The 3 Biggest Challenges Facing Driver Recruiters
If you recruit truck drivers for a living, you probably already have a list of the biggest challenges you face very day. You might have budgetary constraints, disagreements with management about processes or even conflicts with coworkers. But there are a few challenges that face every recruiter everywhere. Overcoming these challenges isn’t easy, but for […]
3 Unique Ways to Recruit Truck Drivers
Recruiting qualified truck drivers is a zero-sum game. There is a limited pool of good candidates for the driving positions your fleet needs to fill. Every time one of your competitors hires one of those drivers, the pool gets smaller, and it gets that much more difficult for your fleet to hire the drivers it […]
Getting Back to Basics: Banner Display for Driver Recruiting 101
There was a time when figuring out the whole copy/paste thing on a computer was a big deal to me. Now that I have some knowledge about digital advertising, I often forget where I used to be. It is very easy to forget that not everyone knows what CPC means or what a display network […]
8 Things An Integrated Driver Recruiting Campaign Must Have
What does your typical truck driver look like? If you’re honest, there really isn’t a professional driving type. The demographic varies greatly between age, gender, and experience. This variance in demographic must be considered when crafting your recruiting strategies. Another aspect to consider is how many impressions are needed before a driver is willing to […]
How to Tell if You Are Spending Too Much Recruiting Truck Drivers
There is no need to spend a lot of time talking about the ever-worsening nationwide driver shortage. Recruiters deal with it every day. But the worst part of it isn’t just how difficult it is to find the drivers you need. When you do manage to find a qualified driver, the chances of them sticking […]
Top 10 things you need to know about recruiting drivers.
Finding and hiring qualified drivers is one of the fleet owner’s biggest challenges. As the economy starts to recover the need to get those trucks rolling again is essential to your business’ success. Here are 10 tips to help you create the perfect driver-recruiting checklist: 1. Have a strategy for targeting truck stops. 2. Always […]
Do online banners work for recruiting drivers?
The simple answer is yes. But I will take the time to plead my case to you. Let’s start with a simple fact. 67% of all professional drivers are online daily. If you add in the drivers that use the internet at least weekly, the number increases to around 90%. First Point: 90% of drivers […]
How to Recruit More Truck Drivers for Less Money
If you recruit drivers for a living and went into work tomorrow and told everyone you figured out a way to recruit more drivers for less money, you wouldn’t find yourself carried around on your co-workers’ shoulders like you just hit the winning home run in the championship game? Of course. But it isn’t quite that […]
3 Ways to Recruit Truck Drivers at Events
Undoubtedly you recruit most of your drivers from online sources. This is inevitable. If you depend on any other medium to keep your trucks on the road, you have a world of hurt headed your way. But in this online-only world it is easy to forget that digital channels aren’t the only ways to find […]
Mean Girl Email Metrics
The numbers are saying mean things about your email marketing behind your back. Oh no she didn’t! Your rep is being totes ruined, and you don’t even know about it. That’s cra cra! If you want to be in the cool marketing clique, you had better get your email marketing legit! If you have ever […]
