Yard Jockeys Ep. 2 | Guest: Katie Love
WorkHound Marketing Manager, Katie Love, joins the show to discuss all things driver retention. Dave and Katie discuss what it’s like working with a younger generation of drivers, what she saw as driver retention trends in 2021, and much much more.
2021 Driver Recruiter Trends
Now that 2021 is officially behind us we wanted to take a look back to see what the data is telling us. We crunched the numbers and compiled the findings to bring you a summary of all the 2021 driver recruiting trends.
Driver Recruiting Weekly Report – February 2, 2022
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!
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.
Driver Recruiting Weekly Report – January 26, 2022
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 pressure on the supply chain continues to rise!
January 2022 Trucking Market Update
Demand for for-hire truck transportation exhibited an uptick on a seasonally adjusted basis in the fourth quarter of 2021 based on the for-hire trucking ton-mile index, an index assembled by Yem Bolumole at the University of Tennessee and myself based on linking output from 41 freight generating sectors identified from the Commodity Flow Survey.
Driver Recruiting Weekly Report – January 19, 2022
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 – December truck orders are one of the weakest of 2021.
Listening in with Seth | The Perfect Call – Part 5
Using what we’ve learned and heard from other real calls, we have put together today’s call as an example of how you and your team can have the “perfect” driver recruiting call.
Where Are You Losing Leads? | Digging Deeper
For our first episode of 2022, Dave sits down with McKensie Worley and Seth Becker to discuss, “Where Are You Losing Leads?”
Driver Recruiting Weekly Report – January 12, 2022
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 FMCSA is asking the federal government for an emergency approval for a 3 year apprenticeship program.