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Farid Ahmad is the C.E.O. & Founder of Dealer Solutions North America. A company that owns and operates three other companies which all provide different services to the automotive industry. These companies include; DEALER SOLUTIONS North America, Auto Careers Group and Right Fit Plus. After working in the automotive industry for the last 30 years in the U.K., the United States and Canada, Farid is considered an industry expert in recruitment and hiring and has been a guest speaker for Chrysler Canada, Porsche Canada as well as other automotive industry groups. Farid and his team at Auto Careers Group have interviewed and placed over 1,500 candidates in the retail automotive industry over the past seven years. DEALER SOLUTIONS NORTH AMERICA has become the largest Mergers & Acquisitions Company in North America.
SHOW SPONSORS
Covercraft • MetronGarage • Christopher Kimball Financial Services
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE
If it is to be, it’s up to me.
The harder I seem to work, the more luck I seem to find!
CAREER & LIFE CHALLENGES
When I came to Chicago from the UK to work, I had a huge ego. I was young and successful and couldn’t be told anything. I came to the US for my sales job and I failed miserably. I couldn’t even close a door in those days. I called my boss back in the UK and told him that I had failed him and should probably come back to the UK. He informed me that no one fails him and that I should figure it out. I hung up the phone and got the help I needed to turn it around! I learned valuable lessons from that failure.
FIRST SPECIAL VEHICLE
An Austin Marina was my first car, but I always longed for a Volkswagen Scirocco and never got one.
BEST AUTOMOTIVE ADVICE
Integrity is everything.
RESOURCES
RECOMMENDED BOOK
Sell More Cars by Richard L. Torch
PARTING WORDS OF ADVICE
If you believe you can do something, you can. If you believe you can’t do it, you can’t.
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