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Recruiting & retention: Page 15

Stay Metrics creates new predictive driver turnover model

The model’s computer algorithms extrapolate data from the company’s full product suite, which has been integrated into a single database.

February 10, 2017

TCA offering certification programs on driver recruiting and retention

A program launched by the Truckload Carriers Association will allow truckload carrier employees to attend meetings and earn continued education certificates.

February 9, 2017

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Chasing down risk: new tech to help fleets respond faster to driver problems

Omnitracs is working to create an automated driver risk management system that combines predictive data with real-time critical safety data and video.

December 29, 2016

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Stay Metrics research shows root causes of early driver turnover

Research shows why 33 percent of drivers quit within the first 90 days of starting a job, and an additional 22 percent leave within 180 days.

December 16, 2016

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Research leads Pitt Ohio to create emergency savings plan for drivers, employees

After discovering a link between drivers’ personal finances and safety, Pitt Ohio started a program to provide an emergency savings fund for employees.

November 10, 2016

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EBE Technologies has record 2016; revenue grows 24 percent

EBE added nearly 50 new transportation companies to its client base in the 2016 fiscal year.

November 10, 2016

Southern Refrigerated Transport reduces turnover with driver feedback tool

Drivers at SRT use their smartphones to share anonymous feedback, praise, problems, and ideas through WorkHound.

November 2, 2016

WorkHound’s cloud-based system automatically collects driver feedback, anonymously.

New online service streamlines driver application process for fleets

Carriers that use the service can customize their own employment application and will receive a unique link to the application to post on the company’s website, in job postings or share with potential driver applicants through email or text, the company says.

October 27, 2016

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Initial results from Best Fleets to Drive For survey revealed

Of the 5,300 driver surveys received in 2016 , only 28 percent of respondents said pay was something that needed to be improved

October 14, 2016

Paramount Freight Systems Director Trent Dye Accepts The Best Fleets To Drive For Award In The Owner Operator Category At The Truckload Carriers Association's Annual Convention In March In Grapevine, Texas

Could FMCSA’s study lead the way to younger professional truckers?

Industry groups including ATA and the Truckload Carriers Association have long advocated for lowering the minimum driving age for commercial motor vehicle operators operating in interstate commerce, but to no avail. But a new pilot program initiated last month by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration could open the door for under-21 drivers, at least in part.

September 12, 2016

Trucking can benefit from more diversity, research shows

“From a driver shortage point of view there is under-representation of minorities in trucking, and there has been very little attention paid to this fact,” said Jane Jazrawy, CEO of CarriersEdge

July 5, 2016

Survey: younger drivers value job perks more than older generations

Perks were rated highest by millennials and were a dominant factor for Gen X’ers in attracting drivers to carriers.

July 5, 2016

Pride Transport was one of the first fleets to provide drivers with satellite TV service from EpicVue.

CCJ survey reveals strategies to reduce early driver turnover

To reduce early driver turnover, fleets are using technology to manage job expectations and help adapt drivers to their culture.

June 24, 2016

Eighty nine percent of the more than 4,500 drivers surveyed last year for the Best Fleets to Drive For contest agreed with the statement: “ongoing training is very important for drivers to succeed.”

Education, training key in driver recruitment and retention, panel says

With driver turnover hovering at 100-plus percent, a panel was assembled at the CCJ Symposium in Birmingham, Ala., Wednesday to tackle two of the biggest buzzwords in trucking: recruitment and retention.

May 18, 2016

From left: CCJ Technology Editor Aaron Huff; Modern Transportation’s Patrick Cozzens; Angie Buchanan, Melton Truck Lines; and John Elliot, Load One.

Home time, driver health top reasons truckers leaving industry, report says

HireRight says the findings should prompt carriers to take a close look at health and wellness programs, which, in addition to aiding driver retention efforts, also help lower health care and worker’s compensation spending. Also, of no surprise, just shy of 60 percent of respondents said driver recruiting/retention is their company’s top challenge in ’16.

May 12, 2016

Pride Transport’s driver orientation: cool trucks, cool people

Driver onboarding has become a major area of focus for fleets. Pride Transports shows technology that helps keep drivers satisfied

May 6, 2016

Rick Drigmore, shop manager of Pride Transport, explains the fleet’s maintenance procedures to new drivers on Wed., May 4.

Fleet execs discuss strategies to attract, retain women drivers

At the Truckload Carriers Association annual convention in Las Vegas, Mar. 8, a panel of women fleet executives discussed the opportunities and obstacles of bringing more women drivers into the trucking industry.

March 9, 2016

Analyst: Guaranteed driver pay a growing retention tactic, regs to further tighten driver market

Although carriers have trouble finding and keeping drivers now, the industry may be “at the lull before the storm,” Klemp said, effectively issuing a warning about the potentially major impact that coming federal regulations may have on trucking. That and the evolution of driver pay models…

March 3, 2016

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Trucking groups: No thanks to suspending fuel tax

Estimates from experts at the University of Pennsylvania note that, "consumers would see roughly 60%-72% of the tax savings at the pump."

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Nuclear verdicts and surging premiums: Trucking leaders sound the alarm

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The hidden cost of lawsuit abuse in the trucking industry

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