Recruiting Non-Driver Positions, with Joey Williams

Episode 85: Recruiting Non-Driver Positions, with Joey Williams

Joey Williams is the Supervisor for Talent Acquisition (Non-Union) for YRC Freight. Joey joins the Recruit and Retain: Trucking Edition podcast to discuss the unique challenges he faces in recruiting non-driver positions in the transportation industry.

What you’ll learn about in this episode:

Why there is an inherent difficulty in recruiting non-driver positions due to the mistaken perception that transportation companies only hire drivers
What experiences, insight, and knowledge Joey has been able to bring from his time in the healthcare industry that is applicable to the trucking industry
How hiring practices and job criteria are changing due to necessity and the shortage of people who check every box
Why YRC Freight uses behavioral-based interview questions more than pre-employment psychological testing or other similar tools
Why YRC Freight is working to rebrand themselves and change their marketing materials to remove any images of trucks and to avoid the word “freight”
How YRC Freight is working to recruit young professionals and new graduates and cultivating them into future executives for the company
Why LinkedIn is a major tool Joey and his team use to find new candidates, and what particular features LinkedIn offers have been the most useful for YRC Freight
Why the talent pool is changing, and why YRC Freight runs three different diversity and inclusion outreach initiatives
How YRC Freight is reaching out to school-age kids to show that there are opportunities both as drivers and as business professionals
How Joey’s team are using other platforms like Indeed and Handshake to recruit and to get their message out