Recruiting Roundup | The Importance of the Phone Call

The Importance of the Phone Call

What’s the most important part of driver recruiting? The phone call!!! It’s the first time a driver interacts with your fleet and can shape their thoughts about your fleet, and the relationship they have with you moving forward.

Yard Jockeys Ep. 3 | Guest: Blair Ewell

Blair Ewell - USA Truck

USA Truck’s SVP, Truckload Operations, Blair Ewell joins David to discuss how USA Truck turned things around after enduring the “lost decade”, substantially reduced driver turnover, and got things back on track by resetting the entire company’s culture.

Weekly Driver Recruiting Report – March 9, 2022

DOT Proposes Oral Drug Testing

The Weekly Report brings you updated data on recruiting metrics including click, search, and spot rates, plus a new story of the week. This week’s story – The DOT has proposed allowing carriers to administer oral drug tests.

Weekly Driver Recruiting Report – March 2, 2022

can ai solve supply chain issues

The Weekly Report brings you updated data on recruiting metrics including click, search, and spot rates, plus a new story of the week. This week’s story – New apps built around AI are attempting to solve the problem of excessive driver downtime.

Weekly Driver Recruiting Report – February 23, 2022

Lower Driver Pay? Don't Count On It!

The Weekly Report brings you updated data on recruiting metrics including click, search, and spot rates, plus a new story of the week. This week’s story – Expect driver pay to continue to increase, especially for over-the-road positions.

Weekly Driver Recruiting Report – February 16, 2022

Specialized Trucking Still Struggling

The Weekly Report brings you updated data on recruiting metrics including click, search, and spot rates, plus a new story of the week. This week’s story – The specialized trucking sector is still struggling to recover.

Recruiting Roundup | Mobile-Friendly Recruiting

Mobile-Friendly Recruiting

It seems like mobile devices, smartphones, in particular, have taken over the world. That means you must be mindful of how your content looks and functions on smartphones and other mobile devices!

Weekly Driver Recruiting Report – February 9, 2022

Top 10 Driver Complaints

The Weekly Report brings you updated data on recruiting metrics including click, search, and spot rates, plus a new story of the week. This week’s story – The Professional Driver Agency released the Top 10 Driver Issues List of 2021.

Driver Recruiting Weekly Report – February 2, 2022

Supply Bottleneck Worsening??

The Weekly Report brings you updated data on recruiting metrics including click, search, and spot rates, plus a new story of the week. This week’s story – examining Southern California import levels suggests the supply bottleneck is worsening!

Need Drivers? You Better Know What They Care About!

Align your recruiting to the drivers' motivations.

The American Transportation Research Institute conducted a study to try and identify driver motivations and satisfaction levels. They surveyed drivers using eight motivating factors, and asked them to rate their importance ranging from extremely important, to not important at all. They also asked the drivers to then rate their satisfaction level with each of the eight factors using a similar scale.