Welcome to the Taking the Hire Road Podcast, a DriverReach and FreightWaves production. On this weekly show, airing every Thursday, host Jeremy Reymer, Founder of DriverReach, interviews industry experts and thought leaders who bring their insight to the driver lifecycle as they discuss the industry’s greatest challenges: driver recruiting and retention.
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Featuring Gary Langston, President of the Indiana Motor Truck Association (IMTA)
Featuring Evan Shelley, Co-Founder and CEO of Truck Parking Club
Featuring Shannon Currier, Director of Philanthropy and Development at the St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund
Featuring guest host Leah Shaver, President and CEO of The National Transportation Institute, and Jim Ward, President of the Truckload Carriers Association
Featuring Doug Marcello, Chief Legal Officer of Bluewire
Featuring Tracy Rushing, Safety and HR Director, R.E. Garrison Trucking
Featuring Justin Clarke, Founder and CEO of F|Staff
Featuring Leah Shaver, President and CEO of the National Transportation Institute
Featuring Gregg Troian, President of PGT Trucking
Featuring Hayden Cardiff, Chief Innovation Officer and Founder of Idelic
Featuring Amanda Glidewell, Recruiting Manager at Groendyke Transportation
Featuring Ron Yazzetti, Vice President of New Business Sales and Partnerships at Seiza
Featuring guest host Leah Shaver, President and CEO of The National Transportation Institute, and Brad Ball, President of Roadmaster Drivers School
Featuring guest host Leah Shaver, President and CEO of The National Transportation Institute, and Jennifer Hedrick, President and CEO of the Women In Trucking Association
Featuring Jeremy Stickling, Chief Administrative Officer at Nussbaum Transportation
Featuring John Trahan, Vice President of Centerline Drivers
Featuring Eli McCormick, President & Chief Executive Officer of Bestway Express, Inc.
Featuring Dr. Mark Manera, CEO and Founder of Supply Chain Fitness
Featuring Ashley Kordish, CEO of Ralph Moyle, Inc
Featuring Jay Sewell, President of Sewell Motor Express
Featuring guest host Leah Shaver, President and CEO of The National Transportation Institute, and Robin Hutcheson, Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Featuring Anne-Marie Forbes Lynn, Director of Business Development and Marketing at U.S. Legal Services Inc.
Featuring Grady Phillips, Senior Director at WorkforceQA
Featuring Brandon Wiseman, President of Trucksafe Consulting, LLC
Featuring Lindsey Trent, Co-Founder and President of the Next Generation in Trucking Association
Featuring Brian Fielkow, Executive Vice President at Acrisure
Featuring Laura Duryea, Manager of Recruiting & Retention at Boyle Transportation
Featuring Bruno Stanziale, CEO of GoToro
Featuring Amy Boerger, Vice President of Sales at Cummins Inc.
Featuring Tommy Valenzuela, Former U.S. Marine and Director of Recruiting at Hansen and Adkins Auto Transport
Featuring Josh Mecca, Director of Recruiting at American Central Transport
Featuring Tom Fogarty, CEO of Bestpass
Featuring Gina Anderson, CEO and Co-Founder of Luma Brighter Learning
Featuring Jordan Kidd, Executive Producer of Life By The Mile and Director of IT, BI, and Marketing at FreightWorks Transportation & Logistics
Featuring guest host Leah Shaver, President and CEO of the National Transportation Institute, and Jenny Abernathy, Chief People Officer of CRST The Transportation Solution, Inc.
Featuring Max Farrell, Co-Founder and CEO of WorkHound
Featuring Amanda Roth, Owner and CEO of Meadow Lark Companies
Featuring Stephen Kane, President of Rolling Strong
Featuring guest host Leah Shaver, President and CEO of the National Transportation Institute, and Courtney George, Head of Transportation and Industry Relations at Wreaths Across America
Featuring Brandon Wiseman, Founder and President of Trucksafe Consulting
Featuring guest host Leah Shaver, President and CEO of the National Transportation Institute, and Julia Pollak, Chief Economist at ZipRecruiter
Featuring Hunter Yaw, Co-Founder and CEO of LogRock
Featuring Justin Reed, Manager of Transportation Solutions and Partnerships at HireRight
Featuring Aaron Craddock, MBA, Founder and CEO of Trucking Clicks by Craddock Holdings
Featuring Sarah Lee, Combat Veteran and Founder of Waypoint Vets
Featuring guest host Leah Shaver, President and CEO of the National Transportation Institute, and Craig Harper, Chief Sustainability Officer and Executive Vice President of J.B. Hunt
Featuring Travis Overton, President and Owner of CDLLife, and Charles Gracey, President of Hot Seat Services.
