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Recruit & Retain: Trucking Edition

Mar 28, 2018

Julian Beron is the recruiting and retention manager for PGT Trucking. Founded in 1981, PGT has just shy of 1000 trucks across the United States and Julian helps make sure those trucks have the drivers they need.
 
His background in sales and retail play a surprising role in how he views driver recruitment and retention...


Mar 21, 2018

Nick Williams is the Director of Recruiting at Paul Transportation. Nick has won multiple awards. In 2016, he got the Governor’s Commendation for Outstanding Hiring Practices. In 2017 and 2018 he was a finalist for National Recruiter of the Year.

“In this industry, it costs -- on average -- $5000 to hire a...


Mar 14, 2018

Mike Ernst has been with Mercer Transportation for 12 years. Mercer is a 100% owner-operated fleet of roughly 2300 trucks.

“We lose a lot of productivity time just by talking to drivers. It can be frustrating when you have important things to do, but they’re an important part of our business. You can’t...


Mar 7, 2018

Chris Spear is a government relations specialist with over two decades experience on five continents, serving the transportation, energy and defense technology sectors.

Mr. Spear is President and CEO of the American Trucking Associations, advocating public policy on behalf of the nation's trucking industry. He serves on...