So, if you are not ready to improve driver recruitment, you are letting that one great truck driver get a job in another trucking company. Straight proportionally, you are letting your competitors hire a good truck driver, and by that to improve their trucking operational effectiveness.
Thereupon, I highly recommend to trucking company owners to put more effort and to find new and creative ways to recruit truck drivers.
As an example, trucking companies should try to create custom content in their advertisements, and benefits that other trucking companies do not have.
Nevertheless, once a trucking company hires a good truck driver, the owner should make sure that he gives his best in order to retain that truck driver. The owner who will do so will be one step further in improving trucking operational effectiveness.
8. Identifying Truckers Who Need Extra Training
Lack of trucking operational effectiveness might be due to the fact that some of your truck drivers have the need of extra training.