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Business
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
Business
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
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Business
Shifting age demographics among truck drivers could exacerbate driver shortage over next 10 years
More than half of truck operators in the U.S. are 45 or older, according to data presented last week by the American Transportation Research Institute, and that could worsen current systemic issues faced by carriers now and worsen an already problematic driver recruiting and retention problem, ATRI says.
February 17, 2015
Business
Paying drivers by performance: Basing driver pay on scores, productivity ‘here to stay,’ analyst says
Performance-based pay will increasingly become part of carrier pay packages, says Beth Carroll, of the Prsoperio Group, as more sophisticated pay structures will put drivers’ income in their own hands.
February 11, 2015
Business
Recruiting and Retention Conference, Jiggyjobs.com change owners
ACS Advertising, JiggyJobs.com and the Recruiting & Retention Conference have been purchased by Kelley Walkup & Joanne Hazelwood. And they have renamed ACS the Conversion Interactive Agency.
February 9, 2015
Business
Auto transmissions good for recruiting efforts? A reader responds
Not everyone can drive a truck, says Robert Peters, president of a small refrigerated carrier in Texas. Putting an unskilled driver in a truck with an AMT is not the answer to the driver shortage, he says.
February 5, 2015
Business
Creative strategies key in attracting next-gen drivers, winning recruiting and retention battle, says TCA chair
The carriers who are the “most responsive to change” will be the ones that survive, he said.
February 5, 2015
Business
Interide Transport outfitting trucks with EpicVue TV package
Interide Transport is outfitting its entire fleet with the EpicVue in-cab satellite TV package as a recruiting tool.
January 22, 2015
Business
Photos: WTI’s upgraded facilities play role in driver recruiting, retention
WTI set out to do more than just provide its in-office employees new work spaces: It also built a new, modern lounge for its drivers, both as a measure of appreciation to its truck operators and as a tool to help the company recruit new drivers and retain the ones it has.
January 8, 2015
Business
Top techs: If you want to keep us, train us
Technicians taking part in the Rush Truck Center Tech Rodeo this week say regular training is one of the biggest attractions to a job.
December 15, 2014
Business
Let them watch TV: how fleets are using new technology to recruit, retain drivers
This year, Pride Transport, a 400-truck refrigerated and flatbed carrier based in Salt Lake City, joined a growing number of fleets that are providing drivers with a premium TV service that includes all hardware for a low monthly subscription.
December 4, 2014
Business
EBE Technologies closes FY 2014 on a high note
EBE Technologies announced that year-end results for its fiscal year 2014, ending September 30th, set another record for revenue growth. EBE realized a 36 percent increase over 2013.
October 23, 2014
Business
CCJ POLL: Does the ATRI ranking of the Top 10 trucking issues match yours? What’s No. 1?
ATRI this week published its 10th annual survey of the top issues in trucking. Cast a vote in our poll to see what’s No. 1 among CCJ readers.
October 9, 2014
Business
Stay Metrics creates scientific board to research driver retention issues
Stay Metrics has formed a three-member Scientific Advisory Board to be led by Dr. Timothy Judge, the company’s Director of Research.
September 30, 2014
Business
Can Automatic Transmissions Attract New Driving Talent to Trucking?
The basic question here seems pretty simple: If you’re running a fleet, which is more important: Your desire (or need) to run manual transmissions, or your need for drivers?
September 26, 2014
Business
What drivers want, Part 2: Money, respect key factors in attracting and keeping drivers
What do drivers want? It’s the defining question for carriers today. CCJ sought to find an answer to that question and surveyed drivers to hear it first hand. Here’s what we found.
September 10, 2014
Business
What do drivers want? CCJ survey reveals the answers
To find out what is making it hard to attract drivers or forcing existing drivers out of the industry, Commercial Carrier Journal decided to ask drivers themselves about the frustrations, desires, dreams and nightmares of working in the trucking industry today. Here’s what they said.
September 9, 2014
Business
Con-way, U.S. Xpress raising driver pay
Con-way and US Xpress both announced increases in their driver compensation packages Aug. 11.
August 12, 2014
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