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Addressing the Talent Gap: <\/h3>\n

The GPS Insight \u2018You are the Reason\u2019 Skilled Trades Scholarship Program<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Recruiting and retaining skilled young talent is a major challenge across the fleet and field industries, significantly worsening during the COVID-19 years. A long-standing and growing problem for fleet and field companies, the accelerating shortage of experienced workers combined with a historic inability to attract younger, tech-savvy workers, makes for one of the greatest threats to the future of the industry.<\/p>\n

GPS Insight is addressing this issue with the launch of the GPS Insight Skilled Trades Scholarship Program<\/strong><\/a>. The scholarship will help advance skilled trades within our industries, increase community involvement, and promote goodwill among customers.<\/p>\n

The new program will award two scholarships for $10,000 each to students planning to pursue full-time skilled trades study at a college or accredited vocational-technical school in the 2023-2024 academic year. The program is now accepting nominations from GPS Insight customers to empower the skilled trade technicians of tomorrow.<\/p>\n

\u201cGPS Insight customers are the reason we care, the reason we learn, and the reason we embrace change,\u201d Gary Fitzgerald, CEO of GPS Insight. \u201cWe are humbled by everything our customers teach us, and to pay this forward by enabling students to achieve their goals is a great honor. We hope these scholarships will provide roadways to success for the future of fleet and field.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Challenge<\/b><\/h2>\n

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A key issue for fleet and field service is to make the industry more attractive to recruit, cultivate, and retain top talent. Millennials and Gen Z have different expectations of the companies they work for compared to previous generations. Younger workers want to join an industry that is innovative and utilizes the technologies they use every day, at work and at home, and will avoid careers that appear to be out of step with the future.<\/p>\n

Fleet and field services might have a reputation as old-school, roll up your sleeves, and grab a wrench places, but in reality they are becoming much more high-tech. The industry must take distinct steps\u2014upskilling, reskilling and combating false impressions\u2014to stem the talent outflow and increase the talent inflow for a more stable future.<\/p>\n

According to research from Service Council, 70% of field service organizations are concerned about the loss of knowledge from a retiring field workforce<\/a>. As part of the GPS Insight goal to address the skilled field tech shortage, the Skilled Trades Scholarship program will address a shrinking talent pool intersecting with the current skilled trades gap. As workers retire and the workforce skews younger, the need for younger techs becomes more important.<\/p>\n

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Scholarships <\/b><\/h2>\n

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Timeline\/Deadlines<\/b><\/h2>\n

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October 4 \u2013 December 31, 2022:
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January 15, 2023:
<\/strong>Winners notified<\/p>\n

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January 31, 2023:
<\/strong>Winners funded upon receipt of acceptance letter<\/p>\n

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August 31, 2023:
<\/strong>Deadline to provide proof of enrollment in accredited educational institute for 2023-24 academic year<\/p>\n

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TO NOMINATE A STUDENT:<\/b><\/h2>\n

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You must be an active customer of GPS Insight technology solutions. Please share this page, and the form below, with your candidate to complete. Candidates will also need to share your name and contact information, company and title.<\/p>\n

For questions, please email scholarships@gpsinsight.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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RULES FOR SCHOLARSHIP CANDIDATES:<\/b><\/h2>\n

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A current customer of GPS Insight solutions must nominate students.<\/p>\n

To qualify, students must be high school seniors, graduates, or undergraduates with a minimum 2.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent), and plan to pursue a degree\/certificate in fleet or field service trade fields such as:<\/p>\n

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SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS<\/b><\/h2>\n

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Each award will be issued and made payable to the student\u2019s name when GPS Insight receives an acceptance letter from an accredited skilled trades training\/education program stating the student is approved to enroll. Acceptance letters can be sent to scholarships@gpsinsight.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Funds may be used for tuition, tools, living expenses, and more. Deadline to submit the acceptance letter is 8\/31\/23. Any winner who is unable to produce an acceptance letter by 8\/31\/23 forfeits the scholarship award.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in applying or nominating an application, go to gpsinsight.com\/skilled-trades-scholarship<\/a> for the details.<\/p>\n

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Apply or Nominate Now<\/b><\/h1>\n

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\"\"<\/a>For the most part, companies with outside sales teams, such as pharmaceutical companies, have not adopted GPS tracking software to monitor their reps. There have been a number of reasons as to why they haven\u2019t, two of which being privacy issues and the hardwired installation of the devices. These are two legitimate issues that we have the answer to.<\/p>

GPS Insight has been selected by Garmin to integrate with the fleet 590 device, which is a portable device that combines GPS tracking<\/a> capabilities for fleet management and the simplicity of Garmin navigation.<\/p>

Problem #1: Invasion of Privacy<\/h2>

Since outside sales teams are typically given a company leased vehicle, reps use them for work and for personal use. The issue lies with tracking their employees during off hours and weekends. Sales reps understandably don\u2019t want their employer having insight to what they do with their personal time.<\/p>

The Garmin fleet 590<\/a> device can be taken out of the vehicle on evenings and weekends so that the invasion of privacy conversation goes right out the window.<\/p>

Problem #2: Installing a GPS Tracking Device<\/h2>

The fact that the majority of GPS tracking software providers sell hardwire installed devices is a problem for companies with outside sales teams, like pharmaceutical companies, seeing as they usually lease vehicles. Fleet managers do not want the hassle that comes with messing with wiring on a vehicle they do not own. This would also make it cumbersome to move the devices from vehicle to vehicle as new reps leave and come on board or as vehicles get traded in.<\/p>[caption id=\"attachment_1989\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\"]\"Garmin<\/a> Garmin fleet 590 GPS tracking device[\/caption]

The Garmin fleet 590 device plugs into the cigarette lighter for power and ignition on\/off recognition. This device works perfectly for companies with leased vehicles, because all professional installation costs and downtime are eliminated.<\/p>

How GPS Tracking Benefits Outside Sales Teams<\/h2>

With those 2 obstacles aside, GPS tracking software provides not only fleet managers with an array of benefits, but it also supplies sales managers of outside sales teams with powerful information, they wouldn\u2019t otherwise have, to help optimize sales operations.<\/p>