Taking The Hire Road

#FlashbackFriday highlights Grady Phillips, PE, RLS, Chief Revenue Officer with WorkforceQA, as he joined Jeremy Reymer on the show (circa April 2023). 🎬 “Speed and accuracy are the name of the game and the biggest hindrance to activating a driver is the turnover time of the initial drug test,” Phillips said. 🤩 Watch the full episode and read the FreightWaves article here: https://lnkd.in/gYS3sC8d

What a fantastic conversation between host Jeremy Reymer and Hope Zvara with Mother Trucker Yoga! 🎬 In this clip, Hope Zvara shares about her Trucking Yoga book and the importance of VITAMIN M 💊 - check out the Trucking Yoga book! (link to book in comments below 👇) Catch the full episode now at: https://lnkd.in/eZpJfttt 👏🏼 Special thanks to the show’s AMAZING SPONSORS!! 🏆 Premier Sponsors: The National Transportation Institute | Career Now Brands | Infinit-I Workforce Solutions | Carrier Intelligence Promotional Sponsors: Asurint | Trucksafe | Seiza | DriverReach | WorkHound | F|STAFF On Demand Truck Drivers | Drive My Way | REPOWR | Seated Social | Leoforce #truckinghealth #trucking #TakingtheHireRoad #HopeforTruckers

🎙️ Tune in this Thursday at 1:30p ET for the latest episode as Jeremy Reymer is joined by Hope Zvara, founder and CEO of Mother Trucker Yoga. Hope shares how she's helping to improve the lives of drivers through small, simple, and consistent steps. 📈 With the average life expectancy of a CDL driver being 61 years old 🤯 - the industry needs more "Hope"! ❤️ 👏🏼 Special thanks to the show’s AMAZING SPONSORS!! 🏆 Premier Sponsors: The National Transportation Institute | Career Now Brands | Infinit-I Workforce Solutions | Carrier Intelligence Promotional Sponsors: Asurint | Trucksafe | Seiza | WorkHound | F|STAFF On Demand Truck Drivers | Drive My Way | REPOWR | Seated Social | Leoforce

During the DEEPER DIVE segment, Jeremy Reymer asks Karen Smerchek, President of Veriha Trucking, Inc., what carriers are doing to promote driver retention. Three things were referenced: 🔸 investing in safety technology (yes, it has helped with retention!) 🔸 guaranteed minimum pay (offers more stability) 🔸 creative ways to increase home time Get more insights from one of the most thoughtful and genuine leaders in the #trucking industry with the full episode (link in comments below 👇 ) Special thanks to Career Now Brands for sponsoring this DEEPER DIVE segment! 👏 #TakingtheHireRoad #driverretention #DeeperDive

Four books referenced by Karen Smerchek, President of Veriha Trucking, Inc. is a new record 🏆 Not all readers are leaders...but all leaders are readers! Fantastic episode as Karen shares with Jeremy Reymer some valuable insights on leadership, especially through these challenging times ("Embrace the Suck"). 👏🏼 Special thanks to the show’s AMAZING SPONSORS!! 🏆 Premier Sponsors: The National Transportation Institute | Career Now Brands | Infinit-I Workforce Solutions | Carrier Intelligence Promotional Sponsors: Asurint | Trucksafe | Seiza | DriverReach | WorkHound | F|STAFF On Demand Truck Drivers | Drive My Way | REPOWR | Seated Social | Leoforce #TakingtheHireRoad #trucking #leadersarereaders #EmbracetheSuck

Karen Smerchek, President of Veriha Trucking, Inc., and First Vice Chair of Truckload Carriers Association (TCA), joins Jeremy Reymer and speaks to the benefit of "benchmarking" against other fleets and to learning from others in order to improve. ✅ "The more that we can educate people as to what their true operating expenses are, the better this industry is going to thrive." 🚚 💲 👏🏼 Special thanks to the show’s AMAZING SPONSORS!! 🏆 Premier Sponsors: The National Transportation Institute | Career Now Brands | Infinit-I Workforce Solutions | Carrier Intelligence Promotional Sponsors: Asurint | Trucksafe | Seiza | DriverReach | WorkHound | F|STAFF On Demand Truck Drivers | Drive My Way | REPOWR | Seated Social | Leoforce #trucking #benchmarking #TakingtheHireRoad

🚚✨ Exciting Announcement! We are thrilled to welcome DriverReach as a Promotional Sponsor of Taking The Hire Road! 👏 DriverReach is a modern recruiting & compliance management system purpose-built for the highly-regulated trucking industry 🏆 Learn more about DriverReach and request a DEMO at www.DriverReach.com/demo 👍

🎬 EMBRACE THE SUCK: Karen Smerchek, President of Veriha Trucking, Inc. shares with Jeremy Reymer her mindset for navigating through these unprecedented times. "What we're enduring today...no one has been through...I know that a better day is coming!" 🎙️Tune in this Thursday at 1:30p ET for the full episode 👉 https://lnkd.in/eTt37m8N 👏🏼 Special thanks to the show’s AMAZING SPONSORS!! 🏆 Premier Sponsors: The National Transportation Institute | Career Now Brands | Infinit-I Workforce Solutions | Carrier Intelligence Promotional Sponsors: Asurint | Trucksafe | Seiza | DriverReach | WorkHound | F|STAFF On Demand Truck Drivers | Drive My Way | REPOWR | Seated Social | Leoforce #truckload #trucking #TakingtheHireRoad

‼ An episode you won't want to miss! 🔥 Karen Smerchek, President of Veriha Trucking, Inc. and First Vice Chair of Truckload Carriers Association (TCA), joins Jeremy Reymer on this week's episode. Karen discusses leadership of her family business, her passion for the trucking industry, and how she's navigating these turbulent times. Check out the link below 👇 - you can also get notified when it's LIVE 👍 👏🏼 Special thanks to the show’s AMAZING SPONSORS!! 🏆 Premier Sponsors: The National Transportation Institute | Career Now Brands | Infinit-I Workforce Solutions | Carrier Intelligence Promotional Sponsors: Asurint | Trucksafe | Seiza | WorkHound | F|STAFF On Demand Truck Drivers | Drive My Way | REPOWR | Seated Social | Leoforce #TakingtheHireRoad #trucking #EmbracetheSuck

Do you qualify?? 🤔 🎬 In this clip, Nicole McDavid with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shares about the process of becoming a participating motor carrier in the Safe Driver Apprenticeship Pilot Program (SDAP). 🎞 ICYMI >> Watch the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/enGbkTKc 👏🏼 Special thanks to the show’s AMAZING SPONSORS!! 🏆 Premier Sponsors: The National Transportation Institute | Career Now Brands | Infinit-I Workforce Solutions | Carrier Intelligence Promotional Sponsors: Asurint | Trucksafe | Seiza | WorkHound | F|STAFF On Demand Truck Drivers | Drive My Way | REPOWR | Seated Social | Leoforce #TakingtheHireRoad #trucking #FMCSA #SDAP #freightwaves