Weekly Driver Recruiting Report – April 6, 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 – A new dispatch service aimed at helping smaller carriers and owner-operators has launched.
Weekly Driver Recruiting Report – March 30, 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 – OEM order control continues to keep trailer orders flat.
Weekly Driver Recruiting Report – March 23, 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 – Better trailer technology aims to help alleviate driver frustration and decrease driver turnover.
Weekly Driver Recruiting Report – March 16, 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 – A new dashcam integration system from CarriersEdge allows fleets to assign personalized training programs for each driver.
Yard Jockeys Ep. 3 | Guest: Blair Ewell
USA Truck’s SVP, Truckload Operations, Blair Ewell joins David to discuss how USA Truck turned things around after enduring the “lost decade”, substantially reduced driver turnover, and got things back on track by resetting the entire company’s culture.
Weekly Driver Recruiting Report – March 9, 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 DOT has proposed allowing carriers to administer oral drug tests.
Weekly Driver Recruiting Report – March 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 – New apps built around AI are attempting to solve the problem of excessive driver downtime.
February 2022 Monthly Driver Recruiting Trends
January’s overall average cost per lead (CPL) dropped 11% month-over-month (MoM) to its second lowest level since last March (only August’s was lower). Through the first half of February[1], average CPL is on pace to decline further, but historically the trend has been for lead costs to tick upwards in the back half of the month.
The Currency of Fleet Reputation (Part 2)
In a recent survey by Truckers News, the most popular way for a driver to research a fleet was by talking to other drivers. The second most popular method was looking at online reviews from other drivers! Almost 70% of all research done by drivers is just finding out if other drivers would recommend your fleet! All signs point to your referral rate being the truest measurement of a driver’s sentiment towards your brand.
Weekly Driver Recruiting Report – February 23, 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 – Expect driver pay to continue to increase, especially for over-the-road positions.
