The driver shortfall was expected to reach the highest level on record by the end of 2017 and continues to be one of the trucking industry’s top concerns.
If current trends hold, the shortage could swell to over 174,000 by 2026 (ATA)
Driver Retention Resource Center
Are you maintaining the driver team that your company needs?
Are you ready to replace the influx of drivers retiring over the next five years?
Learn how to maintain profitability and driver retention in spite of the driver shortage
with these resources, tips and best practices
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Click to View Larger ImageThe issues at the heart of the driver shortage include:
Gender Stereotypes
Women are about 1/2 the US workforce, but only 6% of commercial truck drivers.
Drastic Lifestyle Change
New truck drivers often only go home a few times a month, which holds less appeal for younger generations.
Health
Fast food and gas station snacks + sedentary life of a driver can lead to diabetes, high blood pressure, and digestive issues.
The ATA reports that common responses to the driver shortage include:
- Establishing strong driver/dispatcher relationships from the start
- More at-home time
- providing a positive driver orientation experience
- Pay Increases
- Lower driving age
- Improved driver image
- Transitioning military personnel to careers as truck drivers
- Demonstrating respect for drivers with comfortable training and hotel rooms
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New and Recorded Webinars
Driver Retention: The Undercover Trucker Reports – on demand webinar
Kelly’s experiences will shock you, entertain you, educate you, and arm you with information that will improve your recruiting and retention efforts. He will also answer your tough questions.
In this informative program on what causes drivers to leave and how to retain them, Kelly Anderson, President of Impact Training Solutions, will share his experiences as the “undercover trucker,” where he is hired by fleets to go through their entire Recruiting, Orientation, and On-boarding process as a driver.
Kelly will outline
Watch Now- The most frequent offenses
- How they adversely affect recruiting and retention
- And how to correct them
Kelly’s experiences will shock you, entertain you, educate you, and arm you with information that will improve your recruiting and retention efforts. He will also answer your tough questions.
Optimizing ELD: Compliant, Yet Asleep at the Wheel – on demand webinar
Now that you have ELD, you have a lot of useful information at your fingertips.
But how do you use it?
Typically, about 12% of any fleet of drivers on any given day or night will fall well outside the company’s operational safety parameters. How can you use your ELD and GPS data to improve driver safety and productivity?
Join us for this informative webinar with leading expert Dean Croke, who will discuss:
Watch Now- What kind of information you can get from your ELD
- How to use that information to improve driver safety and increase driver productivity
- How to develop driver education/corrective action programs that work
- Why compliance and safety don’t go hand in hand
- And more
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Other Resources
WEBINARS
- Latest Techniques for Finding & Recruiting Drivers (Note: by HireRight) – Featuring Kelly Anderson, Impact Solutions, and Matt Lee, Ramsey Mediawork
- Listening to the Voice of the Driver Can Ease the Shortage (Note: by Ryder) – Featuring Leah Shaver, The National Transportation Institute, and Patrick Pendergast, Ryder Systems
- Driver Management & Retention (Note: by McLeod) – Featuring Dustin Strickland, McLeod Product Manager, and Jennifer Brim, Decker Truck Line
- Three Magic Bullets for Recruiting Calls – Featuring Kelly Anderson, Impact Solutions
- Proactive Driver Retention – Featuring Amanda Gallegos, Stewart Transport, and Kelly Anderson, Impact Solutions
ARTICLES & MORE
- Reaching for driver retention solutions – Fleet Owner
- Driver recruiting, retention efforts focus on pay packages as turnover expected to climb – Freightwaves
- 5 ways to improve driver retention
- Driver retention begins with recruiting
- Truck driver shortage analysis 2017 – American Trucking Association
- ATA’s Costello projects out the driver shortage, and it’s a big number
- ‘What Does a Trucker Look Like?’ It’s Changing, Amid a Big Shortage
- FreightWaves Driver Appreciation Week infographic