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Taking The Hire Road

Jeremy Reymer
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.
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Episodes

Eye on the Future with Trucking U

Jeremy Reymer, Founder & CEO of DriverReach, speaks with Anna Faford, VP of Strategy for C&K Trucking, about her background and what got her into the industry, as well as how the driver shortage challenges are impacting the intermodal/drayage business. Follow Taking The Hire Road on Apple Podcasts Follow Taking The Hire Road on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Sep 02, 202127 minEp. 28

Image and Culture with Load One

DriverReach Founder & CEO Jeremy Reymer speaks with John Elliott, CEO of LoadOne, about his business, his involvement in the TCA, and what opportunities he sees ahead in the industry. Follow Taking The Hire Road on Apple Podcasts Follow Taking The Hire Road on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Aug 26, 202126 minEp. 27

Solving Drivers #1 Concern with TruckPark

DriverReach Founder & CEO Jeremy Reymer speaks with Anthony Petite, Founder & CEO of TruckPark, about why he launched TruckPark, who their primary customer is, and how leveraging TruckPark can improve driver retention and satisfaction. Follow Taking The Hire Road on Apple Podcasts Follow Taking The Hire Road on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Aug 19, 202122 minEp. 26

A Third-Party Solution to Driver Recruiting

On this episode Jeremy Reymer, Founder & CEO of DriverReach, speaks with Doug Drier, CEO of Right Turn Recruiting, about Doug's philosophy towards both driver and carrier, as well as how Right Turn Recruiting's business model differs from other third party driver recruiting companies. Follow Taking The Hire Road on Apple Podcasts Follow Taking The Hire Road on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Aug 12, 202127 minEp. 25

Modern Recruiting in a Driver Shortage

Jeremy Reymer, Founder and CEO of DriverReach, speaks with Wendy Bartz, Director of Sales and Services for DriverReach, about the challenging environment in the recruitment and retention space. Follow Taking The Hire Road on Apple Podcasts Follow Taking The Hire Road on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Aug 05, 202125 minEp. 24

Piecing together the Driver Shortage Puzzle

In this episode Jeremy Reymer, Founder & CEO of DriverReach, speaks with Dennis Cooke, President & CEO of TransForce Group, about the value and potential risks of driver staffing, as well as Dennis' background in the industry and his vision for TransForce Group. Follow Taking The Hire Road on Apple Podcasts Follow Taking The Hire Road on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jul 29, 202125 minEp. 23

Reputation Management with Bluewire

Jeremy Reymer, Founder and CEO of DriverReach, speaks with Steve Bryan, CEO of Bluewire LLC, about what Bluewire is all about and how Steve has helped modernize how we analyze and interpret data. Follow Taking The Hire Road on Apple Podcasts Follow Taking The Hire Road on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jul 22, 202126 minEp. 22

Autonomous Future of CDL Drivers with TuSimple

On this episode of Taking the Hire Road, Jeremy Reymer, Founder and CEO of DriverReach, speaks with Jim Mullen, Chief Administrative Officer of TuSimple, about what TuSimple is, what they’re doing to disrupt the trucking industry as we know it, and what the vision is for the future of autonomous driverless trucks. Follow Taking The Hire Road on Apple Podcasts Follow Taking The Hire Road on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jul 15, 202126 minEp. 21

Navigating the Future of Recruiting

Jeremy Reymer, founder and CEO of DriverReach, speaks with Travis Overton, President and Owner of CDL Life, about the recent Turning Point event, as well as the current state and future of digital recruiting. Follow Taking The Hire Road on Apple Podcasts Follow Taking The Hire Road on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jul 08, 202131 minEp. 20

Adapting to the Evolution of Recruiting

On today’s episode Jeremy Reymer, Founder and CEO of DriverReach, speaks with Priscilla Peters, VP of Marketing & Training at Conversion Interactive Agency, about her 20+ years in the driver recruitment space, how it’s evolved and what the future may hold, as well as highlight the results of a recently released driver survey conducted as a joint effort between Conversion Interactive Agency and Professional Driver Agency. Check out Conversion Interactive Agency’s Recruiting and Retention reso...

Jul 01, 202128 minEp. 19

Seizing the Moment with TCA's Chairman

On today’s episode Jeremy Reymer, Founder & CEO of DriverReach, speaks with Jim Ward, President of D.M. Bowman and current Chairman of the Truckload Carriers Association, about his career with D.M. Bowman, his involvement in the TCA, as well as his take on how to attract more new entrants to the Trucking industry. Follow Taking The Hire Road on Apple Podcasts Follow Taking The Hire Road on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jun 24, 202126 minEp. 18

Predicting your Future Workforce

DriverReach Founder & CEO Jeremy Reymer speaks with Mark Tinney, President & CEO of JOBehaviors, about the driver shortage, turnover, challenges companies are facing, and how JOBehaviors is helping companies reduce the risk of ever-increasing nuclear verdicts. Follow Taking The Hire Road on Apple Podcasts Follow Taking The Hire Road on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jun 17, 202126 minEp. 17

