Category: Trucking Workforce
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Hourly Pay versus By-the-Mile: Which One is Safer?
Does the way you pay your drivers affect safety? This week’s blog from CarriersEdge features one of their Roamin’ With Rick travel series articles that discusses whether it is safer to pay hourly, or by-the-mile.
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Creating a Resilient Company Culture: Navigating Change and Thriving Amidst Challenges
In an era marked by immense volatility and complexity, you may find yourself asking how your organization can emerge stronger from the trials of the recent years. This week’s blog from Margaret Graziano details how you can create a resilient company culture and thrive.
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Developing Effective Driver Training: Tips to Keep People Engaged
A strong job training program is essential for a safe and productive workforce. This week’s blog from CarriersEdge poses a few tips to developing effective driver training and keeping people engaged.
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CarriersEdge Releases Two New Courses on Mental Health and Personal Security for Truck Drivers
CarriersEdge continues to expand its library of training courses, and has released two new courses on mental health and personal security for truck drivers. This week’s blog discusses these two new courses and how important they are for driver well-being.
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GFL’s Brittany Loraas recognized in The Peak’s Emerging Leaders for 2023
Congratulations to GFL’s Brittany Loraas, GFL’s Director of HR and Liquid Operations, for being recognized as one of The Peak’s Emerging Leaders for 2023! This week’s blog post covers the announcement from GFL.
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Government of Canada invests in skills training to address shortages in trucking industry
Earlier this year the Minister of Transport announced that the Government of Canada is investing up to $46.3 million to Trucking Human Resources Canada under the Sectoral Workforce Solutions Program. The organization’s Driving Economic Recovery project will provide training subsidies and wage subsidies to support the recruitment, training, and onboarding of up to 1,400 new truck drivers…
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A Great Choice When it’s Time for a Change
Meet Kate Gibbons, 32 years in the armored car driving business. This week’s blog covers an interview between Kate and Concrete Ontario discussing her career change to the concrete industry.
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Trucking is an Industry for Women with Drive!
On March 8, 2023, the nation celebrated International Women’s Day. When it comes to the trucking industry, men have traditionally dominated the workforce. However, a career in trucking is one that more and more women are considering. This week’s blog from Penner International showcases three different women who have made a career with the company…
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More People Will Train to be Professional Truck Drivers
As many as 30 eligible participants will receive training to prepare them for jobs as professional truck drivers in the Lower Mainland. This week’s blog post from the Government of British Columbia looks at the new Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction’s Community and Employer Partnerships (CEP) project that focuses on providing occupational training…
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Leaders: Ready for a Bold Answer to Service Fatigue?
Everyone’s heard of “quiet quitting” by now: it’s the freshly coined phrase to describe the age-old behaviour of not quite leaving one’s job entirely but opting to go above and beyond no longer. This week’s blog from Laurie Guest post explores how to avoid this quiet quitting epidemic plaguing workplaces everywhere.
