Essential Recruiting & Management Tools for Small Fleets

Small Fleets and the Driver Shortage The driver shortage has hit the smaller fleets the hardest. Because there are fewer drivers on the market, competition for candidates has become more intense and recruiting methods have become much more sophisticated as carriers struggle to attract drivers from the smaller candidate pool. Even though smaller fleets have […]
Driver Profiles for the Win

Sorting a Large Number of Applicants One of the most time-consuming challenges carriers face when recruiting new drivers is simply sorting through all the applications submitted each day. Having a large number of applicants is, of course, a good problem to have, but finding a way to quickly determine which applications are most promising can be […]
Why Tenstreet for Your Mobile & Texting Strategy?

A Streamlined Process When it comes to finding qualified candidates, it’s important to stay on top of new technologies and texting is a recruitment strategy that’s on the rise with carriers across the country — about 60% of recruiters are already using texts to communicate with their candidates. When it comes to integrating new techniques […]
5 Reasons To Add Texting to Your Recruitment Strategy

Few carriers these days take advantage of text messages in their recruitment strategy. Smartphones and text messaging go hand in hand, and developing a strategy incorporating both is crucial to reaching untapped candidates and setting yourself apart from other employers. Here are the five biggest reasons you need to implement texting in your recruitment strategies […]
Drip Marketing: A Better Way to Reach Prospective Drivers

Modern Tools Finding qualified drivers is essential to the success of carriers today, but it can be an expensive and time-consuming process. Recruiting departments sink a large amount of money and effort into attracting candidates through traditional advertising methods, which offer minimal results and a limited ability to measure return on investment. Modernizing the tools […]
Why You Should Become a Tenstreet Network Provider

By now you should be familiar with how Tenstreet’s Xchange network is making driver candidate verification easier for the trucking industry. With a database of over 11,000 carriers, Xchange makes requesting and providing information about candidates from previous employers a painless job that only takes a few clicks and a couple of minutes. What used to be […]
Fair Credit Reporting Act: What You Need to Know

Carriers typically use a wide variety of background checks in screening drivers. Our clients use everything from MVR’s to the DAC employment history to criminal background checks and PSP’s. While these services are invaluable, motor carriers and other businesses need to develop procedures and processes to make certain that they are acquiring and making use of […]
Hire Better Drivers Using PSPs

Hiring Safe, Reliable Drivers In the trucking industry, hiring safe, reliable drivers is always a number one priority. Drivers with histories of crashes and incidents that take drivers out of service are not only costly for your business, but can put lives at risk. Gaining reliable information on your candidates’ crash and inspection records can […]
8 Steps to A Full Driver Orientation Class

A lot of time and money has been invested in getting your recruits to this point—ads, landing pages, applications, emails, phone conversations, etc. Take these steps to ensure a full driver orientation class and get your entire class across the finish line and set them up for a long tenure with your company. When you […]
What’s Free & Better than 11,000+ Trucking Carrier Fax Numbers?

To hire a driver, a carrier has to inquire of all the other carriers a driver has worked for in the past three years. We would love for all those inquiries to be made via Xchange, but until that day, they most often take place via fax and include a signed release and a form asking […]