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Loaded and Rolling: Driver pay data highlight earnings gain

28 December 2023

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Driver pay data highlight earnings gain

(Source: NTI)

The National Transportation Institute (NTI) rec...

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Carriers level up communication expectations for driver results – Taking the Hire Road

22 September 2023

On this episode of DriverReach’s Taking The Hire Road, guest host Leah Shaver, president and CEO of the National Transportation Institute, chats with Kameel Gaines, founder, president and CEO of Rig on Wheels, a third-party driver recruiting firm.

Gaines started Rig on Wheels from her living room more than a decade ago. She has gained a plethora of insights in the process, but one point stands out above the rest: Communication is key.

Consistent, respectful communication should be prioritized...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/carriers-level-up-communication-expectations-for-driver-results-taking-the-hire-road

Ward pilots TCA into next chapter — Taking The Hire Road

24 August 2023

On this episode of DriverReach’s Taking The Hire Road, guest host Leah Shaver, president and CEO of the National Transportation Institute, chats with Jim Ward, president of the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA).

Associations are an important part of the trucking industry, providing their members with a way to access professional development tools, establish and deepen relationships and advance the interests of their members.

A recent American Transportation Research Institute study even showed...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ward-pilots-tca-into-next-chapter-taking-the-hire-road

Weak freight market has had varied impacts on driver wage trends

19 July 2023

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet Summit on Wednesday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How understanding wage data can help enterprise fleets stay competitive.

DETAILS: Two years ago, companies were dishing out driver wage increases like candy on Halloween. Leah Shaver, the president of the National Transportation Institute, which gathers huge amounts of data on driver compensation, talks about the trends she is seeing in driver pay in these tougher times.

KEY QUOTES FROM SHAVER:

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/weak-freight-market-has-had-varied-impacts-on-driver-wage-trends

The forces at play behind driver wages — Taking the Hire Road

8 July 2022

In a constantly evolving market, accurate and up-to-date data is crucial for success in the logistics industry, especially when it comes to recruiting and retaining employees.

The goal of the National Transportation Institute is to foster growth opportunities for fleets by helping them to recruit and expand a team that is appropriately compensated, engaged and retained based on current market trends.

NTI is dedicated to helping fleets understand these compensation trends and make critical...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-forces-at-play-behind-driver-wages-taking-the-hire-road

Driver hiring: Balancing wages and benefits — Taking The Hire Road

4 March 2021

Are wages the most important factor driving fleet recruitment?

Yes, but there are other factors to consider. Leah Shaver, president and chief executive officer of the National Transportation Institute (NTI), explains how to effectively balance pay, benefits and other incentives when attracting new drivers with DriverReach founder and CEO Jeremy Reymer in his podcast, Taking The Hire Road.

Shaver started her 20-year career in the industry as a driver recruiter and knows that the key components...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/driver-hiring-balancing-wages-and-benefits-taking-the-hire-road

FreightWaves Carrier Summit: Driver pay steady during pandemic (with video)

20 August 2020

For-hire truck drivers are mostly staying with their employers at current pay during the coronavirus pandemic. They are eager for stability in an uncertain time.

That is the finding of the National Transportation Institute, which tracks driver pay and retention through surveys of hundreds of fleets.

“Turnover is at record lows at most fleets we survey,” Leah Shaver, CEO of the Institute, said during a WavesTalk on the second day of the virtual FreightWaves Carrier Summit on Thursday.

Unlike 2018,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-carrier-summit-driver-pay-steady-during-pandemic-with-video