Question: We promoted a great performer to a new manager’s role and they are not working out. What can we do?
It’s a rare thing for employees to say they would be willing to accept less money, but a Kriska Transportation driver recently offered that very thing. The driver was happy enough with his annual take, amounting to about $60,000 a year,…
NEW HAMBURG, Ont. — Erb Group has announced the hiring of Jim Pinder as corporate fleet director.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) is now accepting nominations for the fifth annual Best Fleets to Drive For contest and survey.
READING, Pa. — Penske Truck Leasing and Penske Logistics are planning to hire about 200 positions in Canada this year, the companies announced. Officials say the increase in hiring, which will also include a whopping 3,300 jobs in the US,…
TORONTO, Ont. — Transpro Freight has received a Platinum Plus safety award from Markel Insurance.
I have heard it said that people do not want to be referred to as ‘human resources,’ and that there are those that find the term offensive.
ARLINGTON, Va. — Hiring in the trucking industry in the US picked up in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to American Trucking Association’s quarterly trucking activity report.
It is difficult to imagine a labour shortage in the midst of economic difficulties, when many trucks are idled by a lack of freight. But hiring requirements echo the peaks and valleys of the economy, and they continue to be influenced by…
Last year, we were alarmed to find that job satisfaction had dropped to its lowest level since the start of the survey, with the national job satisfaction level calculated at a mere 3.13 out of 5. That’s barely a C grade. Even more alarming was…
Those who crunch numbers for a living might see training as a “cost” of doing business.There is no question that the price of the related programs can be measured in terms like trainer salaries, training material, and the fuel used for an…
Face-to-face job interviews are among your most effective recruiting tools. Before a candidate takes the wheel…