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In this episode of Attention Retention, Jackie and Tim discuss the passion required for trucking as a career, especially for the new generation of drivers. Many young people join the industry without a proper understanding of what it entails - but it takes passion to succeed. Many companies are starting to create career paths for young drivers, offering opportunities in other areas, such as management or warehousing, to help groom the next generation of drivers. This approach has resulted in a lower turnover rate and increased longevity for drivers within the companies.

Jackie and Tim also discuss the importance of safety in the trucking industry, and how companies are prioritizing it. Today's technology and training programs greatly help to improve safety and reduce accidents on the road.

In this episode of Attention Retention, host Jackie McManus discusses recruitment automation and how it can help recruiters become more productive and efficient in their hiring process. She outlines some of the most common challenges recruiters face, such as a shortage of qualified candidates, high turnover rates, and an overwhelming workload.

By using an automation system to communicate with candidates as soon as they express interest in the company, recruiters can find truck drivers looking for work and focus on speaking with the highest quality candidates. This episode offers tactical examples of how recruiters can use automation to make their hiring process more targeted, specific, and efficient.

In this episode of Attention Retention, Jackie McManus discusses the importance of recruitment automation in the trucking logistics industry. Automation allows recruiters to focus on high-intent, highly qualified candidates and helps them work more efficiently, resulting in better decisions and more productive marketing budgets. Automation can also reduce the time to hire by 20-30%, lower the cost per hire, and improve overall talent quality.

While it may seem counterintuitive to automate parts of the recruitment process in an industry that is centered around people, automation can transform recruiters' efficiency and decision-making capabilities. Recruiters can focus on building relationships with drivers who are interested in making a move, while candidates benefit from a faster and more streamlined approach.

On this special episode of Attention Retention, Jackie hosts Cliff Jackson, KJ Media’s Director of Digital Media, to discuss the world of recruitment and retention in the trucking and logistics industry.

Cliff provides his expertise in the digital media industry and talks about the learning curve he experienced when he began working in the trucking space. The pair also discusses some critical factors companies must consider to stay competitive in the ever-evolving digital landscape.

Ready to learn more about truck driver recruitment and retention?

Are you crafting an employer value proposition (EVP) that will help you build a strong and reliable workforce? In this episode, Jackie discusses how crafting an EVP requires input from employees to identify what makes the company unique and what employees value most.

Today, Jackie is providing eight tactical tips for creating an EVP. By following these tips, companies can develop an EVP that is unique, compelling, and attractive to potential employees while also helping retain current ones.

Today, Jackie is discussing the importance of creating clear career paths for employees in the transportation and logistics industry. Having a clear roadmap for each position is critical for overall recruitment and retention strategy and can provide employees with ongoing mechanisms to enhance their knowledge and skills. Career development plans can improve morale, career satisfaction, motivation, productivity, and responsiveness in meeting department and organizational objectives.

This podcast offers four tips for creating individualized and engaging employee career path programs, including creating multiple career paths, providing more resources, highlighting success stories, and using video messaging to promote achievements.

Take a listen and learn more now!

In this State of the Industry podcast, Load1’s John Elliot and host Brandon Baxter bring the previous year to a close. Covering the ‘year in review’, they discuss what’s on the table for 2023 and beyond, for the trucking industry. 

Tune in to the fifth episode of the “State of the Industry Podcast, with John Elliott” so we can set our New Year’s resolutions together!

Links: 

www.load1.com 

About Us:

Load 1 is an expedite trucking business run by John Elliott, a third-generation transportation professional, and was founded in 2003. Under John’s leadership, the Taylor, Michigan-based provider of domestic and international transportation and logistics services has grown to over $135 million in annual revenue and operates over 450 power units.  

Load One is ranked as one of the five largest expedited freight companies in the United States by the Journal of Commerce, and as the fifth largest air/expedite provider in North America by Transport Topics. The company has also won numerous awards and recognition and has been twice named as a Best Fleet to Drive For. The annual TCA program recognizes fleets providing exceptional workplace experiences for company drivers and independent contractors. 

On Time Media is a media company dedicated to helping transportation professionals to remain informed and educated, while introducing you to great companies to work for. Learn more about On Time Media’s group of websites at expeditersonline.com and JustCDLJobs.com 

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• Read more about Load1 here: www.load1.com 

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Freight brokers haven’t always had the best reputation amongst carriers, however, over time the role of brokers has evolved. So how can drivers improve their relationships with brokers? Andrew chats with Jeremy Becker from Kirsch Transportation Services about how modern tech can help create and sustain productive partnerships between drivers and brokers and build those better relationships.

