4 driver recruitment practices for improving retention

When was the last time your company hired a new driver only to see them quit a few months later?

It happens a lot. The reality is, when drivers quit, they tend to leave within the first six months of employment.

Whether the driver was the wrong fit, or they were unhappy with the day-to-day realities of the position, it didn’t work out, and now the company is back to square one.

No matter how many truck drivers a carrier hires, the same problem will keep happening if the business doesn’t change its...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/4-driver-recruitment-practices-for-improving-retention

Adapting to the recruiting evolution — Taking the Hire Road

On this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, DriverReach founder and CEO Jeremy Reymer welcomed Priscilla Peters, vice president of marketing and training at Conversion Interactive Agency, to discuss the ever-changing methods of recruiting in the digital age.

Some things will never change in driver recruiting. For instance, Peters said to never underestimate the power of a job referral. But in other ways, technology has propelled the recruiting process away from print advertising and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/adapting-to-the-recruiting-evolution-taking-the-hire-road