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Episode #2

How do we attract the next automotive aftermarket generation?

28 May 2025

Welcome to our second podcast episode, hosted by Paul Marinelli, where we dive into the challenges and opportunities facing the automotive aftermarket industry. In this episode, host Paul Marinelli explores a critical question: how do we attract the next generation of talent to this evolving and opportunity-rich field?

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With skills shortages looming and outdated perceptions still lingering, it's time to reframe what it means to work in the automotive aftermarket. Being a mechanic today isn't about grease and wrenches—it's about diagnostics, new technologies, innovation, and lifelong careers with real growth.

Join us as we look at what needs to change, how we can shift the narrative, and why the automotive aftermarket could be one of the most exciting career paths for young people to consider. 

Paul Marinelli

Paul Marinelli

Journalist & PR Specialist

Paul Marinelli is an automotive aftermarket and motorsport industry specialised journalist and PR Consultant who is celebrating his 30th Anniversary in the industry this year. Paul is based in Melbourne, Australia and has been a long term member of the international media at many Automechanika trade fairs. This is the first of a series of exclusive Gateway to Automotive News Hub podcasts that Paul Marinelli will be presenting throughout the year pertaining to international automotive aftermarket industry issues and major events.

You can also listen to ‘Five minutes with Paul Marinelli’ here: