A Dedicated Career in Transportation, with Stephanie Walton

Episode 79: A Dedicated Career in Transportation, with Stephanie Walton

Stephanie Walton is a recruiter for Stewart Transport. Stephanie specializes in freight, team building, management, transportation management, and transportation. Stephanie joins the Recruit and Retain: Trucking Edition podcast to share how her varied jobs throughout the transportation industry have helped her with recruiting.

What you’ll learn about in this episode:

How Stephanie transitioned her role at FedEx into a career in transportation, before coming to Stewart Transport
Why Stephanie’s extensive experience throughout the transportation industry have helped her rise through the ranks
How Stewart Transport was founded over 20 years ago by a family of drivers, and why that helps with retention
How communication has been the key for Stewart Transport to help address driver issues effectively
How Stewart experiences a strong 43% turnover rate, and what seasonal challenges they are working through
Why drivers have been temporarily leaving during the busy holiday season to take on higher-paying seasonal positions, and why that has been a difficult hurdle
Why Stewart is experiencing great success hiring new drivers in the month of December, compared to the previous year’s numbers
What advertising and word-of-mouth referral programs Stewart uses to market their company to drivers
What common question drivers coming onboard have been asking Stewart, and why variety has been important to their new drivers
Why Stewart Transport’s good reputation has encouraged younger drivers to reach out asking about hiring to the company