About Us

Google Rating 5.0 ★★★★★

We Specialize in Dealership & Auto Group Job Openings
It’s Simple, Safe & Free

Car People, Inc. is a Privately Owned Staffing & Recruiting Company for Auto Groups & Dealerships in the Pacific Northwest. We are a great place for New Car Dealership or Auto Group experienced Staff, Management and Executive Level people to find new jobs and it’s Free. Our Employer Customers pay us for our Services.

As a Staffing & Recruiting Service we are contacted by Dealerships & Auto Groups to find them Dealership Experienced People. We Connect the Right Person with the Right Job.  

We are car people helping car people as a friendly, confidential service for our applicant customers.  Car People makes it easy to search for a new job.  Heidi, Melissa and Wade look forward to helping you with your career.

For New Car Dealership and Auto Group Corporate Employers we have 37 years of experience helping you find successful Upper, Mid-Level Management and Staff candidates to help your Dealership or Auto Group perform at a high level.


Applicants

You are our Customer. Your contact with us is confidential. If an employer chooses to interview you we will update your resume or design a new one if needed and present you to our employer customer(s). We will coach you through the interview process including emailing you our Critical Guide to an Interview helping you present yourself and qualifications in a clear successful manner. We can be a great help with Compensation. 

When placing you in a new job we will guide you through a successful start with valuable staff or management coaching. As a confidential customer we will help you with advice throughout your entire career with the goal of long term employment at your current place of employment. If circumstances change we are here to help you with future positions.


Employers

You are our Customer. As a Dealership & Auto Group Market Niche Staffing & Recruiting Service, Car People gives you an edge over your competitors by getting you our best applicants before they take a position elsewhere.  As an Automotive Dealership specific Placement Service and Executive Search Firm we work daily to advertise job openings, interview potential candidates and most importantly check multiple references to identify only the best automotive experienced candidates to offer our employer customers. 

Checking references is the “Cornerstone” of our Business. We research a Candidate’s former Managers, Dealer Principals, etc. from Websites of Dealerships they have been employed at and Call Them. A candidate from Car People has been vetted ahead of time with that information available to you. 

In addition to our new applicants, some of our “best people” are former applicants who rely on us to find them new job or position confidentially. They aren’t responding to job ads due to their need for confidentiality.

These people have chosen to look for a new job for reasons such as an ownership or management change, change in compensation, work environment or other reasons. We know most of these candidates very well having checked their references in the past and following their career over the years. 

We free you up to run your Auto Group, Dealership or Department while we find you Top People!  Our website is specifically oriented towards attracting qualified applicants for your job openings. 


Our Company & Website

CAR PEOPLE OREGON is not a Franchise. We are a “start-up” dating back to 1986. We are a privately held business owned by Wade Gefre joined by two talented and successful Senior Placement Counselors | Executive Recruiters Heidi Nelson (31st year) and Melissa Lacasella (12th year).

 As a financially independent business we have the freedom to focus on our customers best interests and conduct business in a manner that’s best for them. We have the freedom to conduct business with trust, honesty, care, and integrity.

AutoJobsOnline.com is our website name and Internet presence.  We chose that name anticipating the key words “Auto Jobs” as being used frequently by automotive people searching for new jobs on the Internet. It has proven to be a huge success for our Applicant customers to easily find new automotive job openings and for us to help our Employer customers find automotive experienced people.

Thank you for visiting our website and our company. We appreciate it!

 

We Specialize in Dealership & Auto Group Job Openings

Car People is a great place for New Car Dealership or Auto Group Staff, Management and Executive Level people to find new jobs and it’s Free. Our Employer Customers pays us for our Services.

As a Staffing & Recruiting Service we are contacted by Dealerships & Auto Groups to find them Dealership Experienced People. We Connect the Right Person with the Right Job.  

We are car people helping car people as a friendly, confidential service for our applicant customers.  Car People makes it easy to search for a new job.  Heidi, Melissa and Wade look forward to helping you with your career.

For New Car Dealership and Auto Group Corporate Employers we have 34 years of experience helping you find successful Upper, Mid-Level Management and Staff candidates to help your Dealership or Auto Group perform at a high level.


Applicants

You are our Customer. Your contact with us is confidential. If an employer chooses to interview you we will update your resume, designing a new one if needed and present you to our employer customer(s). We will coach you through the interview process including emailing you our Critical Guide to an Interview helping you present yourself and qualifications in a clear successful manner. We help with Compensation as well. 

When placing you in a new job we will guide you through a successful start with valuable staff or management coaching. As a confidential customer we will help you with advice throughout your entire career with the goal of long term employment at your current place of employment. If circumstances change we are here to help you with future positions.


Employers

You are our Customer. Car People gives you an edge over your competitors by getting you our best applicants before they take a position elsewhere.  As an Automotive Dealership specific Staffing Service and Executive Search Firm we work daily to advertise job openings, interview potential candidates and most importantly check multiple references to identify only the best automotive experienced candidates to offer our employer customers. 

Checking references is the “cornerstone” of our business. A candidate from Car People has been vetted ahead of time with that information available to you. 

In addition to our new applicants, some of our “best people” are former applicants who rely on us to find them new job or position confidentially. They aren’t responding to job ads due to their need for confidentiality.

These people have chosen to look for a new job for reasons such as an ownership or management change, change in compensation, work environment or other reasons. We know most of these candidates very well having checked their references in the past and following their career over the years. 

We free you up to run your Auto Group, Dealership or Department while we find you Top People!  Our website is specifically oriented towards attracting qualified applicants for your job openings. 


