Taking The Hire Road

Mark Colson, President & CEO of the Alabama Trucking Association, brings an infectious passion and energy to his job leading a state trucking association. In this episode of Taking the Hire Road, Colson joins guest host Leah Shaver to discuss the vital importance of workforce development in trucking, how fleets and the industry at large can cultivate and create the next generation of professional drivers, examples of how he’s tackling this issue within his state, and how everyone in the industry can show appreciation and love for those behind the wheel safely delivering freight every day.
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The National Transportation Institute (https://driverwages.com/)
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Show Notes

Mark Colson, President & CEO of the Alabama Trucking Association, brings an infectious passion and energy to his job leading a state trucking association. In this episode of Taking the Hire Road, Colson joins guest host Leah Shaver to discuss the vital importance of workforce development in trucking, how fleets and the industry at large can cultivate and create the next generation of professional drivers, examples of how he’s tackling this issue within his state, and how everyone in the industry can show appreciation and love for those behind the wheel safely delivering freight every day.

Special thanks to the show’s sponsors!

The National Transportation Institute (https://driverwages.com/)

Career Now Brands (https://careernowbrands.com/)

Carrier Intelligence (https://www.carrierintelligence.com/)

Infiniti-I (https://infinitiworkforce.com/)

Workhound (https://workhound.com/)

Asurint (https://asurint.com/)

Arya By Leoforce (https://leoforce.com/)

DriverReach (https://www.driverreach.com)

Seiza (https://www.seiza.co/)

Drive My Way (https://www.drivemyway.com/)

F| Staff (https://www.fstaff.com/)

Trucksafe (https://www.trucksafe.com/)

Seated Social (https://seated-social.com/)

Repowr (https://repowr.com/)

If you’re interested in joining the show or being a sponsor, please email jeremy@takingthehireroad.com.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is Taking The Hire Road?

Taking the Hire Road is a podcast dedicated to providing tips to help manage the driver recruiting process while addressing the ongoing challenges related to the driver shortage and driver retention. Hosted by Jeremy Reymer, Founder and CEO of DriverReach, this bimonthly podcast shines a light on the challenges that carriers are facing and aims to help companies hire quality drivers with greater efficiency.