Driver wellness

Gamifying wellness: How competition can help drivers age better

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Trucking – and the lifestyle that often comes with it – takes a serious toll on drivers. The average life expectancy of a truck driver is just 61 years. That is almost two decades less than the typical American.

This alarming statistic underscores the critical need for widespread driver wellness initiatives. 

In addition to the toll typical trucking lifestyle choices can take on a driver’s lifespan, they reduce their healthspan. Truck drivers face unique health challenges. Access to healthy food...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gamifying-wellness-how-competition-can-help-drivers-age-better

Boosting the bottom line with compliance and wellness – Taking the Hire Road

In this episode of Taking the Hire Road, Jeremy Reymer, founder of DriverReach, is joined by a great industry friend and fellow compliance nerd, Stacey Gibson. Gibson is personnel operations manager at TLC Cos.

TLC Cos. is a professional employee organization (PEO) that helps small and midsize motor carriers grow their companies by taking on the bulk of the administrative load.

Despite the freight recession, demand for the company’s services has grown over the past few years. Gibson attributes...

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Tips for boosting driver retention

It’s one thing to recruit quality drivers but keeping them is the real challenge.

The industry has long dealt with a driver shortage that seems to have only worsened since the beginning of the pandemic. Now more than ever, drivers have the upper hand at the bargaining table.

It’s up to motor carriers to earn the loyalty of their fleet but doing so means changes must be considered. Reliance Partners’ director of safety, Robert Kaferle, urges companies to establish driver retention programs among...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tips-for-boosting-driver-retention

From driver wellness to recruiter fatigue, focusing on health matters: Taking the Hire Road

DriverReach Director of Sales and Services Wendy Bartz fills in for CEO Jeremy Reymer on this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, welcoming to the show Jessie Burnette, chief people officer at Hirschbach, to discuss the creative ways the Iowa-based carrier prioritizes the mental health of its workforce. 

Burnette’s job is to go above and beyond for Hirschbach’s drivers and office staff, explaining that human resources should be more than just recruiting.

“It doesn’t matter if it’s a driver on...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/from-driver-wellness-to-recruiter-fatigue-focusing-on-health-matters-taking-the-hire-road

Leveraging driver choice to recruit, retain and produce — Taking the Hire Road

Peter Covach, industry solutions adviser at Trimble, joins this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road to talk about driver choice and how it fits into the driver recruitment and retention process, among other topics he discusses with host Jeremy Reymer, founder and CEO of DriverReach.

A carrier’s profitability plays a major role in the range of choices it can extend to drivers, but so do other preferences. Covach said a lot of times conversations with drivers get stuck in the weeds on...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/leveraging-driver-choice-to-recruit-retain-and-produce-taking-the-hire-road

5 ways to promote driver well-being on the road

Close-up of phone with driver app in front of Pilot gas station

Today’s 3.5 million professional drivers form the backbone of North America’s supply chain — a truth  made apparent when COVID-19 first impacted our country six months ago. 

In April, #thankatrucker went viral on social media with photographs of roadside lunches and children holding posters with encouraging messages. Now, during National Truck Driver Appreciation Week (NTDAW), companies across the industry are showing even more gratitude for the professional driver community.

Professional drivers...

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