FreightWaves podcasts

A third-party solution to driver recruiting — Taking the Hire Road

Right Turn Recruiting CEO Doug Drier joined this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road to discuss the third-party solution to driver recruiting with host Jeremy Reymer, founder and CEO of DriverReach.

“My passion is in recruiting truck drivers. I love it; I breathe it,” Drier said. “Right Turn’s staff of 43 people contribute to the greater goal of hiring qualified truck drivers to seat empty trucks in the industry.”

Right Turn Recruiting places class A truck drivers with small, medium and major...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/a-third-party-solution-to-driver-recruiting-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

Navigating the Future of Recruiting – Taking the Hire Road

DriverReach founder and CEO Jeremy Reymer chatted with Travis Overton, president and owner of CDLLife on this week’s episode of the Taking the Hire Road podcast. 

CDLLife is an online initiative dedicated to improving the quality of life for truckers. The website is a one-stop shop for trucking-related news, with articles focused on health, finance and entertainment. CDLLife also lists job opportunities in addition to offering display advertising and lead generation products. 

Overton asserts...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/navigating-the-future-of-recruiting-taking-the-hire-road

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

Seizing the moment with TCA’s chairman — Taking the Hire Road

On this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, DriverReach founder and CEO Jeremy Reymer welcomed Jim Ward, president and CEO of D.M. Bowman and chairman of the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA).

With experience on both the vendor and carrier side, Ward’s well-rounded trucking perspective propelled him through the ranks of the TCA, serving as an officer for eight years before taking the reins as the association’s 90th chairman in April, a position he’ll serve in for a year.

“[TCA] is really...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/seizing-the-moment-with-tcas-chairman-taking-the-hire-road

Celebrating the crossroads of data and research — Taking the Hire Road

DriverReach founder and CEO Jeremy Reymer welcomed Rebecca Brewster, president and COO of the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), on this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road to celebrate the Institute’s 20th year as a leading provider of critical research for the trucking industry’s top issues.

On Thursday’s agenda, Brewster guided Reymer through ATRI’s research priorities for 2021, as well as other areas of research being conducted to improve the safety and productivity of the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/celebrating-the-crossroads-of-data-and-research-taking-the-hire-road

Light at the end of the tunnel — Taking the Hire Road

Things appear to be looking up in the trucking industry. That’s the opinion of Dave Chesterman, director of recruiting at Carter Express, who joined DriverReach founder and CEO Jeremy Reymer on this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road to share his thoughts on trucking as it nears a post-pandemic world.

Chesterman joined Carter Express in February after enjoying success as senior manager of talent acquisition-driver recruiting with Walmart and serving previously as vice president of recruiting...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-taking-the-hire-road

Engaging tomorrow’s leaders in trucking — Taking the Hire Road

Flexible recruiting and retention strategies are giving CRST International an advantage as the employment landscape continues to fluctuate, Jenny Abernathy, vice president of enterprise capacity development and driver recruiting at CRST International, told DriverReach founder and CEO Jeremy Reymer on this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road.

Recruiting begins with building a team of talented recruiters. Although the pandemic has pushed workforces to their limits, Abernathy credited CRST for...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/engaging-tomorrows-leaders-in-trucking-taking-the-hire-road

Retention through a culture of safety — Taking the Hire Road

Jetco Delivery CEO Brian Fielkow joined DriverReach founder and CEO Jeremy Reymer on this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road to discuss how a culture of safety plays a critical role in recruiting and retention strategies, Fielkow’s work as an author and speaker, and his new workshop Making Safety Happen.

“Safety is the linchpin and yet so many people still think of safety in terms of a department or as a safety director, as opposed to it being a way of life ingrained in every decision that...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/retention-through-a-culture-of-safety-taking-the-hire-road

Driver Training & Engagement with Luma – Taking the Hire Road

Gina Anderson, chief executive officer of Luma Brighter Learning, joined DriverReach founder and CEO Jeremy Reymer on this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road to discuss how implementing teaching technology can spark — not disrupt — engaging one-on-one conversations and teaching moments between instructors and drivers.

Luma is an instructional design and learning company that creates customized solutions through its eNugget platform, providing lessons based on ongoing research. With over 20...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/driver-training-engagement-with-luma-taking-the-hire-road

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