{"id":797,"date":"2020-03-30T20:17:17","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T20:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiremaster.com\/trucking-news\/?p=797"},"modified":"2020-03-31T02:20:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T02:20:24","slug":"total-team-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiremaster.com\/trucking-news\/other-news\/2020\/03\/30\/total-team-effort\/797\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Total’ Team Effort"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mississippi Carrier Total Transportation Taking Orientation To Drivers
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By Al Muskewitz
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In an effort to help ease some of the pressure on getting drivers to orientation and getting them into the workforce faster, one Mississippi carrier is taking that element of the hiring process to its new drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As long as there\u2019s an appropriate number of drivers in a particular market Total Transportation will send a team to a nearby location and conduct a condensed orientation for those drivers there. The initial thought is it will require at least five drivers in a particular area to be feasible.
 
The plan came out of what Total director of recruiting Kevin Gaughf called \u201ca great collective brainstorming effort.\u201d
 
\u201cWe tossed different things around and that\u2019s one thing that kind of stood out, so we\u2019re going to go with it,\u201d Gaughf said. \u201cWe\u2019re just starting to get the word out about this and as soon as it happens we\u2019re going off site and doing what we can to get drivers in the door.\u201d
 
The approach is not just a response to nation\u2019s response to the worldwide coronavirus emergency. Total has conducted off-site orientation in the past, but this is a more prolonged approach.
 
\u201cI just think it\u2019s more of a convenience thing for those out there who are not wanting to travel,\u201d Gaughf said. \u201cI would have done this two years ago; if the need came where we had that many wanting to come in from a certain area I\u2019d have gone ahead and done it then. 
 
\u201cIt\u2019s not really just because of coronavirus; it\u2019s a need being more flexible. We\u2019re an open-door policy company so we want to treat our employees like they\u2019re a person not a truck number.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The campaign already has created some positive response. In the first 36 hours of the campaign’s launch late last week, Wright Media’s national driver recruiting platform HireMaster generated nearly 500 inquiries on Total\u2019s behalf.
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Total is one of the nation\u2019s top mid-sized fleets with nearly 900 trucks and more than 1,200 employees carrying essential freight for customers that have come to rely on its on-time service. The carrier runs solos east of Dallas and teams out west. Gaughf said it has been \u201cbusier than ever\u201d even during this time of national emergency.
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Unlike the mega-carriers that would conduct orientation in multiple areas, Total conducts its orientation in Jackson, Miss., but it serves customers throughout the country and during this emergency. It wouldn\u2019t be unreasonable to hold off-site orientation sessions in, say, Memphis, Atlanta, Dallas, California or Pennsylvania if the driver demand warrants.
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For areas that don\u2019t meet the off-site threshold, orientation is still being conducted at the Mississippi headquarters.
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\u201cWe\u2019ll go where we can get enough confirmed,\u201d Gaughf said. \u201cI\u2019d say my minimal amount would be five. I do need teams in California, I need them all over, so if I can get enough traction we\u2019ll definitely go out there and do what we can to get them through orientation without having to travel to our orientation in Mississippi.\u201d
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Al Muskewitz is Editor of Wright Media. He can be reached at\u00a0<\/em>musky@wrightmediacorp.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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