Welcome to the Taking the Hire Road Podcast, a DriverReach and FreightWaves production. On this weekly show, airing every Thursday, host Jeremy Reymer, Founder and CEO 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 John Elliott, CEO of LoadOne
Featuring Anthony Petitte, founder and CEO of TruckPark
Right Turn is a “shot in the arm” for trucking companies, providing some of their best leads.
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.
DriverReach is the Recruiting and Retention Management System that helps driver recruiters convert leads, hire faster, build relationships, and be more productive.