Taking The High Road To Employee Recruitment and Retention The transportation industry has always been an industry where turnover is rampant. However, according to bettertruckdrivingjobs.com, the turnover rate in the industry during 2021 was 87%, which is a real problem for employers in the field.
Tyler Holland Great Plains Transport Director of Recruiting and Retention
Great Plains Transport (GPT) is a trucking company out of Mapleton, ND. They specialize in refrigerated freight, cargo and dedicated transportation services, and they have not been immune to these challenges. With an increase in unemployment benefits due to the pandemic, many drivers opted to take unemployment.
This allowed them to make nearly as much money as they would while working, all without having to endure the substantial risk and sacrifices that come with delivering goods. Others stayed, opting instead for the security of GPT salaried positions, a rarity in the industry. Overall, GPT currently sits with 225 drivers and 15 to
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20 open trucks, which Tyler Holland, director of recruiting and retention, says is the most he can remember seeing in a long time. "While I don't think The Pandemic or The Great Resignation really caused a downturn in our business," Holland said. "It definitely hindered and stopped our projected growth and we
have had a harder time with recruitment and retention over the last couple of years, but it has forced us to grow." And it's apparent that GPT is "growing" through honest self-reflection as a company. How is GPT fighting back? A change in processes - GPT really took advantage of this shift in recruitment