To find a carrier that values their broker relationships visit Chief Carriers.

In this State of the Industry podcast, Load1’s John Elliot and host Brandon Baxter go over the recent election results, recession predictions, bankruptcy in trucking, equipment and driver shortages, plus plenty of advice for drivers on how to maximize their income. Listen or watch today! 

By the end of the podcast, you’ll be all caught up on all things transportation.

Links: 

www.load1.com 

https://truckload.org/events/bridging-border-barriers-2/ Bridging Border Barriers

https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FMCSA-2022-0134-0001 Comment on FMCSA Regulations

https://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/ Wreaths Across America

About Us:

Load 1 is an expedite trucking business run by John Elliott, a third-generation transportation professional, and was founded in 2003. Under John’s leadership, the Taylor, Michigan-based provider of domestic and international transportation and logistics services has grown to over $135 million in annual revenue and operates over 450 power units.  

Load One is ranked as one of the five largest expedited freight companies in the United States by the Journal of Commerce, and as the fifth largest air/expedite provider in North America by Transport Topics. The company has also won numerous awards and recognition and has been twice named as a Best Fleet to Drive For. The annual TCA program recognizes fleets providing exceptional workplace experiences for company drivers and independent contractors. 

On Time Media is a media company dedicated to helping transportation professionals to remain informed and educated, while introducing you to great companies to work for. Learn more about On Time Media’s group of websites at expeditersonline.com and JustCDLJobs.com 

• Listen to the podcast on the go, on your podcast app.
• Sign up for The WIRE Newsletter: www.wire-newsletter.com 
• Read more about Load1 here: www.load1.com 

 #load1 #transportation #expedite #expeditetrucking #trucking

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Seretha Willingham, Founder and CEO of SJW Logistics owns a Multimillion Dollar Third Party Logistics Company (3PL), a fleet of semi-trucks and operates a 22,000+ square foot warehouse in Atlanta, Georgia.

Seretha has performed the following:

-Consulted and trained investors, motor carriers and inspiring dispatchers on the art of dispatching.

-Guided drivers on how to set up their own motor carrier authority to become independent owner operators to grow their fleet and to increase their income.

-Taught dispatching to dispatchers and assisted dispatchers in growing their carrier base where those dispatchers are now receiving weekly payments from multiple owner operators.

-On our upcoming Interview, Seretha will share her knowledge and experience to help guide you in entering the logistics industry.

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In this State of the Industry podcast, Load1’s John Elliott and host Brandon Baxter go over John’s TCA Chairmanship, the newly formed Driver Apprenticeship Program and the recently proposed Gas Tax Holiday. Specifically, the podcast focuses on the following:

 

1:50 - Discussion about being named TCA Chairman

3:30 - Visiting The White House 

5:50 - Fox News Appearance and the Gas Tax Holiday

8:00 - Creating energy independence for the USA

9:30 - Driver shortages, SAP approvals and Marijuana legalization

11:30 - Pilot program for 18-21 yr old drivers

15:00 - Don’t go to college - do this instead

17:00 - Load 1’s approach to hiring (visit www.load1.com for more!)

21:20 - The difference between expedite and transportation set up

23:20 - How to transition into expediting… 

25:05 - Thank you so much...

By the end of the podcast, you’ll be all caught up on all things transportation.

 

Links: 

www.load1.com 

https://video.foxnews.com/v/6308390710112#sp=show-clips

I'm pleased to have Drew back to help us understand what the heck is happening in the trucking industry right now. Looks like too many tractors are for hire and the number of available loads are declining. Does this spell disaster from the trucking industry or is a sign of a bigger crisis for the country.

We look deep into the supply chain for signs whether the economy is recovering or if it's headed for a recession. We don't wait for the politicians to tell us or for Wall Street to tell us....they usually get it wrong anyway.

Drew owns his own trucking company. He lives this every day.....and he has years of experience. So is this just a normal business cycle or something more nefarious?

Matt Kurman is the Director of Growth Programs at Convoy, a digital freight network transporting the world with endless capacity and zero waste (akin to "the Uber of freight"), as 1 of the 1st 15.

Which makes sense, given Matt formerly came from Uber , where he cut his teeth in the high octane world of marketplace startups. At Uber Matt was part of the hearty Ops team, the "beating heart" of Uber Seattle.

