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Tommy Valenzuela, director of recruiting at Los Alamitos, Calif.-based Hansen & Adkins Auto Transport, was named the 2025 Transport Topics Recruiting Professional of the Year.

Motor carriers are beginning to implement AI agents to improve interactions with job candidates and more quickly and efficiently fill open positions with the right drivers for the role.

After implementing substantial driver pay increases in recent years, carriers are now looking to protect their margins in a freight market downturn without cutting wages and risking capacity.

The Q2 2025 Driver Recruiting and Retention Data Download report found that the pool of truck drivers declined in the second quarter even as the number of job postings grew.

Many trucking companies actively recruit members of the armed services transitioning to civilian life, but attracting, supporting and retaining military veterans can take extra work.

Young professionals joining the trucking industry are reshaping workplaces by advocating for flexible work environments, prioritizing mental health and acting on their vision of success.

Program Aired: April 17, 2 p.m. ET Find out how building a safety program around positive reinforcement can transform driver performance. Adam Kahn, chief strategy officer at Netradyne, joins Transport Topics' Seth Clevenger for a special one-on-one conversation to discuss why drivers flourish when fleets celebrate their success and how you can make your driver coaching more effective. 

Trucking software company Tenstreet on March 31 announced it has closed its acquisition of driver and compliance management software provider DriverReach.

The Transport Topics Recruiting Professional of the Year Award for 2024 was presented to Kimberley Daigle, vice president of enterprise capacity development for PS Logistics.

Corporate coaches during an annual truck driver recruiting conference urged attendees to create cultures that lead to employees becoming the company’s greatest ambassadors.