The Rookie Auctioneer
The Rookie Auctioneer could be fresh out of Auction School. I’m a two-dollar bidder, now three would ya give me three? This is repetitive as many times in a day as the breath can be pushed from the lungs. With integrations of filler words to build a chant. The chant rings day in and day out for the rookie auctioneer. Just in case you have never met the rookie auctioneer in your community or your auctioneer association, now is an opportunity to do so.
The Rookie Auctioneer’s TDLR Licensing
The rookie auctioneers in the photo gallery below (bottom of page) are members of the Texas Auctioneers Association. These rookie auctioneers have recently obtained a license by the TDLR (Texas Department of License Regulation). In fact, they are ready for work. Many already took positions with Auction Companies across Texas and willing beyond.
Indeed, as a rookie you are on a path to learn, network and do all you can to get that first auction listing. Rookies often work as Ringmen for different auction companies. Many times rookie auctioneers ride up and down the roads with the more experienced auctioneers learning everything they can. Working sale barns, fundraiser auction, estate auctions and any car sale that will let them in the lane.
Auction Schools make The Rookie Auctioneer Real
Yes School, Auction School may have advanced classes for the seasoned professional. However, in most cases once a person graduates from Auction School the rookie auctioneer if well on their way to becoming one of those seasoned professionals. There are several auction schools around the country like Mendenhall School of Auctioneering in High Point North Carolina. Their slogan is America’s Top Quality School for Auctioneers. World Wide College of Auctioneering in Iowa and Colorado where former owner and master trainer of Auctioneer, Paul C. Behr has seen thousands of Rookie Auctioneers enter the Auction Industry. Mike Jones and Lori Jones have graduated a few Rookie Auctioneers at the Texas Auction Academy is now America’s Auction Academy located in Dallas, Texas. Western School of Auctioneering in Montana where Nick Bennett says” Here at Western College of Auctioneering, we specialize in providing our students with the training and tools necessary to be the world’s finest professional auctioneers.” However all Auctioneers enter the Auctioneering profession and they start somewhere. Auction School is a great place to advance your career.
Mike Jones World Champion Auctioneer and 33 Year member of the Texas Auctioneers Association was ask ” In your experience how long does it take a rookie auctioneer to become a professional? Mike stated ” I think the age of the student matters. Maturity is a huge factor. How to deal with clients and business situations comes with time based on my experience. It appears the professionals we have trained typically takes 5-10 years to truly come on their on” says Mike Jones, Past President of the National Auctioneers Association and Hall of Fame Member.
The Rookie Auctioneers has Mentors
The Rookie Auctioneer grows in a short period of time into different atmospheres with the experience gained. It’s not just all about the chant and bid calling. Auctioneer is a business and practicing a propelling business methods is vital to elevating from the status of rookie auctioneer into professional. Programs sanctioned by the National Auctioneers Association such as the Certified Auctioneers Institute (CAI), Accredited Auctioneer Real Estate (AARE), Auction Marketing Management (AMM) Certified Estate Specialist (CES), Graduated Personal Property Appraiser (GPPA), Contract Auction Specialist (CES) and Benefit Auctions Specialist (BAS) are programs designed to help all Auctioneers from the Rookie stage up to seasoned professionals. These programs most certainly enhance the education of Auctioneers willing to seek additional education.
Mentors across the planet far and wide are eager to help rookie auctioneers be the best they can be. In fact, as I travel across the USA to association meetings, I have seen this first-hand. Moreover, I have experienced mentorship up close and personal from talented, experienced auctioneers willing to help me gain a vast amount of knowledge. Knowledge that I could never receive in the halls of a college study hall. The road trips across 1000’s of miles of pavement. Up the hills on dirt roads to the waterfront of Key Biscayne in Miami. Yes, like many others, I have paid my dues when I was a rookie Auctioneer just like those before me and many that will follow. Indeed, thousands of Auctioneers have paid those dues. We stand ready to help those rookies to become to a place where the rookie leaves title and they enter the world of Professional Auctioneer.
A few weeks ago I met Kevin McGlothen on a side stop off the Interstate in rural Arkansas. We both laughed about where auctioneers meet with happenstance. Kevin has helped countless rookie auctioneers all over the country. He and other seasoned professionals truly want to see this profession evolve with new people entering the business. Yes its a fact, Auctioneers travel many miles a week just to work. You never know when you will meet one or where for that fact.
A Rookie Auctioneer is Just Starting
A rookie auctioneer may not be fresh out of high school or college. They may be a in a career change. Some may have just graduated college. While many are following the tradition of a family legacy. Point being, a rookie auctioneer is just starting. In most cases that rookie will turn into a full fledge professional that will dedicate a life to challenging situations, working early mornings and late nights.
The rookie will attend advanced education. As well as joining organizations such as the Texas Auctioneers Association and the National Auctioneers Association. It is not necessary that a rookie join associations. However if they do, they can experience new friendships, gain first class education and learn tips from professionals who themselves were at one time in their career the rookie auctioneer.
Austin Jett Jones Rookie Champion Auctioneer
Hudson Sisk Texas Auction
Monica Higdon Texas Auctioneer
Christina Pace Texas Auctioneer
Tim Dietz Texas Auctioneer
Trenty Jones Texas Auctioneer
Rusty Durham Texas Auctioneer