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Recruiting & retention: Page 17

The comforts of home: More fleets using in-cab TV to recruit, retain drivers

New advances in reliable high-quality satellite TV systems are allowing more drivers to catch their favorite shows in the privacy of their sleeper cabs. Also, more progressive fleets are viewing in-cab television as a shrewd way to attract new drivers and keep good ones.

August 25, 2015

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Kenworth, FASTPORT, TCA introducing trucking to veterans at military job fairs

Kenworth, FASTPORT and the Truckload Carriers Association are attending job fairs at military bases across the country to help find jobs for veterans transitioning into civilian life.

August 25, 2015

U.S. Army soldiers at Fort Benning, Ga., listen to Bill McLennan, CEO of FASTPORT, as he explains the truck giveaway to help recognize military veterans who enter trucking as drivers. Through Hiring Our Heroes and FASTPORT’s Trucking Track Mentoring Program – Kenworth will give away a fully-loaded 2016 T680 with a PACCAR MX-13 engine to “America’s Top Veteran Rookie Driver.” Criteria for the contest will be announced soon by TCA.

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Stay Metrics aims to reduce early driver turnover with new research, predictive tools

Stay Metrics, providers of a driver engagement and research platform, has a new set of products that give fleets deeper insights into why their drivers are leaving.

August 11, 2015

In this real-life example, Stay Metrics used its new predictive model to find a unique 'predictive index' for one fleet (in green). This index shows the likelihood of drivers to leave based on responses to certain questions in Stay Metrics' annual driver satisfaction survey. The red line shows what happens when the predictive index is applied to other Stay Metrics clients--nothing stands out, denoting that each fleet has unique predictors for turnover.

Western Express outfitting fleet with EpicVue satellite TV

Western Express is installing TV systems in 1,600 power units, the largest single fleet installation of EpicVue to date.

July 14, 2015

C&K Trucking chooses driver rewards from Stay Metrics; turnover falls 11 percent

Within the first three months, C&K Trucking saw its already low turnover rate decrease by 11 percent, measured on an annualized basis, compared to the same period in 2014. With improved retention of drivers, C&K Trucking has been able to increase its fleet size by 12 percent since February.

July 8, 2015

Special edition: using technology to recruit and retain more drivers

A three-part series exploring how carriers are using technology to streamline the approach to recruiting, hiring and onboarding new drivers.

July 8, 2015

Navajo Express is using technology to identify the types of drivers that are more likely to stay and succeed at the company, and to tailor its recruiting efforts accordingly.

Conversion Interactive Agency upgrades LeadFlex digital media recruiting platform

Conversion Interactive Agency announced the next generation of LeadFlex. Its digital media offering has new features including social job sharing, responsive landing page design, job search functionality and job posting.

June 24, 2015

Omnitracs Analytics marks 10-year anniversary, offers free trial of Recruiting Model

Omnitracs Analytics, part of Omnitracs and a pioneer in applying predictive analytics and remediation applications in the transportation industry, marked its 10-year anniversary.

June 1, 2015

Hirschbach Motor Lines chooses Stay Metrics for driver rewards, retention platform

Stay Metrics, announced that Hirschbach Motor Lines is implementing its Driver Engagement Platform. Hirschbach will be using an online rewards and retention platform from Stay Metrics to engage drivers in its company-wide “All in to Win” incentive program.

May 27, 2015

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Growing number of small fleets using EpicVue TV service

EpicVue, providers of an in-cab satellite TV package for the trucking industry, announced that a growing number of carriers with 20 to 50 trucks are using EpicVue as a key part of their driver recruitment and retention capability.

May 15, 2015

High-tech driver recruiting, part III: lasting commitments

Trucking is first and foremost a people business, but technology is playing a larger role in helping to reduce turnover with a more seamless process for onboarding new drivers.

May 14, 2015

Curt Valcovik, director of driver training for Maverick Transportation, says that orientation training plays an important role in driver retention.

First Advantage creates DOT Direct for online driver applications and screening

First Advantage Fleet Solutions released a new online employment application and screening product designed for private and for-hire fleets.

May 14, 2015

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High-tech driver recruiting, part II: online engagement

With so many trucking companies vying for drivers’ attention, engaging drivers online has become a competitive business.

May 13, 2015

High-tech driver recruiting, part I: speed dating

Fleets are using advanced technology to improve their driver recruiting efforts. In part one of this series, CCJ looks at how technology can be used to move driver applicants quickly through the pipeline.

May 12, 2015

Navajo Express is using technology to identify the types of drivers that are more likely to stay and succeed at the company, and to tailor its recruiting efforts accordingly.

Holland Enterprises installing EpicVue TV for drivers

Holland Enterprises is installing EpicVue as a key part of the tools it uses to recruit and retain drivers.

April 14, 2015

A 20-something’s take on how carriers can recruit younger drivers

Why aren’t those in their 20s — who have a much higher rate of unemployment than the national average — interested in driving a truck? Here’s what one 20-something-year-old had to say about millennials’ potential issues with the industry and what carriers can do to recruit them.

April 9, 2015

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Connected and comfortable: Next-gen trucks changing the way drivers live and work on the road

Both fleets and OEMs understand that using new technology to modernize truck interiors is one positive step that can be made to entice new drivers and retain experienced ones.

March 23, 2015

Truck OEMs are focusing on designing dashboards with high-visibility displays to consolidate a variety of information and minimize driver distraction.

An app for that? Five mobile tech strategies to retain drivers

Using mobile technology to increase driver engagement may not the only way to differentiate yourself in the minds of drivers, but it can certainly narrow the field.

February 19, 2015

U.S. Xpress (CCJ Top 250, No. 12) developed a mobile app that is used by more than 5,400 of its drivers use the app to connect with time-sensitive dispatch and perform other routine work functions.

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Fuel tax relief proposals languish in Congress with prices breaking records

Federal proposals to suspend gas and diesel taxes have stalled in Congress.

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Trump at Peterbilt: American trucking is back. Rid of 'crap' emissions systems

Industrial logistics yard with semi-trucks and colorful shipping containers under clear blue sky

Spot vs. contract: Diverging freight rates and squeezed volume

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Schneider slashes 76% of carriers from its brokerage network

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