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Is there ‘false advertising’ in your fleet’s driver recruiting process? Here’s how to ward off an unintentional turnover culprit

While almost always unintentional, errors in job ads can lead to immediate distrust with new driver hires if they receive inconsistent information during the job evaluation and hiring process or after they’ve been onboarded. Expectation gaps between what a driver thought the job would be and what it actually entails are a fast track for early turnover and churn of new driver hires. Here are five strategies to help avoid ‘false advertising’ in your driver marketing.

Diversifying your driver lead funnel, letting drivers own profitability, and the enduring value of a CDL: Consider these 4 strategies in your fleet’s driver programs

In this month’s From Leah’s Desk, NTI President & CEO Leah Shaver shares insights on diversifying your driver recruiting funnel to excel in any market cycle, the enduring value of a driver’s CDL, empowering drivers on the profitability of their individual truck, and focusing on the habits you want your recruiting program to embody.

5 ways your fleet can focus on driver health as a retention tool in 2023

As we’ve touched on a few times in the NTI Blog, putting driver health at the center of every fleet department is one of the

New federal retirement law brings changes for fleets, but offers a strong driver recruiting and retention hook, too

Amidst the shuffle of the holidays, Congress passed and President Biden signed a bill that implements several federal reforms to retirement benefits offered by employers

From the personal to the professional, reflecting on trucking into an uncertain 2023

NTI’s reflections, resources, and driver wages insights as 2022 closes and 2023 begins.

From holiday pay to health programs, here are a five ways your fleet can support drivers on and off the road every holiday season

In the fourth quarter of 2022, on average, motor carriers are offering their professional drivers a little over 6 paid holidays a year, according to

Three highlights from 2022’s fourth quarter driver wages data

Despite slowing growth after a strong run-up in back half of 2020 and into the first half of 2022, professional driver wages in the fourth

Attracting talent and providing career path development in trucking extend well beyond the driver’s seat

What does career path development look like at your fleet? This is a point we hit on frequently at NTI in our work with fleets

Fleets responding to newer drivers’ expectations for wage growth momentum

The “earn your stripes” mentality is quickly becoming an ideal of the past. While per-mile and hourly pay for drivers of all experience levels has shown strong and steady growth over the past two years, the momentum of wage growth among drivers at the lower end of the experience scale has been the most pronounced.

Driver onboarding: How to keep the commitment and avoid being ghosted by new driver hires

Does your fleet find itself being ghosted by new driver hires between their commitment date and onboarding date? Here are a few strategies to help keep your professional driver commitments firm.

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