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3 steps to Hiring a Good Route driver
Step #1: Streamline your hiring process.
Consider using an online application tracking system (ATS) that automatically processes initial applications. Biggest benefit? It replaces undependable, non-standard resumes with standard job applications. There is no more resume sorting.
By using an ATS system you only need talk to the people you want to talk to about your position. Simple technology will save up to 60 percent of time and 40 percent of costs normally associated with hiring.
As an operator in Canada said: “Instead of receiving a stack of resumes and wondering who to interview, now I receive a half of dozen candidates who have already shown to be qualified for the job before the first interview takes place in our office. What a time saver!”
Step #2: Measure your top performers to establish job patterns for each job.
Determine what makes your best route drivers the best. Then compare your job candidates to your best employees’ traits or job pattern. Once you can see the applicant as a total person in comparison to your top performers, you will be able to clearly see if they can be a top performer before you hire them.
Step #3: Use readily available tools to hire the right Route Drivers.
It begins with screening out everyone that does not have the right attitude toward honesty, ethics, reliability and substance abuse. The process continues as you “screen in” the best candidates and interview only those that have the same personality, interests and mental capabilities as your current top drivers.
