January Job Report and Job Opening and Turnover Survey - 2024
The unemployment rate is still wavering at around 3.7%. Not since the Nixon presidency has unemployment stayed so low for so long!
Trucking Industry Recruitment: What will diesel prices look like in 2024?
The end of 2023 brought the end of a steady, eight week drop in diesel prices. When that gradual decline came to a stop, the abrupt increase ended up being about two cents more per gallon. As everyone knows these days, every cent matters.
Intro to Retention: ‘Labor Hoarding’ – What is it and can your company use it?
Business software firm, Skynova, did a survey of small businesses, and their study showed that as many as nine in ten small companies are currently hoarding their labor pool, not releasing any of them, even if they are tempted to for financial purposes.
Turning the Trucking Industry into Part of the Solution to Human Trafficking
Organizations like TAT and NATSO (formerly known as the National Association of Truck Stop Operators) have been taking a stand against human trafficking, spending a great deal of time and money to train truck drivers to recognize the signs of this heinous crime.
December Job Report and November Job Opening and Turnover Survey
December’s Job Report and November’s Job Opening Survey came in stronger than expected by economists, again.
