's reasonable that it's difficult to find workers," Ajian, who used to work in car washing, told the reporter.
Some people say that just raising the wages of car wash workers would solve the problem. Ajian calculated with the reporter according to his previous car wash shop. Washing a car costs only 20 yuan, and even if four people wash 100 cars a day, they are still losing money. Some car beauty shops are now moving towards high-quality car washing, charging 50-120 yuan per car. However, according to the reporter's observations, the business of high-quality car beauty shops still has a significant gap compared to ordinary car wash shops that charge 20-30 yuan.
Car wash workers also consider their future prospects
"Car beauty always revolves around car washing, polishing and waxing, sealing, scratch handling, and dust-free film application. Except for the film application which has a bit higher technical content, the other few don't require much skill, they are all about practice makes perfect." Some car wash staff told the reporter. In their eyes, doing car washing long-term has no future, so fewer and fewer people are joining this industry.
However, there are also some car wash personnel who still hold onto dreams. "Washing cars can still help me learn quite a few things." Xiao Jun, who has been a car washer for three years, said while wiping the car. At the age of 21, he has learned a lot about car beauty from washing cars to waxing and polishing. However, his goal is not to be a car washer forever; he also hopes to open a car wash shop.
Xiao Jun told the reporter that wiping cars is a relatively specialized job. Not only do you need to clean the car, but you also need to know professional cleaning tools for some accessories on the car. If the seats inside the car are all made of leather, then you also need to learn how to select cleaning agents. He brought over a bucket of tire gloss agent, applying the gloss agent to the outer tire while saying that the boss used to teach him. There were many places where the boss didn't trust him to handle, so he only wiped the surface of the car, usually finishing in five or six minutes, and the rest was done by the boss. But now, the basic wiping of a car is completed entirely by him alone. In just over ten minutes, Xiao Jun wiped down a Buick business-class car. "After I become more proficient in car beauty services, I want to open my own car beauty shop," he said confidently while wiping the sweat off his brow.