Featuring Leah Shaver, President and CEO of the National Transportation Institute
Featuring Nick Hillesheim, Chief Sales Officer at TVC Pro-Driver
Featuring Jon Routledge, VP and GM of Consumer Services at Bestpass
Featuring Steve Bryan, CEO of Bluewire
Featuring Alex Leslie, Research Analyst with the American Transportation Research Institute
Featuring guest host Leah Shaver, President and CEO of the National Transportation Institute, and Craig Jablonski and Ben Onnie, Co-Founders of Career Now Brands
Featuring guest host Leah Shaver, President and CEO of the National Transportation Institute, and Avery Vise, Vice President of Trucking at FTR
Featuring guest host Leah Shaver, President and CEO of the National Transportation Institute, and Erin Bergman, Senior Manager of Supply Chain Talent Acquisition at Walmart
Featuring guest host Wendy Bartz, VP of Customer Experience at DriverReach, and Jeremy May, Vice President of Client Services at Ramsey MediaWorks
Featuring Leah Shaver, President and CEO of the National Transportation Institute
Featuring Lindsey Trent, President and Co-Founder of the Next Generation in Trucking Association
Featuring Tim Chrulski, Chief Operating Officer at Garner Trucking
Featuring Jay Wommack, Founder and CEO of the Vertical Alliance Group
Featuring Amanda Schuier, Director of Employee Engagement at Jetco Delivery
Featuring Atif Siddiqi, founder and CEO of Branch
Featuring Dave Harrison, Military Veteran and Executive Director for Workforce Development, Government Programs and Military Employment Issues at Fastport
Featuring Travis Overton, President and Owner of CDLLife
Featuring Brandon Wiseman, Founder and President of Trucksafe Consulting
Featuring Tom Fogarty, CEO of BestPass
Featuring Jackie McManus, Founder and CEO of KJ Media
Featuring Chris Gulker and Bill Zenk, Principals and Practice Leaders at TrueNorth Companies, L.C.
Featuring Hayden Cardiff, Founder and Chief Innovation Officer at Idelic
Featuring guest host Wendy Bartz, VP of Customer Experience at DriverReach, and Kellylynn McLaughlin, Driver Ambassador for the Women in Trucking Association
Featuring guest host Wendy Bartz, VP of Customer Experience at DriverReach, and Ron Yazetti, Senior Director of Sales at Work4
Featuring Tim Smith, Co-Founder of Pivitol Retention
Featuring Max Farrell, Founder of WorkHound
Featuring Louie Greek, Coalition Build Specialist for Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT)
Featuring Corey Woinarowicz, Chief Revenue Officer at Nocell Technologies
Featuring Mark Manera, Founder of The Trucking Fitness Co.
Featuring Lori Furnell, president of Truck Drivers USA
Featuring Timothy Henry, CEO and co-founder of Haul
Featuring The National Transportation Institute’s, Leah Shaver
Featuring Beth Potratz, founder, president and CEO of Drive My Way
Featuring trucking company owner and Texas House candidate Adam Blanchard
Featuring Natasha Hammack of Wright Media
Featuring immediate Past ATA Chair, Sherri Garner Brumbaugh
Featuring Page Siplon, CEO of TeamOne Logistics
Featuring The American Transportation Research Institute’s, Rebecca Brewster
Featuring Driver Recruiting Expert David McBride of Lazer Spot
Featuring Peter Schneider, President of T.G.S. Logistics
Featuring Don Lefeve of Robotic Research
Featuring Justin Reed, HireRight
Featuring Adam Kahn, president of the commercial fleet team at Netradyne
Featuring Bob Costello, Chief Economist and SVP at the American Trucking Association
Featuring Jessie Burnette, Chief People Officer at Hirschbach
Featuring Ray Haight, a retention coach with and former chairman of the Truckload Carriers Association
Featuring Dustin Koehl, Senior Vice President of Sales at U.S. Xpress
Featuring Ryan Streblow, president and CEO of National Tank Truck Carriers
Featuring Josh Mecca of American Central Transport
Featuring Peter Covach of Trimble
Featuring Anna Faford, VP of strategy for C&K Trucking
Featuring John Elliott, CEO of LoadOne
Featuring Anthony Petitte, founder and CEO of TruckPark
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Featuring Wendy Bartz, DriverReach Director of Sales and Services
Featuring Dennis Cooke, President and CEO of TransForce Group
Featuring Bluewire CEO, Steve Bryan
Featuring Jim Mullen, Chief Administrative and Legal Officer of TuSimple
Featuring CDLLife President and Owner, Travis Overton
Featuring Priscilla Peters of the Conversion Interactive Agency
Featuring Jim Ward, president and CEO of D.M. Bowman and chairman of the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA)
Featuring Mark Tinney, President & CEO of JOBehaviors
Featuring Rebecca Brewster, President & COO of the American Transportation Research Institute
Featuring Dave Chesterman, Director of Recruiting for Carter Express
Featuring Lindsey Trent, the Founder of The Next Generation in Trucking Association
Featuring Jenny Abernathy, vice president of enterprise capacity development and driver recruiting at CRST International
Featuring Brian Fielkow, CEO, Jetco Delivery/Executive VP, The GTI Group
Featuring Chris Spear, president and CEO of American Trucking Associations (ATA)
Featuring Ellen Voie, president, CEO and founder of the Women in Trucking Association
Featuring John Lex, driver ambassador with the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and professional over-the-road driver with Walmart
Featuring Gina Anderson, chief executive officer of Luma Brighter Learning
Featuring Chad Hendricks, president of Brand Outcomes Inc.
