There are three major components to a successful job search ? focus, determination, and persistence. To get the job you want you must narrow the search to a specific type of job, define the skills and accomplishments that set you apart from the rest, and keep at it until you land the job you want.

When job seeking, a well-written resume is your first step toward the all-important phone call and job interview. Since you will be seeking a position in the automotive industry, it?s important you customize your resume to this particular market. Here are some tips to help you write a job-winning resume.

How to Optimize Online Advertising. All advertising is good, but not all advertising is efficient, warned Doug Dwyer at the Off-Road Impact Conference Sessions in Anaheim, California.

Off-Road Business, a sister publication to Advanstar's Styling & Performance, has released its third annual State of the Industry Report. Off-road Group Director Jim Ryan spoke at an industry luncheon at the start of the 2008 Off-Road Impact Trade Show and Conference held March 6-8 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California and gave attendees what he called a "Reader's Digest" version of the report.

Automobiles designed and built in Detroit, Tokyo, or even West Germany are pretty good and improving; however, the innovative, entrepreneurial U.S. aftermarket can always make them even better.

More than 100 manufacturers were set up in the Embassy Suites hotel in El Segundo, California, January 22-24 for the annual Motorsports Parts Manufacturers Council (MPMC) Media Trade Conference and Styling & Performance was there to cover the action.

LOS ANGELES - According to Chris Kaufmann, PR/Motorsports Manager at Borla Performance Industries, the company is in the process of moving some manufacturing ?cells? to their new facility near Johnson City, Tennessee. Borla Performance Exhaust recently purchased a 330,000-square-foot plant on 10 acres there.

More than 50 percent of the vehicles sold in Europe today have diesel engines. Sure, some of them are tiny little cars with tiny little diesel engines designed for the ultimate in fuel economy. But some diesel powerplants are fitted into premium luxury cars from BMW and Mercedes-Benz. These are not tiny, low-powered engines. They are, in fact, performance diesel engines that deliver adequate horsepower and incredible torque without excess noise or smoke.

According to Velle Kolde (pronounced cold; the "e" is silent) of Microsoft, the vehicle of the future will be digital. He predicts that 80 to 90 percent of future vehicle innovations will be in the field of electronics.