HireRight Releases 2022 U.S. Transportation Spotlight Report
24 August 2022 - 02:00PM
Business Wire
Innovative recruitment and retention tactics are being deployed
to enhance and prioritize the driver experience
HireRight (NYSE: HRT), a leading provider of global background
screening services and workforce solutions, announced today the
release of its 2022 U.S. Transportation Spotlight Report, based on
responses from U.S. Transportation professionals who participated
in HireRight’s 15th Annual Benchmark Survey.
The report shares information about respondents’ recruitment,
background screening, and retention activity over the past year. It
also presents aggregated data from HireRight revealing the most
common charges found during criminal record checks and the
substances most often discovered in positive drug test results.
The survey data this year shows that recruitment challenges may
have directly led to a reduction in the overall headcount last year
for many Transportation companies. Twenty-nine percent of
respondents said their company workforce decreased in size last
year, with the most common reasons being the inability to find and
hire qualified employees and employees not returning after extended
leave. Additionally, 47% of respondents experienced higher than
expected resignation rates, 42% had higher than normal “new hire”
turnover rates, and 25% reported having positions going unfilled
for over six months.
Looking ahead, 88% of respondents believe that finding qualified
job candidates will remain a top recruitment challenge in 2022, and
76% expect it to be a major challenge for the following three
years. To drive their recruitment efforts this year, 48% of
respondents are increasing internal referral incentives, 43% plan
to use social media more, and 41% plan to revamp their compensation
and benefits packages.
The survey also found that:
- Online job boards, employee referrals, and social media
continue to be the most effective recruitment channels.
Additionally, nearly a quarter of companies plan to make
investments in paid social media and search to bolster their
recruitment efforts.
- Three in five companies have had drivers leave to make more
money elsewhere, nearly two-fifths have experienced drivers moving
jobs to spend more time at home, and a fifth saw drivers leaving
due to increased workloads.
- Investments are being made to help automate screening and
monitoring processes, such as ongoing motor vehicle record (MVR)
monitoring and arrest and criminal record monitoring.
- Many companies plan to keep employees engaged by acknowledging
milestones, offering surprise perks such as free lunches and gift
cards, and launching employee reward programs.
“This past year has been particularly difficult for the
transportation industry with the continuation of the COVID-19
pandemic, supply chain disruptions, and, of course, the labor
shortage,” said Dr. Todd Simo, Managing Director of Transportation
at HireRight. “Providing a better overall experience for drivers is
vital, as U.S. transportation employers are all competing for a
limited pool of qualified candidates. This year’s survey found that
companies are introducing innovative new recruitment and retention
activities, such as incentive-based pay plans, reward programs, and
wellbeing initiatives, to both attract candidates and to improve
overall job satisfaction and employee engagement in their existing
workforce.”
For more information and to download HireRight’s 2022 U.S.
Transportation Spotlight Report, please visit:
www.hireright.com/transportation-spotlight
About HireRight
HireRight is a leading global provider of technology-driven
workforce risk management and compliance solutions, providing
comprehensive background screening, verification, identification,
monitoring, and drug and health screening services. HireRight
offers services via a unified global software and data platform
that tightly integrates into its customers' human capital
management systems enabling highly effective and efficient
workflows for workforce hiring, onboarding, and monitoring. In
2021, HireRight screened over 29 million job applicants, employees,
and contractors for its more than 40,000 customers around the globe
and processed over 110 million screens. For more information, visit
www.HireRight.com.
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