Our Company & Website

CAR PEOPLE OREGON is not a Franchise. We are a “start-up” dating back to 1986. We are a privately held business owned by Wade Gefre joined by two talented and successful Placement Counselors | Executive Recruiters Heidi Nelson (28th year) and Melissa Lacasella (10th year).

 As a financially independent business we have the freedom to focus on our customers best interests and conduct business in a manner that’s best for them. We have the freedom to conduct business with honesty, care, and integrity.

AutoJobsOnline.com is our website name and Internet presence.  We chose that name anticipating the key words “Auto Jobs” as being used frequently by automotive people searching for new jobs on the Internet. It has proven to be a huge success for our Applicant customers to easily find new automotive job openings and for us to help our Employer customers find automotive experienced people.

Thank you for visiting our website and our company. We appreciate it!

Our People

Automotive Accounting Office Manager Job Openigns

Heidi Nelson  31st Year
HEAD OF VARIABLE &
ACCOUNTING PLACEMENTS

Senior Recruiter | Placement Counselor
Auto Group & Dealership Career Mentor

Google Rating of 5.0 ★★★★★

Applicants

Heidi really gets to know her applicant customers and sincerely cares about them.  If you talk to Heidi you will quickly find you are talking to someone who cares about you and your career.  She gives valuable advice to help people succeed in their careers. That’s why she’s such a perfect fit working here and helping people.


Positions Heidi Fills

Dealer Partner | President | CEO | COO | Vice President | Auto Group Platform Manager | Variable Operations Director | General Manager | All Variable Sales Department Staff & Management Positions

CFO | Corporate Auto Group Controller | CAO Manager | Comptroller | Controller | Accounting Manager | Internal Auditor | HR Director | All Office & Accounting Staff & Management Positions

Auto Jobs Portland Oregon

Employers

Heidi is much more than a Placement Counselor and Recruiter. She has 28 years of historical knowledge of Auto Group and Individual Dealership operations that has taught her how groups and dealerships attain success through Talent Management.

Over the last 28 years she has proven to her employer customers that they can trust her and she has their best interests in mind.

Heidi is a University of Oregon graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology.  She is from the Portland Metro Area. Heidi is married to a great guy and has a wonderful son.

 

 

Melissa Lacasella 12th Year
HEAD OF FIXED OPERATIONS
PLACEMENTS
Senior Recruiter | Placement Counselor
Auto Group & Dealership Career Mentor
Google Rating of 5.0 ★★★★★

Applicants

Melissa truly enjoys helping her applicant customers with their careers.  She gets to know her applicants, builds trust and strives to match an applicant with a dealership or manager that is a successful fit.

Her goal with each placement is that it’s a good job for her applicant customer and one that they can stay long term and advance in their career.  When you talk with Melissa you will find that not only is she sincere with your best interests in mind, she also has a great sense of humor.


Positions Melissa Fills


Auto Group Fixed Operations Platform Manager | Dealership Fixed Operations Director | Service Director | Service Manager | Assistant Service Manager | Service Advisor | Shop Foreman | Express Advisor | Technician and more.

Corporate Auto Group Parts Director | Parts Director | All Parts Staff & Management Positions

Auto Group Collision Center / Body Shop Operations Platform Manager | Independent Collision Center Group General Manager | Dealership Body Shop Manager | Independent Body Shop Manager | Assistant Body Shop Manager | Estimator | Shop Foreman | Technician | Painter and more

Auto Service Job Openings

Employers

Melissa is much more than a Recruiter. She is a former Service Advisor who has joined Car People and worked closely with Heidi and Wade for the past 10 years.

Melissa has accumulated valuable knowledge of Auto Group and Individual Dealership operations with regard to Talent Management and uses that knowledge to help her employer customers make key hires that contribute to their success. They quickly learn that she cares about her employer customers and as a result has built trust with them.

Melissa is a former Service Advisor with 7 years dealership experience. She is from the Portland Metro Area.  Melissa is married to a great guy and has two wonderful children, a son and daughter.

 

 

Wade Gefre

Wade Gefre  38th Year
Customer & Recruiter Support | Owner
Auto Group & Dealership Career Mentor

Candidate Search | Marketing | Advertising | Vetting |
Website | Business Manager | Owner  
Car People Oregon
Google Rating 5.0 ★★★★★

Wade has 37 years experience as a Recruiter for Auto Groups and Individual Dealerships.  He is involved daily assisting Heidi and Melissa with regard to Applicant and Employer customer’s needs.

As the owner of Car People his focus is maintaining a well run business with good business ethics, building trust with our Applicant & Employer customers to sustain a long term business with a good reputation and large repeat clientele.

Wade enjoys answering the phone and hearing the voice of a long term customer he has known for many years. He values the relationships he has developed over the years with a Service Manager, a Dealer Principal, a Title Clerk, an Office Manager, a General Manager, a Parts Counter person and many, many other people.

He has fond memories of Oregon Dealer Principals who encouraged Wade when he was just getting started that are now retired or no longer with us.  It’s an impressive list of some very talented individuals who either owned one or two dealerships, built large Auto Groups or even became President of NADA.

Wade is a graduate of Western Washington University with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration.  He and his wife, a college and high school math educator, reside in West Linn. They have two sons that make life truly amazing.

Tucker Wonder Dog

Tucker  
SECURITY DETAIL TEAM LEADER
CAR PEOPLE MASCOT

*Tucker belonged to Heidi and watches over us from above now. He’s our Mascot in the Sky.

Top Dog Rating of 5.0 ★★★★★

 

Dealership Executive
Auto Group Corporate
Accounting Office
& Administration

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Department

Finance &
Sales Management
Parts
Department
Collision Center &
Body Shop

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