Driver Recruiting Weekly Report – December 16, 2020
This week’s report is now available. For your convenience an embedded audio version of the report is now available on our blog page as well as on iTunes, Stitcher, and SoundCloud. A full breakdown of the data in PDF form and transcript of the report is also included below.
Driver Recruiting Weekly Report – December 9, 2020
Check out the first edition of our new Weekly Report. Each week we’ll go over some figures from the previous week to help you understand what’s happening with job searches, clicks, freight rates, and more.
Don’t Fall for the Driver Recruiting Placebo Effect
According to WebMD, a placebo is anything that seems to be a “real” medical treatment — but isn’t. It could be a pill, a shot, or some other type of “fake” treatment. What all placebos have in common is that they do not contain an active substance meant to affect health. The classic example of […]
Understanding Lead Velocity is Crucial
[acf field=”embed_code”] What is Lead Velocity Again? Lead velocity is just a fancy way of saying how long it takes your fleet to take a prospective driver from form submission to orientation. On average our clients see a 33 day lead velocity. Digging into the data we find that almost without exception the hires for […]
Keeping Your Fleet Top of Mind During the Coronavirus Pandemic
[acf field=”embed_code”] It appears there may finally be some light at the end of the tunnel! Restrictions are being eased in states that meet guidelines set forth by the White House and CDC and it appears that we may actually be on our way to recovery, or at the very least reopening and beginning the […]
3 Coronavirus Changes that Can Lead Fleets to Success Moving Forward
[acf field=”embed_code”] It goes without saying that lately has been a challenging time. But amidst all of the infections, death, and panic caused by the coronavirus outbreak, there have been extraordinary examples of kindness, goodness, and human decency. College students have mobilized and offered to help shop for the most vulnerable among us. Police departments […]
How Has the Coronavirus Changed Driver Recruiting?
[acf field=”embed_code_2″] [acf field=”embed_code”] The outbreak of coronavirus has impacted almost every aspect of our lives. It seems no business or industry has been left untouched. Driver recruiting is no exception. For this week’s Randall-Reilly Review I sat down to talk with Randall-Reilly’s VP of Trucking Operations, Scott Maldonado. Scott works with fleets all over […]
The Impact of the Coronavirus on Trucking’s Owner-Operators
[acf field=”embed_code_2″][acf field=”embed_code”]Over the past few weeks, we’ve taken a look at how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted the trucking industry both at the fleet and driver level. This week we focus again on the driver impact, but more specifically on how the current situation affects trucking’s owner-operators. Overdrive Senior Editor, Todd Dills, sits down […]
Truckers and Coronavirus: A Conversation with David Hollis
[acf field=”embed_code”] [acf field=”embed_code_2″] For this week’s Randall-Reilly Review video, we sit down and have an in-depth conversation with Truckers News and She Drives Trucks editor, David Hollis. We talk about how drivers are responding, how the business has adapted, a few positive stories, and everything in between!
Coming Together in the Fight Against Coronavirus
[acf field=”embed_code”] I don’t know about you, but I’m a little tired of bad news. Our truck drivers are out there on the front lines keeping supply lines open and the country afloat. That in and of itself is pretty great news. No matter what pops up our men and women are out there delivering […]