Featuring Brad Vaughn, VP of Recruitment for Maverick Transportation
Featuring Lance Christensen, Director of Recruiting and I/C Capacity for NFI
Featuring Leah Shaver, President & CEO of The National Transportation Institute
Featuring Idelic founder and CEO Hayden Cardiff
Featuring RocketCDL Co-Founders James Robinson & Nate Tellis
Featuring Max Farrell, co-founder and CEO, at WorkHound
As Founder and CEO of DriverReach, Jeremy is passionate and innovative in addressing today’s challenges with recruiting CDL drivers. Jeremy brings nearly 20 years of experience in the trucking industry as both a carrier and a vendor, having led a small truckload operation as well as a regional CDL driver staffing company. As a member of ATA’s Workforce Development Committee and ATRI’s Research Advisory Committee, Jeremy is devoted to solving the industry’s greatest issues. In 2016, Jeremy founded DriverReach, a modern driver recruiting and compliance management solution, to address the ongoing challenges with recruiting, qualifying, and hiring CDL drivers. Jeremy is excited to partner with FreightWaves to bring thought leadership and innovation to these topics on Taking the Hire Road Podcast, a DriverReach and FreightWaves production.
How can truck drivers overcome healthcare concerns like high blood pressure and diabetes? What was the journey that led you to become known as “The Trucker Trainer”? How can fostering a culture of health and wellness benefit drivers?
In this installment of DriverReach Chats, Jeremy Reymer is joined by Bob Perry, “The Trucker Trainer” and Consultant with Fit to Pass. The trucker lifestyle isn’t easy – that’s why Bob has devoted his career to helping truck drivers prioritize health and wellness. Known as the “Truck Trainer”, Bob is highly respected across the industry for helping drivers prioritize their physical and mental well-being.
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Has the image of the trucking industry changed over the last year? How can we strengthen and grow the industry for the future?
In this installment of DriverReach Chats, Jeremy Reymer is joined by Kevin Burch, Exec Committee Co-Chair of Trucking Moves America Forward. Trucks are crucial to our national and global economy, to our families, and so much more. Check out their conversation about the importance of educating the public, sharing the trucking industry story, how to put drivers first, and the need to pave the way for new entrants.
What would you predict for the future from an economic standpoint? How do you feel about the path forward?
In this installment of DriverReach Chats travel edition, Jeremy Reymer, DriverReach Founder and CEO, sat down with Robert Costello, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President at the American Trucking Associations, to discuss this question and many others.
What's in store for the trucking and transportation industry?
The trucking industry is at a crossroads and, according to Steve, the events of 2020 have played a large part in where the industry will head next. In this edition of DriverReach Chats, DriverReach CEO and Founder Jeremy Reymer sat down with Steve Bryan, Entrepreneur and Founder of Vigillo, to discuss the opportunities and challenges in store for the trucking industry over the next few months.
What is A.T.T.A.C.A? And how can the trucking industry help raise awareness to protect America's children?
In this installment of DriverReach Chats, Jeremy Reymer was joined by Rodney Timms, Founder of A.T.T.A.C.A. Jeremy and Rodney discussed how the trucking industry can bring awareness to the issue of child abuse and how becoming a member can fund this very important issue.
In this installment of DriverReach Chats, Jeremy Reymer was joined by Don Lefeve, President & CEO of the Commercial Vehicle Training Association (CVTA). They discussed the current environment of hiring drivers and whether reducing the minimum driving age could help meet demand.
Jeremy Reymer sat down with Louie Greek of Truckers Against Trafficking in this installment of DriverReach Chats to discuss how truckers and trucking companies can play a very important role in the fight against human trafficking.
"How Can Your Company Put This Crisis to Good Use?"
DriverReach Founder and CEO, Jeremy Reymer, sat down with industry thought leader, author, and Jetco Delivery CEO Brian Fielkow in this installment of DriverReach Chats to discuss leadership, company culture, and what long-haul truckers should keep in mind during the current COVID-19 crisis.
Have you wondered what it's like to be a truck driver during COVID-19?
In this installment of DriverReach Chats, Jeremy Reymer has a great conversation with Bob Stanton, Professional Truck Driver, where he shares some of the challenging scenarios he's faced with each day.
What impact does COVID-19 have on driver compensation?
In this second installment of DriverReach Chats, Jeremy connected with Leah Shaver, President and CEO of the National Transportation Institute (NTI). Leah provides her insights into how companies should think about driver compensation and she also shares research NTI has done to help companies make critical wage decisions during this current COVID-19 environment.
Will the driver shortage continue to be a top industry issue in 2020?
In our first installment of DriverReach Chats, Jeremy Reymer has a candid video chat with Rebecca Brewster, President and COO of the American Transportation Research Institute, to hear what she has to say on this timely topic – and many others. Subscribe to the DriverReach YouTube Channel and watch the conversation!
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