Recruiting & retention: Page 19

1. Driver availability (49.3%)

In early 2011, driver availability surged past freight pricing, freight volume and fuel costs to grab the top concern of fleet executives in the monthly Randall-Reilly MarketPulse survey and has remained there since. The responses from participants in the CCJ 2014 Economic Outlook survey certainly back that trend. According to the November 2013 MarketPulse survey, […]

January 13, 2014

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How fleets use social media to recruit, retain drivers

Social media has become an essential strategic tool for influencing a market audience’s habits. The point of using Facebook for transportation companies is to become part of the existing social habits of drivers, customers and other prospects.

December 31, 2013

Lincoln, Neb.-based Crete Carrier Corp., which has nearly 4,000 trucks and more than 35,000 followers, uses distinct phone numbers and website URLs when it posts job opportunities on Facebook.

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Performance-based pay, Part 1: the science of scoring drivers

Drivers have always earned a living by the mile rather than draw salaries and sign timesheets, but with advancement in technology, fleets are now looking at much more than the odometer to determine driver pay.

December 18, 2013

Sample – Driver Excelerator software used by driver managers

WSJ examines the plight of modern truck drivers, key issues facing industry

Why does the industry have trouble recruiting new drivers and keeping current ones? According to an in-depth story on key issues facing truck drivers in the Wall Street Journal, the battle drivers face in today’s environment make them decide it’s not worth it.

November 14, 2013

Hiring CDL school grads? Be careful what you ask for

With long-haul driver turnover now fully in the “uh-oh” turn in the cycle, many over-the-road carriers are turning to truck driving schools to help fill empty seats. But all CDL school grads are not created equal, as anyone who’s been around for a driver shortage or two knows all too well. What makes for a good driver-training school?

October 29, 2013

ATA panel: A carrier has 90-day window for drivers to take it, leave it

With experienced truck drivers harder and harder to come by, carriers increasingly are turning to driving schools and beefing up their own finishing programs. But, as a panel of fleet executives concluded, top-of-line training and eye-popping recruiting budgets go to waste if trucking companies don’t take a little extra time to make sure drivers, experienced or not, are able to adjust and get comfortable with their new home.

October 28, 2013

Truck driver turnover

Good drivers leaving in droves; new HOS hurting safety, carriers say

Recent changes in the hours-of-service rule have delivered yet another regulatory blow to the trucking industry’s overall operating efficiency and its ability to retain qualified drivers, a panel of fleet executives concluded this week. And, most critically, the changes could have a negative impact on truck safety.

October 24, 2013

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Hourly pay for drivers is ‘financial suicide’ for TL carriers, exec says

Mileage-based pay cannot be abandoned, a panel of fleet executives agreed Tuesday, but the system must be adjusted to compensate truck drivers for the time they spend and the work they do when the wheels aren’t turning.

October 23, 2013

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Volvo renews commitment to America’s Road Team

Volvo Trucks will remain the sole sponsor in 2014 of the America’s Road Team, the premier trucking industry safety outreach program. Gӧran Nyberg, president of Volvo Trucks North American Sales & Marketing, announced Volvo’s ongoing support today at the American Trucking Associations (ATA) Management Conference & Exhibition in Orlando, Fla. “It’s an honor to be […]

October 21, 2013

ATA economy panel: Low GDP growth, higher costs will pressure carrier margins

More of the same from the economy, with a real chance for rate traction just over the next hill: that’s the message delivered – yet again – by a panel of experts during this year’s crystal ball session at the American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference and Exhibition. Until the delicately balanced supply-and-demand scale tilts trucking’s way, the bottom line for carriers is to continue to guard the bottom line.

October 21, 2013

ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello. (File photo)

Freightliner execs personally deliver 25,000th Schneider truck

Few things say “thank you” like a big truck. Make it a big orange truck loaded with the latest technologies and driver features, and you’ve got reason to celebrate. Such was the case in Green Bay, Wis., today when representatives from Freightliner Trucks, a division of Daimler Trucks North America, paid a visit to customer […]

October 16, 2013

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Transport America specs Freightliner In-Cab Training system for new fleet trucks

Transport Corporation of America, Inc. (Transport America), one of the largest for-hire carriers in North America, recently ordered the Freightliner In-Cab (FIT) System for a portion of its fleet. Developed by Freightliner Trucks in collaboration with Rolling Strong™, the FIT System is the first-ever OEM designed and integrated in-cab exercise and flexibility system. The FIT […]

October 14, 2013

How data, dispatch software can push automated dispatch, driver rewards

Part 3 of the “Turning Data into Action” series breaks down how dispatch software systems can help implement instant rewards for drivers and automated dispatch

July 29, 2013

Prophesy Dispatch’s Load Scheduler includes real-time drivers’ hours-of-service information via integration with electronic onboard recording systems.

Truck drivers near top of ‘Hardest-to-Fill’ jobs for employers

It’s not just your fleet that’s having trouble hiring drivers, says a recent report from CareerBuilder, who ranked truck driver as the third “Hardest-to-Fill Position” in the country.

July 22, 2013

Driver turnover increases in first quarter of 2013

Driver turnover is pushing the 100 percent ceiling once again, according to the American Trucking Associations, as large truckload fleets in the first quarter of 2013 experienced a driver turnover rate of 97 percent, said ATA in a report this week.

July 11, 2013

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Technology brings business intelligence to the cab

Drivers now have at their disposal the same real-time information fleet managers see, allowing them to see their performance and make adjustments accordingly.

June 28, 2013

PeopleNet InFocus

Driver shortage garnering national attention

CNN Money is the latest national news outlet to cover the looming driver shortage and the impact of changing hours-of-service rules.

June 14, 2013

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Carriers favoring sign-on bonuses, performance-based driver pay

Nearly half of carriers are offering sign-on bonuses, compared to only 12 percent two years ago, consultant Gordon Klemp told trucking fleet executives today during the 2013 CCJ Spring Symposium in Birmingham, Ala.

May 22, 2013

Gordon Klemp spoke to a group fleet executives May 21 in Birmingham, Ala., at the 2013 CCJ Spring Symposium about trends in driver pay.

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Koch said their Strategic acquisition of SOS to accelerates growth, expands reach, and bolsters geographic and industry-specific offerings for Koch Logistics & Warehousing.

Koch doubles its nationwide square footage with SOS acquisition

The acquisition doubles Koch’s total nationwide square footage.

USA Truck was acquired by DB Schenker in June 2022 for approximately $435 million, and DB Schenker was subsequently acquired by DSV in April 2025. Prior to its own acquisition, DB Schenker had been shopping USA Truck, and DSV decided to divest the asset almost immediately.

'Welcome home': USA Truck acquired by former, current leadership team

Dart will retain use of its name and says that the transaction will not affect day-to-day operations.

Dart Transit acquired by private equity firm

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Venture Transport adds team drivers to dedicated business

The Postal Service moves 55,000 loads by truck every day – nearly 2 billion miles per year.

USPS to remove unvetted non-domiciled drivers from trucking fleet

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