Six Ways to Make the Most of Recruiting Phone Calls
Benjamin Franklin once said “Time is money.” He would’ve made a great driver recruiter with that mindset (if all that being a scientist, statesman, printer, politician, postmaster, author, inventor, and diplomat stuff didn’t work out.) Much of recruiting is about efficiency, and time. As in, how do you make the most of it? How do […]
Addressing Potential Pain Points in Your Recruiting Content Marketing
Money, miles, and home time are the undisputed ‘big 3’ of truck driver recruiting. Everybody cares about those things. But drivers have plenty of other questions, concerns, expectations, and aspirations that factor into whether or not they apply. Parking, hours of service, life on the road, benefits, perks, industry regulations, the future of trucking … […]
Four New Year’s Resolutions for Driver Recruiters
Though the ball has dropped (much to the chagrin of Mariah Carey and all those folks who got roped into doing the Whole30 Diet), and many of us have already probably faltered in our 2017 goals, there’s still time to make resolutions for the new year. If you’re in the business of recruiting truck drivers, […]
Content Marketing for Recruiting Drivers: Yea or Nay?
Recruiting is essentially marketing. And if you have paid attention to marketing trends in the last five years or so, you have probably come across the concept of content marketing. It’s all the rage these days. But does it fit within the realm of recruiting truck drivers? The short answer is yes. However, it isn’t […]
What Does a Randall-Reilly Recruiting Campaign Look Like?
You’re in a bind. You have empty trucks just sitting there, and money’s flying out the door. You need drivers. You need your phones ringing off the hook. You need a plan. Sound familiar? We feel you! We hear some variation of this conundrum every day from clients across the country who are desperate to […]
Getting Recruiting and Marketing In the Same Boat, On the Same Page
In terms of day to day function, recruiting and marketing might seem, at best, like distant cousins. You have your recruiters over here doing their thing, working the phones, poring over apps and trying to get drivers in the door. Meanwhile in the other silo office quadrant, your marketers are busy building brands and blasting […]
Are You Doing Enough to Recruit Female Drivers?
Everyone’s looking for answers to The Great Driver Shortage. There’s certainly no silver bullet to cure what ails the trucking industry, though attracting a more diverse pool of drivers seems like an excellent place to start. Women, who make up more than 50% of the U.S. population but account for just under 6% of America’s […]
Want to Attract More Drivers? Get Driver-Centric
Drive past any company truck on the interstate and you’re likely to see some variation of DRIVERS WANTED. Most trucks also feature a platitude like ‘We Love Our Drivers,’ which apparently is supposed to make drivers want to do a Jason Bourne-style leap from their current rig into the truck with the reassuring language on […]
Driver Recruiting Techniques: Keeping Up with the Times
It’s truly remarkable how drastically the world of driver recruiting has changed – just in the last few years. Long gone are the relatively straightforward pre-internet days, when recruiters relied on print ads, truck stop brochures, radio spots, billboards… and to a lesser extent Burt Reynolds and all his Smokey and the Bandit, bootleg Coors […]
3 Ways Driver Recruiters Can Save Money
This article is not about the causes of the driver shortage. We all know that there simply aren’t enough drivers out there to keep every fleet satisfied. I can’t solve the driver shortage, and neither can you. All we can do is weather the storm together. Like most storms, you’ll be fine if you have […]
