Leah Shaver

Comfortable in the culture you’re in – Taking the Hire Road

On this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, Lisa Gonnerman, vice president of enterprise services at TA Dedicated, sat down with host Leah Shaver, president and CEO of The National Transportation Institute, to discuss how leaders can continue to improve standards in the trucking industry, including in safety policies and in women’s involvement.

After spending nearly two decades in operations, Gonnerman transitioned to safety, compliance and recruiting, where she has been for the past 14...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/comfortable-in-the-culture-youre-in-taking-the-hire-road

The age of engagement – Taking the Hire Road

On this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, host Leah Shaver, president and CEO of The National Transportation Institute, sat down with Beth Potratz, founder and CEO of driver recruiting platform Drive My Way, and Leigh Sauter, founder of Glass Ball Consulting. 

Potratz and Sauter spoke about why they started their new venture, Spark Change Lab, how fleet personnel in any role can participate in their workshops, and the resources they’ll be providing to recruiting and retention professionals...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-age-of-engagement-taking-the-hire-road

The importance of data in navigating today’s market – Taking the Hire Road

On this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, Leah Shaver, president and CEO of The National Transportation Institute (NTI), sat down with Jeremy Reymer, founder of DriverReach, to discuss how leveraging data can help both drivers and employers make the best decisions and remain successful despite challenging freight rates and carrier demand.

According to Shaver, consumption of NTI’s resources is at an all-time high. The company’s client base includes trucking companies, private fleets,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-importance-of-data-in-navigating-todays-market-taking-the-hire-road

Growing our own – Taking the Hire Road

On this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, Leah Shaver sat down with Mark Colson, president and CEO of the Alabama Trucking Association, to discuss the vital importance of workforce development in trucking, how fleets and the industry at large can cultivate the next generation of professional drivers, how he’s tackling this issue in his state, and how everyone in the industry can show appreciation and love for those behind the wheel safely delivering freight every day.

Attracting quality...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/growing-our-own-taking-the-hire-road

Harnessing the power of data in recruiting – Taking the Hire Road

On this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, Leah Shaver sat down with Nathan J. Widener, chief data officer at Career Now Brands, to discuss the powerful ways data can be used in recruiting.

“Data is everywhere. We all generate a steady stream of data just by going about our daily lives. The challenge is harnessing the right data at the right time and turning it into something useful, or ‘activating the data,’” Widener said. 

How that data is activated is highly situational, however, and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/harnessing-the-power-of-data-in-recruiting-taking-the-hire-road

Where diesel tech and driver recruitment meet – Taking the Hire Road

While carriers continue to prioritize recruiting and retaining well-qualified truck drivers, finding and retaining diesel technicians is an increasingly important concern today. 

Leah Shaver sat down with Amanda Schuier, strategic maintenance director at Jetco Delivery, to discuss the similarities and differences between recruiting and retaining truck drivers and diesel technicians. 

Engagement is Schuier’s priority in her roles at both the American Trucking Associations and Jetco. “Encouraging...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/where-diesel-tech-and-driver-recruitment-meet-taking-the-hire-road

Riding trucking’s waves: Freight market cycles and the driver pool – Taking the Hire Road

On a recent episode of Taking the Hire Road, guest host Leah Shaver, president and CEO of The National Transportation Institute, welcomed Avery Vise, vice president of trucking at FTR, for a conversation about the data behind trucking, the economy and the labor market. 

Vise has long been tuned in to the data that showcases how the trucking industry is performing today — and where it may be headed tomorrow. In fact, he hosts FTR’s weekly Trucking Market Update podcast, where he explores some...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/riding-truckings-waves-freight-market-cycles-and-the-driver-pool-taking-the-hire-road

Steering recruiting amid an exhausted labor market — Taking the Hire Road

ZipRecruiter recently released an analysis about current dynamics of labor supply and demand in the economy. The conclusion was that for the first time, the U.S. economy had exhausted its supply of workers.

“2022 was the first year on record where the demand of labor fully caught up to the supply,” said Julia Pollak, chief economist at ZipRecruiter.

She said that before the pandemic, on average, there were 2.4 unemployed workers for every job opening. That has moved to about 0.5 unemployed...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/steering-recruiting-amid-an-exhausted-labor-market-taking-the-hire-road

Recruiting Today and Tomorrow with Career Now Brands — Taking the Hire Road

One of the top issues for companies in the trucking industry continues to be the need for more people. Craig Jablonski and Ben Onnie, co-founders of Career Now Brands, have described this need as “insatiable.”

“There are so many things that have impacted candidate recruitment over the last few years, including the COVID-19 pandemic, and there are still lingering effects from that,” said Onnie, who is also COO of Career Now Brands. 

Some of the other market forces that have affected trucking...

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Should recruiters pull back in this freight economy? — Taking the Hire Road

While spot and contract rates offer shippers different value, more shippers are leaning toward contract rates in today’s market. As the spot market cools, Avery Vise, vice president of trucking at FTR, believes that freight demand is still stable and the need for trucking services remains solid.

“We saw the spot market reach unprecedented levels at the end of last year, and they spent the first four months of the year steadily coming back down. Rates and volumes are still above the five-year...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/should-recruiters-pull-back-in-this-freight-economy-taking-the-hire-road

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