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Hiring veterans: Lifting up those who serve

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Carriers are always on the hunt for skilled drivers. This effort often leads to recruiting initiatives focused on winning over specific groups of people, including women, young adults and veterans. Veterans, in particular, stand out as promising potential drivers thanks to their dedication, work ethic and valuable life experiences.

The trucking industry’s perpetually high turnover rates – coupled with the freight recession coming to an end – have created an energetic recruiting environment. With...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hiring-veterans-lifting-up-those-who-serve

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...

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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

Approximately 30 Percent of Sailors Remain in Same Area Following New Billet Assignment, CNP Says

Sailors man the rails aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN-7)) as the aircraft carrier returns to San Diego, Calif., on Feb. 23, 2024. US Navy Photo

Three in 10 sailors did not have to move due to their new billet assignments, the head of naval personnel said Wednesday.

As a result of changes to billet assignments, such as the detailing marketplace assignment policy, sailors are able to stay in the same geographic area longer, Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. Richard Cheeseman said Wednesday during a...

https://news.usni.org/2024/05/15/approximately-30-percent-of-sailors-remain-in-same-area-following-new-billet-assignment-cnp-says

Navy, Marine Corps Focus on Smaller Eligible Population As Recruitment Problems Mount

Recruits with the 64th Annual Recruit Cardinal Division stand at attention during a pass-in-review graduation ceremony inside Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall at Recruit Training Command, Nov. 4, 2022. US Navy Photo

The Navy’s ongoing struggle to meet recruitment missions and the Marine Corps’ growing concerns over the shrinking pool of possible enlistees topped a Senate panel’s hearing on personnel issues facing the sea services last week.

The Navy predicts it will be 6,200 enlistees short of its...

https://news.usni.org/2024/05/13/navy-marine-corps-focus-on-smaller-eligible-population-as-recruitment-problems-mount

Reframing recruitment as a sales process – Taking the Hire Road

Lorus Byers, CEO of Carrier Intelligence, sat down with Taking the Hire Road host Jeremy Reymer to discuss the driver recruiting and retention strategies that Carrier Intelligence uses to stand out.

Byers spent his early freight career with C.H. Robinson in capacity and load tendering. Eventually, he found that many carriers didn’t necessarily lack loads, but they did need drivers. 

“That’s why I started looking at everything holistically, and I saw a big hole in the marketplace for carriers...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/reframing-recruitment-as-a-sales-process-taking-the-hire-road

Generative AI holds unique power to strengthen human connections

Logistics professionals have long heralded industry conferences as some of the best places to connect with peers, learn about emerging solutions, and grow relationships with existing partners. This is especially true in the years after the coronavirus pandemic. For many, these conferences are now the only opportunity to meet with industry connections face-to-face.

Tenstreet held its 6th annual  User Conference in Las Vegas earlier this month, an event aimed at providing industry education,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/generative-ai-holds-unique-power-to-strengthen-human-connections

Recruiting and retention leadership – Taking the Hire Road

Sadie Church, president of Recruit Hire Retain, joined Jeremy Reymer on a recent episode of Taking the Hire Road. The duo dove into Church’s trucking industry background and her passion for helping carriers improve their recruiting and retention processes.

Church’s affinity for trucking started at a young age. Church’s father was a driver and owner-operator throughout her childhood, leaving her with fond memories of summer vacations in the truck, as well as a deep-rooted respect for the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/recruiting-and-retention-leadership-taking-the-hire-road

Now is the time to sharpen your sword — Taking the Hire Road

On this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, Jeremy Reymer, founder of DriverReach, is joined by Sepeti Moala, vice president of client success at Transportation Marketing Group.

As is a common story throughout the industry, Moala fell into trucking by chance. Starting at a young age in sales, he was eventually hired to be a recruiter with C.R. England.

Within his first year, Moala became the No. 1 recruiter at the entire company, at which he spent a total of six years.

But, in the latter...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/now-is-the-time-to-sharpen-your-sword-taking-the-hire-road

Standing out in a crowd — Taking the Hire Road

On this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, guest host Leah Shaver, president and CEO of the National Transportation Institute, is joined by Sean Horton, VP of sales at JobsInLogistics.com.

Like so many within the industry, Horton fell into trucking by accident. When he received a job offer from JobsInLogistics.com, he thought it was too good to be true and refused it outright.

In other words, when opportunity knocked, Horton was late in answering the door.

Given his firsthand experience,...

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