Building driver loyalty and engagement — Taking the Hire Road

With the logistics industry still seeing a driver shortage and low retention rates, driver satisfaction is more important than ever. Providing a top-of-the-line employee experience has become many companies’ newest priority. This can come in many forms, and some companies have turned to employee engagement, creating departments to improve company culture and ensure their employees are satisfied.

“Engagement is critical because most of us know what it’s like to hire — hiring is tough and it will...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/building-driver-loyalty-and-engagement-taking-the-hire-road

Instilling a team mindset for a remote work environment

Everyone in the industry has taken a hit in various ways in the past two years. After COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, many workplaces began having their employees work remotely, creating a whole new environment and set of processes for teams that were used to close, consistent, in-person collaboration.

“Once agents [in the logistics industry] had to begin working remotely, they lost that team support that they had before so they had to learn to navigate on their own, and that was something...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/instilling-a-team-mindset-for-a-remote-work-environment

Viewpoint: How to fight the talent war in freight

This commentary was written by Peter Rentschler, CEO of CarrierDirect. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.

By Peter Rentschler

Someone is recruiting your employees, and your employees may be looking for new jobs. What are you doing to keep them?

According to Prudential’s Pulse of the American Worker Survey, an estimated 25% of workers are planning to look for a new job “once the threat of the pandemic...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/viewpoint-how-to-fight-the-talent-war-in-freight

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