It's a sales position, very little mechanical knowledge is required but you better be able to sell ice to Eskimos. The money isn't great to start with but can get very good as you gain experience and move to busier stores. Service advisors are always in demand because they tend to move around, sometimes because of sales quotas. It's a lot cleaner and healthier than being a Mechanic. The pay can range from $30k to over $100k if you're good.
Service Advisors are generally the reason that dealership Mechanics get a bad rap, Mechanics are just the whores for the pimp advisors that take a big chunk.
To get started just go in and start talking to service managers, ask them. Someone will start you off on the ground floor and if you show promise they'll move you up. Dress well (suit), speak loud and clear, smile, be polite and professional. It would really help too if you knew that "wanna" is not the correct way to say "want to".
That career choice/path is far too narrow to be a good choice for anyone. You might be in a position to be a service advisor in a car dealer but never have the opportunity to apply for such a position at a Honda dealer.
Fact is that you will have to start somewhere at the bottom of the company and have great customer facing skills that can be demonstrated to the one giving out the positions. other than general numeracy and literacy skills along with a smart appearance there is little else you can do to prepare other than seeking lower positions in dealers and these are few and far between.
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It's a sales position, very little mechanical knowledge is required but you better be able to sell ice to Eskimos. The money isn't great to start with but can get very good as you gain experience and move to busier stores. Service advisors are always in demand because they tend to move around, sometimes because of sales quotas. It's a lot cleaner and healthier than being a Mechanic. The pay can range from $30k to over $100k if you're good.
Service Advisors are generally the reason that dealership Mechanics get a bad rap, Mechanics are just the whores for the pimp advisors that take a big chunk.
To get started just go in and start talking to service managers, ask them. Someone will start you off on the ground floor and if you show promise they'll move you up. Dress well (suit), speak loud and clear, smile, be polite and professional. It would really help too if you knew that "wanna" is not the correct way to say "want to".
That career choice/path is far too narrow to be a good choice for anyone. You might be in a position to be a service advisor in a car dealer but never have the opportunity to apply for such a position at a Honda dealer.
Fact is that you will have to start somewhere at the bottom of the company and have great customer facing skills that can be demonstrated to the one giving out the positions. other than general numeracy and literacy skills along with a smart appearance there is little else you can do to prepare other than seeking lower positions in dealers and these are few and far between.
You need a more achievable back up plan.