Tips for hiring and hanging on to millennials

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Tips for hiring and hanging on to millennials

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI--Do you have millennials on your staff? If so, statistics show that by next year, half of them will be working somewhere else. Millennials are people born after 1982, they're taking the workplace by storm, and you need to know about how to deal with them. And one thing about millennials is, they move around from job to job. That's why learning how to deal with millennials is such a big part of the educational lineup at the 2017 Work Truck Show, scheduled March for 14–17 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, IN. Educational sessions begin March 14, and the exhibit hall is open March 15–17. The Work Truck show is produced by NTEA, the American association for the work-truck industry. ...Read the rest of this story
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4 Jan by Vitaliy Dadalyan

A consortium forms for “open source” vehicle software

Now here's an interesting concept: the formation of a non-profit “open source” consortium for vehicle manufacturers and “smart device” makers to work more effectively together so consumers can more easily integrate their smart phone applications apps with the cars and light trucks they drive.

Could a similar “open source” approach be good for trucking? Let's see how this one goes first.

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Got 10 minutes? Take this quiz. Help a young person

OTTAWA, ON--Trucking HR Canada (THRC) has launched its Youth with Drive survey, as a next step in developing a national employment strategy for youth in the trucking industry. The goal of the survey is to gather information about young people (18-35) currently employed in the trucking industry from both an employer and employee perspective. The survey questions cover three main themes, including; attraction, engagement and challenges. ...Read the rest of this story
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4 Jan by Vitaliy Dadalyan

Bestpass surpasses $450M in 2016 toll volume

Company said it ends year with coverage of 100% of major U.S. toll roads, more than 3,700 customers and more than 295,000 transponders on the road

Bestpass, a company that provides single-source payment and streamlined toll management services to commercial fleets, announced it reached several milestones in 2016, including expanding toll coverage to include Oklahoma and completing the first truly national tolling solution for commercial fleets; hiring 13 new employees; and adding more than 1,000 new accounts and more than 100,000 new active transponders.

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