N.B. tightens trucker recruitment

FREDERICTON, N.B. – New Brunswick has joined Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia in tightening truck driver recruitment. It has established a pathway specific to transport truck drivers (NOC 7511)…

A couple of ruminations from a career coach

Surveys and studies consistently say the same things when it comes to driver turnover: the number one reason a driver leaves a company is money. A couple of problems with…

Industry needs to tell its story

KELOWNA, B.C. – B.C. Trucking Association (BCTA) president and CEO Dave Earle says the trucking industry is not good at telling its good news stories. Opening the BCTA’s AGM and…

Image can be everything

Panel says industry must step up to attract more people into trucking

Driving for Profit/Best Fleets To Drive For seminar expands

LONDON, Ont. – Driving For Profit: Best Practices from the Best Fleets, a full-day workshop put together by NAL Insurance and CarriersEdge, is only one week away. “We are thrilled by the…

Award-winning carriers discuss dealing with the driver shortage

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Fleet executives from Canada’s most-recognized trucking companies gathered together on a panel titled “How to attract and retain professional drivers” at the first annual Truck Training Schools…

Private fleets talk recruitment struggles and strategies

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – While the driver shortage seems to have plagued a majority of for-hire fleets across the continent over the last few years, private fleets have managed to take…

On the road to a new career

The Gordons now campaign for others to follow suit after entering trucking as a second career

FASTER TRUCKS AS A DRIVER RECRUITMENT TACTIC?

An interesting press release crossed my Inbox last week from Transport America, which was announcing a compensation package increase for owner/operators. That’s not so interesting, I’ve seen a ton of…

BEST FLEETS’ SECRETS TO BE REVEALED, BEGINNING TODAY

If you act fast – really fast – you may still be able to dial in for today’s free Best Fleets to Drive For webinar. It runs from 1-3. But…

Help wanted: Construction and oil and gas fleets experiment with new programs to attract drivers

New programs are being created to attract new drivers both inside and outside Canada's borders.

COMPOSITE SKETCH OF A BEST FLEET TO DRIVE FOR

This composite sketch of a Best Fleet to Drive For provides a roadmap on how to become one

How to create a fleet drivers are happy and proud to work for

Best practices from the Best Fleets to Drive For competition are revealed during a cross-Canada seminar series