Jeremy Reymer, founder of DriverReach, is joined by a great industry friend and ally, Yvonne Glover. Glover serves as the director of operations at Tyler Technologies, an organization that builds solutions aimed at helping the public sector operate more efficiently.
About 97% of large government agencies use Tyler Technologies’ solutions, according to the company’s website. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is one of those agencies. The company was contracted to help FMCSA build and manage its preemployment screening program (PSP) from the very beginning.
“We are focusing on problem-solving — helping the government to help constituents,” Glover said. “We are looking at how to help the government access data.”
The FMCSA preemployment screening exists to help carriers decide whether driver candidates are a good fit for their organizations. While hiring managers must access each applicant’s motor vehicle record, the accuracy, timeliness and completeness of these records can vary widely by state.
The PSP is designed to complement motor vehicle records, giving managers a more comprehensive view of each applicant’s strengths and weaknesses. The screening report — which is updated about every 30 days — provides five years of crash data and three years of inspection data for each driver, regardless of state.
Glover noted that the PSP was not created to make decisions for hiring managers, but rather to support hiring managers in their decision making. That means a carrier can still decide to onboard drivers with negative marks on their PSPs. In this case, the data helps carriers customize training opportunities for each new driver.
Most folks talk about FMCSA preemployment screening in relation to its ability to benefit drivers. The PSP is also designed to help drivers, however. In fact, PSP Monitoring is a driver-specific program that alerts participants to any changes to their files — free of charge.
Drivers can request their own records at any time — whether they received a monitoring alert or not — to check for accuracy, keep an eye on their performance and see how they are coming across to hiring managers.
“As a driver, I would want to know what other folks are seeing,” Glover said. “I would want to ensure it is accurate.”
By signing up for PSP Monitoring and keeping tabs on their performance records, drivers can address any inaccuracies before they come up in a job interview.
Click here to learn more about Tyler Technologies.
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