Apr 3, 2019
Stephanie Walton is a recruiter for Stewart Transport. Stephanie specializes in freight, team building, management, transportation management, and transportation. Stephanie joins the Recruit and Retain: Trucking Edition podcast to share how her varied jobs throughout the transportation industry have helped her with recruiting.
What you’ll learn about in this episode:
- How Stephanie transitioned her role at FedEx into a career in transportation, before coming to Stewart Transport
- Why Stephanie’s extensive experience throughout the transportation industry have helped her rise through the ranks
- How Stewart Transport was founded over 20 years ago by a family of drivers, and why that helps with retention
- How communication has been the key for Stewart Transport to help address driver issues effectively
- How Stewart experiences a strong 43% turnover rate, and what seasonal challenges they are working through
- Why drivers have been temporarily leaving during the busy holiday season to take on higher-paying seasonal positions, and why that has been a difficult hurdle
- Why Stewart is experiencing great success hiring new drivers in the month of December, compared to the previous year’s numbers
- What advertising and word-of-mouth referral programs Stewart uses to market their company to drivers
- What common question drivers coming onboard have been asking Stewart, and why variety has been important to their new drivers
- Why Stewart Transport’s good reputation has encouraged younger drivers to reach out asking about hiring to the company