If you notice that some of your dispatchers are jumping higher providing better performance it means that they gave a piece of them to do the job perfectly.
Maybe it depends on the personality that makes some dispatchers more focused or more capable of solving problems and if that is the case than you are very lucky that you found dispatchers with natural skills.
Their instincts are sharp and they can always land on their feet. Do everything to keep them in your company, award them and make them appreciated. Some skills can’t be learned!
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We are human beings and we are not build up from the same material. Some are better in one segment other are made to be better for another. But never judge the fish by its ability to climb a tree. We all have things that we are good but … there are special species of dispatchers that can be good in more things at ones.
These types of dispatchers are rare and if you employed one then do everything to keep him/her in your trucking office. That type of dispatcher beside the amazing job that provides he/she is also a support for the other employees with always giving helpful ideas and directions that are improving the general performance of the team.
6. Try To Become Friend With Brokers Giving You Dry Van Loads
Freight brokers are an important part of the trucking industry, they are the middle man between the shippers and the trucking companies. The trucking business would not be the same without them. Some people would say better others would say that the trucking business without the freight brokers will be fragile.
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However, they are there and they are the segment that can make a trucking company more or less successful. Freight brokers sometimes can be evil but in most of the cases if you earned their respect they can be the best thing for you.