The Top 8 Reasons Truck Drivers Leave Their Jobs and What You Can Learn From It
In a new study conducted by the screening firm HireRight, truck drivers were asked why they had decided to leave their jobs. In the survey, drivers were allowed to cite more than one reason for quitting, and many did, indicating that it wasn’t always one…
How to Handle Difficult Conversations with Your Drivers
If you have employees, there will come a time when you have to pull them aside and talk to them about something they are doing that you want them to stop, or something that they should be doing but aren’t. If you’re a manager, this…
How to Combat the Driver Shortage in 2017
The truck driver shortage is a problem, but it’s not a new one. It began over 15 years ago. The recession that followed the housing market crash of 2007 eliminated the deficit temporarily, but it came roaring back a few years ago when the economy…
Improve Your Driver Recruitment with These Simple Tips!
They would call this a seller’s market in the real estate world. In the trucking industry, the drivers are the sellers — selling their services into a market that is short of quality drivers. They can choose where they want to drive, how much money…
Don’t Forget to Talk About Defensive Driving this Month
Defensive driving is a critical part of any driver’s training, and it should be ongoing. Hopefully, your drivers will never have to use the defensive skills they were taught during your company’s new driver training. But if they ever do, you want to make sure…
How and When to Hire Contingent Truck Drivers
Contingent workers, more commonly known as independent contractors, can be the perfect solution for companies with limited need, a tight budget, or a unique hiring situation that may not work for the typical full-time employee. Why Hire a Contingent Trucker? Contract employees aren’t right for…
Avoid Hiring a Rookie Who Just Isn’t Right for the Job
Every driver you bring onto your team impacts the reputation of your company. It can be tough to turn a qualified driver down, especially when drivers are in short supply. But bringing on the wrong driver, just because he’s a warm body, can negatively affect…
The Importance of Background Checks in the Trucking Industry
You know you need to do background checks in order to meet local and federal regulations, but there are plenty of other reasons that your company should be require rigorous background screenings on every employee you hire. Background checks protect your drivers, your company, and…
Advice for Recruiting Women Drivers
The trucking industry has long been known as a man’s world. Women truckers make up only 5% to 6% of the US trucking population, but most trucking companies know that in order to retain the level of drivers they need for the future, they need…
How to Teach Driver Forecasting to Rookies
Most things in life are best learned through experience, but proper training can help prepare us for the lessons we need to learn. Proactive driving, or anticipating what is coming, is a skill that drivers learn over time, but like defensive driving for traditional drivers,…