Celebrating the Crossroads of Data & Research

On today's episode, Jeremy Reymer, Founder & CEO of DriverReach, speaks with Rebecca Brewster, President & COO of the American Transportation Research Institute, about what data and research can do for the betterment of the trucking industry. Follow Taking the Hire Road on Apple Podcasts Follow Taking the Hire Road on Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jun 10, 202124 minEp. 16

Light at the end of the tunnel

On today's episode, Jeremy Reymer, Founder & CEO of DriverReach, speaks with Dave Chesterman, Director of Recruiting at Carter Express, about the unique challenges the driver shortage brings. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jun 03, 202126 minEp. 15

Training the Next Generation in Trucking

On today's episode of Taking the Hire Road, DriverReach Founder and CEO Jeremy Reymer speaks with Lindsey Trent, the Founder of The Next Generation in Trucking Association, about her organization as well as how to improve the trucking industry's image. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

May 27, 202123 minEp. 14

Engaging Tomorrow’s Leaders in Trucking

On today's episode of Taking the Hire Road Jeremy Reymer, Founder and CEO of DriverReach, speaks with Jenny Abernathy, Vice President of Enterprise Capacity Development and Driver Recruiting at CRST International, about strategies to engage future leaders of the trucking industry. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

May 21, 202126 minEp. 13

Inspiring Leadership Towards a Greater Future

Jeremy Reymer, Founder & CEO of DriverReach, is joined by Brian Fielkow, CEO, Jetco Delivery/Executive VP, The GTI Group Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

May 13, 202128 minEp. 12

Retention through a culture of Safety

Chris Spear, President & CEO of American Trucking Association, joins host Jeremy Reymer, Founder & CEO of DriverReach Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

May 06, 202128 minEp. 11

Steering more women to the trucking industry

On today's episode, Jeremy Reymer, Founder & CEO of DriverReach, speaks with Ellen Voie, President & CEO of Women in Trucking, on ways to recruit more women into the Trucking Industry. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Apr 29, 202120 minEp. 10

A Driver Ambassador's perspective

On today's episode Jeremy Reymer, Founder and CEO of DriverReach, speaks with John Lex, Driver Ambassador and professional over-the-road driver with Walmart, about his story as well as his perspective on the trucking industry. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Apr 23, 202127 minEp. 9

Driver Training & Engagement with Luma

Jeremy Reymer, Founder & CEO of DriverReach, chats with Gina Anderson, CEO of Luma Brighter Learning. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Apr 15, 202131 minEp. 8

Recruit and Retain with Brand Outcomes

In this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, Jeremy Reymer, Founder & CEO of DriverReach, speaks with Chad Hendricks, President of Brand Outcomes and host of the first driver recruiting podcast, “Recruit & Retain: Trucking Edition”. Check out Jeremy’s latest appearance on Chad’s podcast here For those interested in learning more about recruit and retain: https://recruitandretain.teachable.com/p/recruiter-sales-training Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about ...

Apr 08, 202137 minEp. 7

Innovative Driver Recruiting - The Maverick Way

In this week's episode of the Taking The Hire Road podcast, Jeremy Reymer, Founder & CEO of DriverReach, and Brad Vaughn, VP of Recruitment for Maverick Transportation, discuss more modern and unconventional ways to successfully attract drivers Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Mar 25, 202128 minEp. 6

Taking notes on recruiting from sales playbook

In this week's episode of the Taking The Hire Road podcast, Jeremy Reymer, Founder & CEO of DriverReach, speaks with Lance Christensen, Director of Recruiting and I/C Capacity for NFI, about methods for successful driver recruitment. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Mar 11, 202118 minEp. 5

Key Factors for Recruiting Drivers

On this week's episode of Taking The Hire Road, Jeremy Reymer, Founder & CEO of DriverReach, speaks with Leah Shaver, President of the National Transportation Institute, about the key factors for recruiting drivers. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Mar 04, 202133 minEp. 4

The Importance of Safety and Compliance for Driver Retention

On today’s episode, Jeremy Reymer, Founder & CEO of DriverReach, speaks with Hayden Cardiff, Founder & CEO of Idelic, about the importance of safety and compliance for Driver Retention. Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Feb 11, 202129 minEp. 3

Utilizing Drivers as Recruiting Assets on the Road

On today’s episode, Jeremy Reymer, Founder & CEO of DriverReach, speaks with RocketCDL Co-Founders James Robinson & Nate Tellis about the importance of driver referral programs. Watch Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jan 28, 202126 minEp. 2

Addressing the challenges of driver hiring and retention

In the inaugural episode of Taking The Hire Road Jeremy Reymer, Founder & CEO of DriverReach, speaks with Max Farrell, CEO of WorkHound, about addressing the challenges of driver hiring and retention. Watch Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jan 14, 202128 minEp. 1
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