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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)

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.

• 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

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.

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?