45% of Logistics Businesses Currently Lack Qualified Drivers
According to Tech.co’s new survey of the logistics industry — released today — 45% of logistics businesses cite a lack of qualified applicants as the biggest challenge they face in maintaining a steady driver workforce.
Additionally, 63% of them report that their ability to recruit and retain drivers has either stagnated or worsened over the past year.
In a sense, the just-announced audit will address this issue, since its stated aim is to “ensure federal standards are being met” by reducing the number of unqualified drivers. However, it’s a reduction of the total drivers available, and will not be adding more qualified drivers in any way.
Shrinking the number of non-domiciled CDL users, unfortunately, still doesn’t help shipping companies in need across the nation.
