Driver retention

Discover 3 strategies to enhance your driver retention efforts

For transportation industry professionals, the issue of driver recruitment and retention isn’t anything new. But the ongoing shortage of truck drivers has the potential to become an even bigger challenge, both for fleets and the broader supply chain.

According to estimates from the American Trucking Associations (ATA), the trucking industry could see a driver shortfall of 100,000 in five years and 160,000 by 2028. To avoid this fallout, it is important to know what factors are behind attracting...

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Drivers: Why do you leave carriers?

The driver shortage has consistently been identified as one the trucking industry’s most pressing issues over the past several years.

The continuing shortage — coupled with the industry’s infamously high turnover rates — has inspired Tenstreet to partner with FreightWaves to better understand why drivers leave carriers and what they look for in new roles. The 3-minute survey below will ask about these topics, as well as how things like mobile-friendly job applications affect drivers’ decisions...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tenstreet-driver-survey

Image and culture with Load One — Taking the Hire Road

LoadOne CEO John Elliott joined this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road to discuss driver recruiting and retention, as well as TCA’s outreach programs with host Jeremy Reymer, founder and CEO of DriverReach.

As a trucking industry leader, Elliott remains dedicated to improving driver recruiting and retention. Reymer asked for his thoughts on efforts to reduce the minimum age for interstate CDL drivers from 21 to 18. 

With so many angles to consider, tackling the issue remains a complex...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/image-and-culture-with-load-one-taking-the-hire-road

The simple truth on trucking’s low retention rates

The simple truth is that the low retention rates prevalent in the trucking industry are nothing more than a business challenge gone unchecked. Being in the trucking industry exaggerates this challenge by being capital intensive and having very few restrictions to enter the industry, other than courage and money. Now, add to this margins that are razor-thin by most business standards, and you begin to understand how so many new companies seem to pop up and flash in the pan.

In the beginning, the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-simple-truth-on-truckings-low-retention-rates

White Paper: How to Disrupt Driver Turnover: The 2021 Mid-Year Driver Feedback Trends Analysis

Based on the analysis of more than 24,000 anonymous comments from over 10,000 drivers, the 2021 mid-year edition of The WorkHound Report reveals the trends in driver feedback to help trucking companies understand exactly what drivers want and how to retain them. 

Fleets can heed these insights to develop a more satisfied driver workforce — and a healthier bottomline overall.

In this edition of The WorkHound Report, discover:

  • The top trends in anonymous driver feedback
  • The reason why drivers...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/white-paper-how-to-disrupt-driver-turnover-the-2021-mid-year-driver-feedback-trends-analysis

KeepTruckin’s new dashcam uses AI to drive safety and retention

In a recent Workhound study, 16.2% of drivers’ negative comments were based on training and safety concerns at their current trucking company. 

The study found companies that focused on creating healthy communication for these concerns, such as consistent feedback on drivers’ skills, stood a better chance of producing a positive work environment, leading to better retention and recruiting.

In pursuit of that positive environment and greater overall safety, the fleet management solutions company...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/keeptruckins-new-dashcam-uses-ai-to-drive-safety-and-retention

Making trucking cool again — Cyberly

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The phrase “driver shortage” gets tossed around a lot these days, but should the focus be turned to keeping drivers happy and driving? Lack of retention and inadequate training are two factors that are leading drivers to quit their jobs altogether, even if they are happy with day-to-day work. 

So how do we fix this? Blythe Brumleve tries to find a solution on this episode of Cyberly.

She welcomes Adam Wingfield of Innovative Logistics Group and Desiree Wood of Real Women in Trucking to talk about...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/making-trucking-cool-again-cyberly

Modern recruiting in a driver shortage — Taking the Hire Road

On today’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, presented by Kuebix, DriverReach founder and CEO Jeremy Reymer chatted with Wendy Bartz, DriverReach director of sales and services, about building recruiting teams, embracing technology and addressing driver burnout.

As a former director of recruiting herself, Bartz said that starting a recruiting team begins with taking a step back and observing the day-to-day operations of the carrier. This helps a recruiter learn the company’s strengths and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/modern-recruiting-in-a-driver-shortage-taking-the-hire-road

Piecing together the driver shortage puzzle — Taking the Hire Road

TransForce Group is tackling the driver shortage problem head-on through its nationwide CDL schools, annually graduating about 4,000 drivers, of which 70% are military veterans.

Dennis Cooke, president and CEO of TransForce Group, joins DriverReach founder and CEO Jeremy Reymer on this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, to lay out the headway the company is making. 

Through its education and training, staffing and recruiting, as well as compliance and safety solutions, TransForce Group, a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/piecing-together-the-driver-shortage-puzzle-taking-the-hire-road

Safety panel: Government conflict on pay rules hurts driver retention

A long-standing gap between how the U.S. Department of Transportation and the U.S. Department of Labor view driver wages must be bridged before the trucking industry will have a shot at curing its chronic driver retention problem, according to a university researcher.

Speaking at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Council (MCSAC) meeting on Monday, Michael Belzer, an economics professor at Wayne State University, told attendees that wage requirements...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/safety-panel-government-conflict-on-pay-rules-hurts-driver-retention

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