3 Ways to Build a More Efficient Driver Recruiting Budget
Listen to the article: [acf field=”embed_code”] We often talk about ways to improve your recruiting campaigns or how to get the most out of your campaign spend. One thing that tends to get less attention is the overall spend itself. Your recruiting budget. There’s a famous saying that goes “numbers don’t lie.” Unfortunately, if you […]
Building a Driver-Centric Culture
When the focus of recruiting is simply to fill an empty truck, it is easy to overlook the truck driver. A driver becomes nothing more than a number to your fleet when you focus on their capability to deliver a load and ignore their well-being, future at the company, or the state of the environment […]
Reducing Driver Orientation No-shows
Listen to the article: [acf field=”embed_code”] You are in the latter stages of the recruiting process. You have captivated a driver’s attention and cultivated that driver’s interest. Conversations over the phone have gone great and the full application has been filled out and submitted. The driver has agreed to attend orientation. All they have to […]
Evaluate Your Recruiting with More Than Cost
Listen to the article: [acf field=”embed_code”] If I were to ask you, how is your advertising doing, what would your first instinct be? For a lot of fleets out there the first knee-jerk reaction is to take a look at cost. Far too often fleets fall into the trap of, “Well our CPL and CPH […]
Understanding Your Lead Velocity
How efficient is your lead-to-hire process? With so many fleets vying for the opportunity to hire the same drivers you are after, it’s important to always be on the lookout for ways to improve your process and get ahead of your competitors. One way, that is not as common as it should be, is to […]
What Can You Learn from Driver Turnover?
Listen to the article: [acf field=”embed_code”] In the end driver recruiting is a numbers game. You need to find the right drivers to fill your empty trucks and get them on the road. The more trucks you have sitting idle, the more money you stand to lose. On the face of it, it wouldn’t seem […]
The Power of Mobile-First Recruiting
Smartphones are everywhere these days. Don’t believe me? Look around you. How many people are using their smartphones right now? How many have smartphones on their desks or in their pockets or purses? You may even be reading this article on a smartphone. 77% of Americans own smartphones and that is too big of a […]
Reduce Friction in Your Driver Recruiting
Listen to the article: [acf field=”embed_code”] Driver recruiting is a frustrating business. Drivers are still in very high-demand, which means that you aren’t the only ones who will pursuing them. Many drivers find themselves filling out form after form and having conversation after conversation. Being asked to give the same information time after time is […]
Factoring Generations Into Your Recruiting
How often do you take age into account when building a recruiting strategy? When focusing on getting qualified drivers who meet both your fleet’s requirements and your criteria for an ideal driver, it’s easy to forget that your messaging is reaching different generations. How does this affect your fleet? There are drivers out there who […]
The Importance of Building a Driver Persona
You’ve probably heard the term ‘buyer persona.’ It’s used a lot by businesses catering to customers who purchase their products, solicit their services, etc. A buyer persona for customer or client-based businesses refers to a profile of their ideal customer. They build this profile using data on their current customers and industry research. Now what […]
