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Standing out with outstanding commitment – Taking the Hire Road

On this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, Stormie Janzen, vice president for safety and recruiting at Total Transportation of Mississippi, sat down with Jeremy Reymer, founder of DriverReach and Project 61, to discuss the importance of being involved and engaged in the industry.

Prior to working in the freight industry, Janzen spent 10 years on Capitol Hill working with the U.S. Senate. 

“One of the connections I made in Washington eventually went on to become the chief of staff at the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/standing-out-with-outstanding-commitment-taking-the-hire-road

Helping drivers make better decisions – Taking the Hire Road

On this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, Nussbaum Transportation’s Joe Anderson, director of recruiting, and Caleb Gee, senior driver hiring manager, sat down with Jeremy Reymer, founder of DriverReach and Project 61, to discuss their new project, Truck Driver’s Best.

Anderson started his trucking career in the accounting department of Nussbaum Transportation, but the small fleet found it needed more help in recruiting. He has since spent the past decade learning the ins and outs of truck...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/helping-drivers-make-better-decisions-taking-the-hire-road

Transform visual data into actionable insights with Optra Edge

Brant Nystrom, Lexmark laureate, sat down with Timothy Dooner to discuss the latest developments in Lexmark’s deployment of AI in truck operations.

Lexmark’s new Optra Edge executes AI applications at the point of need to drive greater productivity and savings while delivering a competitive advantage.

According to Nystrom, Optra Edge acts as an end-to-end edge computing platform that brings the potential of AI to business operations. “We enable vision AI to extract information from operating...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/transform-visual-data-into-actionable-insights-with-optra-edge

Consolidated full truckloads change the game for shippers

Shippers have to be laser-focused on service and quality in order to maintain positive relationships with their customers. This is even more true for companies sending their products into big box retailers. 

Too often, however, the transportation options available to shippers make it difficult to meet the stringent must arrive by dates (MABD) and required arrival dates (RAD) laid out by these large retailers. This can result in fines, damaged relationships and even lost end cap display space,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/consolidated-full-truckloads-change-the-game-for-shippers

Driving safety with Battaglia Communications – Taking the Hire Road

On this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, Lisa M. Battaglia, founder and president of Battaglia Communications, sat down with Jeremy Reymer, founder of DriverReach and Project 61, to discuss the importance of developing and executing an internal marketing and communications strategy to drive employee engagement, retention and safety.

In 2022, Battaglia founded her company because she saw a need for freight companies to shift their marketing and communication efforts from the outside to the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/driving-safety-with-battaglia-communications-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

Connecting through relationships – Taking the Hire Road

On this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, Ed Burns, CEO of Burns Logistics, sat down with Jeremy Reymer, founder of DriverReach and Project 61, to discuss the importance of building relationships and being a connector in the trucking industry in order to help solve problems.

Burns was raised with family in the trucking industry. His father was a salesman at a freight company and would often bring the children along with him on sales calls. “We’d go to manufacturers, we’d go to lunches,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/connecting-through-relationships-taking-the-hire-road

Trucking’s epidemic – Taking the Hire Road

On this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, Jeremy Reymer, founder of Project 61, joined Jeremy Reymer (yes, you read that right!), founder of DriverReach, to discuss his passion for addressing the epidemic gripping the trucking industry: the fact that the average life expectancy of a CDL driver is 61 years.

Reymer had no experience in trucking and no family history in the freight industry, but at 30 years old, he was offered an opportunity at a small staffing business in Indiana. “It didn’t...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truckings-epidemic-taking-the-hire-road

Behind the wheel with NTTC’s Driver of the Year  – Taking the Hire Road

On this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, Dave Powell, professional CDL truck driver with Usher Transport, joined Jeremy Reymer, founder of DriverReach, to share the story of his career with 2 million accident-free miles and what it meant to him to achieve the 2024 National Tank Truck Carriers’ Driver of the Year award. 

“I didn’t set out to be a truck driver,” Powell said. “I think most people are brought up to be in the industry from an early age or they find their way into the industry...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/behind-the-wheel-with-nttcs-driver-of-the-year-taking-the-hire-road

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