Truck Driver Retention: 7 Ways Small Fleets Reduce Turnover
Research tracking more than 62,000 drivers found that 70% of turnover happens in the first year, and half of those drivers leave within the first three months. For fleets running 5 to 50 trucks, that makes truck driver retention a hiring and onboarding problem first, and with federal licensing and English-proficiency enforcement narrowing the qualified […]
Where to Find Experienced CDL-A Drivers: 8 Sourcing Channels for Small Fleets
The US had about 2.2 million heavy and tractor-trailer truck driver jobs in 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which projects about 214,500 openings a year through 2035, mostly to replace drivers who change occupations or retire. Most of the experienced CDL-A drivers a small fleet wants are inside that number: running a […]
How to Recruit Truck Drivers: 2027 Guide for Carriers
Picture a Friday afternoon at a 40-truck reefer fleet in Joplin, Missouri. The owner works through a call sheet of 31 applicants between dispatch calls and four pickups. The strongest, with 18 months of verifiable reefer experience and a clean MVR, wants to be home every weekend. The lane on offer keeps a driver out […]