May 15, 2019
Joey Williams is the Supervisor for Talent Acquisition (Non-Union) for YRC Freight. Joey joins the Recruit and Retain: Trucking Edition podcast to discuss the unique challenges he faces in recruiting non-driver positions in the transportation industry.
What you’ll learn about in this episode:
- Why there is an inherent difficulty in recruiting non-driver positions due to the mistaken perception that transportation companies only hire drivers
- What experiences, insight, and knowledge Joey has been able to bring from his time in the healthcare industry that is applicable to the trucking industry
- How hiring practices and job criteria are changing due to necessity and the shortage of people who check every box
- Why YRC Freight uses behavioral-based interview questions more than pre-employment psychological testing or other similar tools
- Why YRC Freight is working to rebrand themselves and change their marketing materials to remove any images of trucks and to avoid the word “freight”
- How YRC Freight is working to recruit young professionals and new graduates and cultivating them into future executives for the company
- Why LinkedIn is a major tool Joey and his team use to find new candidates, and what particular features LinkedIn offers have been the most useful for YRC Freight
- Why the talent pool is changing, and why YRC Freight runs three different diversity and inclusion outreach initiatives
- How YRC Freight is reaching out to school-age kids to show that there are opportunities both as drivers and as business professionals
- How Joey’s team are using other platforms like Indeed and Handshake to recruit and to get their message out
How to connect with Joey Williams:
- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mjoeywilliams/