Heavy Duty Trucking, May 2018
HDT MAY 2018 20 WWW TRUCKINGINFO COM Hotline TRUCKINGS MOST RESPECTED BUSINESS REPORT Transportation companies turn to social media for recruiting More than three quarters of transportation companies surveyed by HireRight expect to growth their workforce this year but finding and retaining employees remains a concern The employment solutions companys 2018 Annual Employment Screening Benchmark survey showed trucking and other transportation companies are trying new strategies to overcome shortages of drivers and other employees Most companies listed recruiting qualified candidates as a top challenge for the industry Companies revealed plans for overcoming employment challenges with 40 responding that they were planning to invest in retention programs as well as training and development programs The percentage was higher among employers with more than 2500 employees HireRight found that with a quarter of drivers leaving the industry because of retirement transportation companies were changing hiring strategies to attract a younger and more diverse audience Referrals remained the most effective tactic for most fleets and more than half said they are using social networks to find talent up from only 42 in 2017 Print media recruiting has seen a precipitous decline in the past four years dropping from 57 of companies using it in 2015 to only 38 in 2018 Outreach through job fairs was down 8 from last year and outreach with corporate websites also declined The HireRight 2018 Annual Employment Screening Benchmarking Report is based on a survey of 5886 U S based professionals who indicated they were knowledgeable about employment screening and recruiting Of the total survey respondents 18 indicated that their primary industry was transportation The results in this report were compiled from those respondents U S RETAIL TRUCK SALES REPORT MARCH 2018 MANUFACTURER CLASS 8 33001 LBS OVER CLASS 7 26001 33000 LBS CLASS 6 19501 26000 LBS CLASS 3 4 5 10001 19500 LBS MAR SALES YDT SALES YTD SHARE MAR SALES YDT SALES YTD SHARE MAR SALES YDT SALES YTD SHARE MAR SALES YDT SALES YTD SHARE COMPLIED BY HEAVY DUTY TRUCKING MAGAZINE SOURCE WARDS COMMUNICATIONS Chevrolet 4510 11170 1214 Chevrolet LCF 3 12 006 200 518 056 Dodge Ram 13385 34860 3898 Ford 157 478 342 2168 4648 2483 13626 35234 3974 Freightliner 7508 19046 3769 2635 7230 5166 1860 6415 3427 433 924 100 GMC 1620 3609 392 Hino 169 438 313 867 1956 1045 516 956 104 International 2143 6546 1295 997 2929 2093 1945 4808 2568 8 001 Isuzu 111 230 123 1680 3997 434 Kenworth 2908 6701 1326 316 941 672 231 624 333 1 000 Mack 1368 3790 750 Mitsubishi Fuso 87 148 016 Peterbilt 2824 7814 1546 772 1980 1415 12 27 014 000 Volvo 2185 5424 1073 Western Star 448 1199 237 Other 9 002 Totals 19384 50529 100 5046 13996 100 7197 18720 100 36057 92006 100 Recruiting Tactics SOURCE HIRERIGHT AVATARFLEET
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