Ways to Hire and Maintain the Next Generation of Maintenance Personnel

Ways to Hire and Maintain the Next Generation of Maintenance Personnel

Training and onboarding brand-new technicians

Like many other companies in our industry, hiring and retaining a maintenance workforce is top of mind. I want to provide insight as to how we approach onboarding and training for our new technicians, where I will focus on the 54% of our starting level associates 30 and younger.

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) pointed out that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has estimated that we as an industry will need to hire over 67,000 maintenance employees by the year 2022.

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Celadon Logistics Opens New Office In Central Ohio

[PR Newswire] - INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Celadon Logistics, a subsidiary of Celadon Group, Inc. (CGI), announced that it has opened a sales office in the greater Columbus area. As a leading logistics provider, Celadon Logistics has experienced incredible growth over the past several years, which has necessitated the opening of several regional offices, including this operation in central Ohio. The Columbus office will offer all the transportation solutions proved by the other regional offices and will focus on better serving their current and future customers in the region. Trent Dye, a logistics professional with 20 years of transportation experience, has been hired as General Manager of the office. He is currently a member of the Truckload Carrier Association's Board of Directors as well as serving on the board for the Ohio Trucking Association. In addition, Dye was named as a Fleet Innovator by Heavy Duty Trucking magazine in 2013. ...Read the rest of this story

Fleets Online: Handheld efficiency

Company: Holland (Holland, MI)
Operation: Regional LTL carrier with approximately 4,200 tractors and over 7,100 trailers servicing 12 states and two Canadian provinces from 57 service centers

Problem:

Making thousands of deliveries every day is a logistical puzzle not easily solved. Trying to do so with older equipment—especially in-cab equipment that is unreliable—makes the job that much tougher.

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