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Would paying drivers an annual salary or by-the-hour instead of by-the-mile help reduce driver turnover?

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-- Vince Lombardi

Truck Driver Shortage Calls For Creativity

By Doug Ostrowski

Finding truckers and retaining them have become two of the most challenging problems facing the industry today. With trucking demand projected to exceed capacity for the next 15 years, and drivers retiring or leaving the business faster than they can be replaced, trucking companies and logistics carriers are scrambling to protect themselves from serious disruptions to their operations.

How, then, do trucking companies and logistics carriers attract and retain enough qualified drivers to offset an aging workforce and high turnover? Generation Y is one possible answer -- many firms are hosting booths at job fairs to talk to high school students about the freedom of the road, while also painting a realistic picture of job responsibilities.

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Statistics: The Numbers Add Up for Owner-Operators, Recruiters

Everyone loves statistics. Here's a few gleaned from the TCA's Independent Contractors Division meeting held in Chicago in September.

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Ten Helpful Tips to Increase Driver Retention

This list provides 10 tips that could increase your driver retention:

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Training for the Long Haul

As every leader knows, one of the problems with training is that participants leave the event, go back to work and all their new knowledge vanishes -- they don’t apply it to their jobs. Consultants Jack Zenger, Joe Folkman and Bob Sherwin, authors of "The Extraordinary Leader," explain that for training to stick, four elements must be in place:

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My Point: Can New Pay System Help Solve Turnover Problem?

Marvin Shefsky
- Publisher

I read a study the other day that helps explain why the trucking business is plagued by one of the highest turnover rates of any industry in the country.

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Why Truckers Slam the Brakes on Their Careers

Management researchers at the University of Arkansas say that a combination of poor working conditions and pay issues may explain why so many truckers put the brakes on their careers.

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Driver & Dispatcher DNA

By Marc Bailey

Your goal is to get all those trucks parked out by the fence on the road hauling for dollars, but until you get your driver turnover under control, all of your new hires are replacements.

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Drivers Sound Off

When it comes to the trucking industry, everyone wants to know what's around the next corner. Will fuel prices rise or fall? Will freight increase or decrease? Will the driver shortage get better or worse? How will politics and the economy impact things? In many ways, all of those concerns boil down to one question:

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