Back to Convoy! Over the course of 8 years, Matt went from founding member, to supply-side expert in physical marketplaces, has been a diehard evangelist of the company, while coming from the performance heavy world of college basketball where he was a "1000 point scorer".

This conversation was…full throttle (pun intended)! Very entertaining! It's loaded with gems of amazing stories of marketplace scale & challenges; Matt brings the ruckus and energy of an athlete to a marketplace, we love it.

We dive deep into…Taking the "road less traveled" (and what that meant for Matt), the "Dance" of building hard-earned trust & respect of trucking co's, 6 key principles of ops for a physical startup marketplace, breakthroughs in acquiring Supply & operating in a "Demand-lead" market, Convoy's ingenious flywheel that just KEEPS ON GIVIN!

This episode is particularly valuable for any founder, operator, or marketer who's involved in a PHYSICAL marketplace and needs to know the nitty gritty of a proven blueprint for scale. Booby traps are called out; you'll definitely want to listen to this one.

BON APPETIT! You can like & subscribe if you like to, but ultimately we'd PREFER to hear your thoughts: so tell us what you think of the episode & leave a review! You can also find show notes @ https://jakubkubicka.com/matt-part-2

Matt Kurman is the Director of Growth Programs at Convoy, a digital freight network transporting the world with endless capacity and zero waste (akin to "the Uber of freight"), as 1 of the 1st 15.

Which makes sense, given Matt formerly came from Uber , where he cut his teeth in the high octane world of marketplace startups. At Uber Matt was part of the hearty Ops team, the "beating heart" of Uber Seattle.

Back to Convoy! Over the course of 8 years, Matt went from founding member, to supply-side expert in physical marketplaces, has been a diehard evangelist of the company, while coming from the performance heavy world of college basketball where he was a "1000 point scorer".

This conversation was…full throttle (pun intended)! Very entertaining! It's loaded with gems of amazing stories of marketplace scale & challenges; Matt brings the ruckus and energy of an athlete to a marketplace, we love it.

We dive deep into…Taking the "road less traveled" (and what that meant for Matt), the "Dance" of building hard-earned trust & respect of trucking co's, 6 key principles of ops for a physical startup marketplace, breakthroughs in acquiring Supply & operating in a "Demand-lead" market, Convoy's ingenious flywheel that just KEEPS ON GIVIN!

This episode is particularly valuable for any founder, operator, or marketer who's involved in a PHYSICAL marketplace and needs to know the nitty gritty of a proven blueprint for scale. Booby traps are called out; you'll definitely want to listen to this one.

BON APPETIT! You can like & subscribe if you like to, but ultimately we'd PREFER to hear your thoughts: so tell us what you think of the episode & leave a review! You can also find show notes @ https://jakubkubicka.com/matt

If, like us, you love hearing how industries outside of trucking are handling recruitment and retention, then you aren’t going to want to miss this latest episode of Recruit and Retain. 

Joining Chad today is Joretta Nelson, vice chairman and owner of Credo, a company dedicated to helping higher education establishments thrive in order to impact the success of students.

“Credo has been around for 25 years. We started out as a campus planning and architecture firm, specifically working with Independent Colleges. And we quickly realised that our work would have to be informed by good strategy and an understanding of student success, to get campuses to spend their resources wisely.”

Much of this conversation revolves around Credo's retention model and how what the higher education industry is doing to retain students, to encourage them to stick with their education, directly relates to trucking and what carriers can do to provide a better experience for their drivers, encouraging retention. 

Credo has taken 50 years of research into what it takes to retain students in education and distilled it down to how the entire campus, as a whole, could really focus on student success, because what it boils down to at the end of the day is this - if students don’t graduate, that impacts the whole world. 

“We developed a framework to think about it. And we've been out doing this work now, grabbing a campus as a whole and saying, let's stand alongside the leadership both at the top and in the middle, and really transform the way the campus thinks about [student retention].”

To find out more about how retention in trucking aligns with retention in higher education, and to learn new ways for your carrier to retain drivers, download and listen to this fascinating episode. 

What you’ll learn about in this episode:

• Why retention in higher education is so complicated
• How higher education and trucking align
• The universal dilemma of retention
• Why you want fulfilled human beings as drivers
• What carriers can do to help drivers thrive

How to connect with Joretta Nelson:

• Joretta Nelson - Credo Higher Education Consulting Team

THIS private session, hosted by Valerie Denise Jones, producer of The Judge Joe Brown Show. Follow the show on all major platforms including Spotify, Apple, Google, and Iheart Radio. Visit thejudgejoebrownshow.com for more details.

