Leaders of stores on Automotive News' 2021 Best Dealerships To Work For list say they are working to recruit and retain a diverse work force, from advertising in multiple languages to creating professional networking groups for female employees.
Retailers from large public dealership groups to single-store operations want to expand opportunities for people from diverse backgrounds, with a focus on gender, race and ethnicity. Some companies with stores on the list have hired executives to lead companywide diversity initiatives, displayed support for LGBTQ pride and ensured that female technicians have dedicated locker rooms.
Their efforts are part of an industrywide examination of diversity, equity and inclusion practices after the killing of George Floyd in police custody last year in Minneapolis and the national social justice movement that followed his death.