Successfully recruiting a truck driver for your fleet requires you to consider what qualities make you stand out as a desirable employer. For truck driver recruitment that leads to quality leads, you’ll want to showcase company benefits, such as paid time off, family leave, 401K matching, and sign-on or seasonal bonuses. Your company culture is another strong selling point—especially for younger recruits who are establishing themselves and their networks.
Once drivers are hired, trucking recruiters should turn their efforts to optimizing truck driver retention. Perks like ongoing training, competitive pay, healthy schedules, and safety enhancements can be great ways to communicate that you value your drivers. If you’re a transportation recruiter who is investing in truck driver recruitment and retention, explore the Recruiting Rundown archives to learn more.
Recruiting Rundown, in partnership with Tenstreet, examines the various ways that companies can work to simplify and save time during the driver recruiting process. More information on Tenstreet can be found at www.tenstreet.com.
Veterans, in particular, stand out as promising potential drivers thanks to their dedication, work ethic and valuable life experiences.
Driver training is one of the most popular – and effective – ways to safeguard fleets against potential litigation.
One of Tenstreet’s newest solutions, Pulse+, uses generative AI to make communication more efficient and strengthen human connections.
Conversations about turnover and retention often hinge heavily on pay, but that is only part of the story.
Drivers want to join – and stay – with carriers that make them feel connected from the very beginning.
When software providers do not cater to private fleets, both the provider and the carrier suffer.
Negative driving behaviors — including speeding, rapid acceleration and harsh braking — can have a serious impact on fuel economy and, ultimately, a carrier’s bottom line.
Often, the final straw for drivers is simply feeling unheard, unseen or unappreciated by their carriers. The right rewards program can help solve that problem.
At the end of the day, logistics is a relationship-driven industry. Solving widespread issues – like detention time – requires collaboration between all shippers and carriers.
The team at Tenstreet prides themselves on being visionaries and problem solvers, always working to increase the company’s offerings while solving client pain points.
Reward and incentive programs are often thought of as financial expenditures. When executed well, however, these programs can garner serious savings thanks to improved driver behavior, allowing carriers to free up cash without making sacrifices.
Companies across the supply chain have been inundated with new technologies and solutions over the past several years. As a result, many leaders are underutilizing their recently adopted tools, leaving money and efficiencies on the table.
Tenstreet’s Job Store allows clients to post their openings across major job boards, partners, and social media websites from one central platform, seriously cutting down on the amount of time companies must spend fine-tuning, managing and checking up on listings.
Safety training was once largely considered a one-size-fits-all endeavor, often consisting of in-person classes. That is no longer the case.
Recruiting is a difficult — and expensive — process, and focusing on retention is a good way to avoid piling on costs.
Carriers often experience turnover rates above 90%. To combat this staggering statistic, carriers need to know why drivers are leaving. The best way to figure that out is to ask them.
Tenstreet’s Marilyn Surber says it’s better to refrain from making serious strategy changes or even exiting the recruiting game altogether in the evolving truck driving climate.
As technology catered to the transportation industry continues to evolve, players across the industry are becoming more aware of the importance of data security and transparency.
Nuclear verdicts do not just impact the defendants; they drive insurance rates up for companies across the industry, as well as the motoring public.
Changing how recruiters communicate with drivers from the very beginning is one of the simplest and most effective ways to tackle driver hiring issues.
The transportation and logistics industry is full of revolutionaries, innovating on everything from load matching to driver wellness. Tenstreet has made a name for itself in the recruiting and retention space.
Retention efforts across the industry tend to focus primarily on pay. While pay is certainly an important factor in retaining quality drivers, simply issuing raises is not the answer to the driver turnover issue that plagues the industry.
FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller provides commentary/analysis on the trucking industry’s “driver shortage.”
Tenstreet’s goal is to make processes easier for drivers and carriers alike. In 2022, that means making a driver’s smartphone a one-stop shop for as many tasks as possible.
Many carriers have turned to technology in order to reduce the risk of serious lawsuits while simultaneously lowering insurance premiums. Digital safety management solutions are on the rise, and these tools can offer carriers the transparency and visibility they need in order to create a safer fleet.
Recruiters are pulling out all the stops to attract and retain top truck drivers and carriers are turning to Stay Metrics & Tenstreet for help.
Tenstreet has designed its IntelliApp to be mobile first, meaning that 80% of all drivers applications are completed using their smartphones.
Tenstreet’s trucking-specific marketing tools connect carriers with drivers throughout the recruiting process
To get a leg up on the competition, recruiters are turning to Tenstreet to help them expedite the onboarding process through its automated platform.
Automated technology is replacing antiquated paper files as growing fleets strive to stay off the government’s radar by running compliant.
The waiting game to find out if a recruiter is interested in hiring a driver or even if their application has reached the right person can be excruciating for those who are anxious to jump behind the wheel of a tractor-trailer and get those wheels turning to start making money.
Recruiters say competition is fierce among trucking companies to find qualified truck drivers and it can be a race to see which company can successfully help applicants navigate the hiring process first.