On this episode, I welcome two guests from the transportation industry to discuss the two biggest drivers of increasing rates in the US - COVID-19, and supply chain disruptions. 

Jim Grundy, a transportation expert, and CEO of Sisu energy joins me for the first part of the discussion, and John Barnett of Steamboat Transportation Group joins me for the 2nd part. 

We know carriers have safety at the heart of everything they do, but in these weird times, there are extra precautions that carriers might need to plan in order to manage a mass return to work, and ensure everyone’s safety. 

And who better to discuss safety than Darren Beard, Senior Loss Control Consultant over at Lockton, the world’s largest independent insurance brokerage. 

Because there are certain elements of returning to work that you might not have considered, for example: have you thought about how you’re going to bring your drivers back? What information do you need to pass on to them? What will the impact on a driver’s sleep pattern be? Do you need to adjust your training and onboarding practices to maintain everyone’s safety? Who makes those risk management decisions? 

“The perception is that the trucking industry is just humming along. But there's a lot of people that are not putting in those miles right now. And that is going to have an effect on safety and what they're going to be used to handling if they've been out of work for any period of time.”

What you’ll learn about in this episode:

• The human element of trucking
• How carriers are keeping their people safe
• Potential regulations guiding driver safety
• Planning for when we ‘return to normal’
• The impact on sleep patterns of going back to work
• Defensive driving

 

How to connect with Darren Beard:

dbeard@lockton.com

https://www.lockton.com/associate/darrenbeard

linkedin.com/in/darren-beard-9094ab1b

What can you do to make positive changes in your carrier? How do you take feedback from your drivers and implement it? What are you doing to communicate with your drivers? How often are you communicating? How are you doing that communication? 

Welcome back to Recruit and Retain, Trucking Edition. This week we are talking to Max Farrell, 

CEO at WorkHound, the company giving a megaphone to frontline workers. 

“If you haven't looked at WorkHound in the past, WorkHound is a platform all about getting driver feedback, so that it can be actionable for a carrier.”

So if you’re concerned about how current events are impacting your drivers, and what kind of feedback you’re receiving from them, as well as what type of leadership is being displayed in the trucking industry right now, you’ve come to the right place. 

“I think now is a perfect time to be scoping out how do we become a better version of ourselves. We can either operate in fear and let the fear take us and not do anything productive, or we can just say, ‘how do we come out of this a better version of ourselves?’ I prefer the latter.”

What you’ll learn about in this episode:

• How WorkHound can help your business
• Leadership in trucking
• Early denial around Covid-19
• Hazard pay
• Trucking is the backbone of the American economy
• How to onboard remotely
• Planning for future recruitment

How to connect with Max Farrell:

• www.workhound.com
• max@workhound.com
• Driver feedback report on COVID-19

Whenever we look back at any major event that’s happened - 9/11, 2008, afterwards we’ve all had to adjust to a new normal. And post-COVID is no different. We can’t simply pick up the pieces of our trucking business and resume where we left off, we need to adapt our operating procedures to the new requirements. 

So what is this new status quo? What does this new normal look like? 

Well, none of us have a crystal ball, but we can hazard a good guess. 

And so in this final episode of our three part mini series looking at the impact of COVID on the trucking industry, we discuss what the future might look like and what carriers can do to prepare themselves and their drivers for operating safely in this new normal. 

“I think in preparation for that, we have to go back to the basic fundamentals and look at our partners you know, the Fleetworthys, the Sambas, the Assurance of the world and say, ‘Hey, what do I need to do?’”

Because you’re not expected to have all the answers - use partners to help you find your feet, to guide you through new legislation and to show you short cuts that can keep your wheels turning. 

Download and listen to this episode as Chad discusses the learnings that have fallen out of this crisis with representatives from Fleetworthy, Asurint and Samba Safety.

What you’ll learn about in this episode:

• How long it will take us to come out of this crisis
• Business continuity planning
• Future hiring virtually
• Using data to make decisions
• Drug and alcohol policies and testing
• Diversify your payloads

How to connect with Fleetworthy Solutions:

• https://www.fleetworthy.com/

How to connect with Asurint:

• https://www.asurint.com/

How to connect with Samba Safety:

• https://sambasafety.com