Take the “Hire” Road: Optimize Your Driver Recruiting Results (Panel Discussion)
Tracks: Leadership, HR/Talent Management, Professional Development
Tracks: Leadership, HR/Talent Management, Professional Development
By 2024, due to loyalists who are Boomers or Gen X retiring, the driver shortage in the trucking industry is estimated to reach 175,000. Companies with for-hire or private fleets will be in serious peril unless they refine their driver recruiting strategies that work in a highly competitive environment. That’s why it’s important to put a personal touch on recruiting into what has become a more impersonal process.
In addition, amid the driver shortage the industry has turned to recruiting women, young candidates, and alternative pools of talent – and they’re making significant progress in these areas. Attend this panel discussion featuring subject matter experts on how to effectively attract and recruit professional drivers:
Charlie Saffro (Facilitator)
Founder & Owner
CS Recruiting
Charlie Saffro (Facilitator)
Founder & Owner
CS Recruiting
Charlie has 16+ years of direct recruiting experience within the logistics, transportation and supply chain space and started CS Recruiting from the ground up more than a decade ago. Today, she leads a team of 40 and manages a multi-million dollar organization. As the President and Founder of CS Recruiting, she focuses on making meaningful connections to empower others to discover their full potential. Charlie has worked with businesses of all sizes to help them identify the right talent for their organizational needs. Clients have included third party logistics providers, asset based providers, shippers (manufacturers and distributors) and vendors to the industry (transportation technology/fleet solutions). CS Recruiting’s goal is to partner with clients and candidates to develop long-lasting relationships and make appropriate and time sensitive career matches. CS Recruiting fills positions of all levels; including executive positions, management roles and independent contributor seats.
Charlie is a dedicated yogi and encourages her clients and team to practice mindfulness in the workplace and beyond. She is also the mother of three boys and active in her community, volunteering with organizations to help women in the workforce.
Heather Jewell
Director of Marketing Strategy
Fusion Now
Heather Jewell
Director of Marketing Strategy
Fusion Now
Shane Keller
Managing Director of Recruiting
Centerline Drivers
Shane Keller
Managing Director of Recruiting
Centerline Drivers
Sadie Church
Director of Recruiting and Marketing
Artur Express
Sadie Church
Director of Recruiting and Marketing
Artur Express
Sadie Church is the Director of Recruiting and Marketing for Artur Express and assisted in the establishment and growth of the CDLLife community. After helping to launch CDLLife, Sadie went on to build the Retention and Marketing Departments at Riverside Transport and eventually became the Director of Recruiting. Sadie launched the company's brand ambassador program to attract more female drivers; the same program the company is leveraging today to attract more drivers.
James Robinson
CEO and Founder
RocketCDL
James Robinson
CEO and Founder
RocketCDL
James Robinson, CEO and Founder of RocketCDL, has spent his entire career at the intersection of technology and trucking. With his passion for pushing the envelope with technology and driver engagement, James has helped some of the biggest fleets in their industry optimize their referral and incentives programs.