Strategies for Hiring and Retaining Drivers in the Logistics Industry
On August 20, 2025, a significant webinar titled "Methods for Increasing Driver Recruitment and Retention - Achieving 10 Years of Continuous Profit Growth" will take place, hosted by Ricoh Digital Painting. The event will feature Takuma Kajiwara, team leader of the Logistics HR team from Funai Soken Logi, one of Japan's largest logistics consulting firms.
This webinar is tailored for those facing challenges in the logistics sector such as low driver applications despite heavy advertising costs, the inability to offer competitive salaries, and a growing average age of drivers. It is essential for companies struggling to maintain their workforce amidst increasing driver attrition rates and seeking new avenues for profit generation beyond core logistics operations.
1. Recruitment Strategies: Insight into the latest trends in the recruitment market specific to the logistics industry, and survival strategies for companies.
2. Understanding Current Market Challenges: Analysis of the alarming rise in bankruptcies due to labor shortages and what is currently affecting the logistics industry.
3. Effective Hiring Structures: Techniques to develop a recruitment framework that naturally attracts young drivers without solely relying on job advertisements.
4. Sustainable Recruitment Framework: Innovative hiring strategies that resonate with the modern workforce's needs.
5. Brand Building: Steps to create a “preferred company” image supported by local communities, employees, and families through strategic branding efforts.
6. Retention Success Stories: Discussion on successful high school recruitment strategies and workplace initiatives that lead to impressive retention rates, evidenced by a company boasting a single departure over four years.
7. Advertising Revenue Stream: Exploration of how truck advertising can cultivate a new revenue model without disrupting existing driving duties, thus creating a revolutionary income source for transport companies.
Funai Soken Logi seeks to fulfill its mission of "Creating Advanced Model Companies in Logistics" by offering hands-on consulting services designed to elevate mid-sized and small logistics companies. These services include new client acquisition strategies, freight negotiations, driver recruitment, and developing human resource frameworks. Additionally, Funai Soken Logi manages the “Logistics Provider Management Research Association,” a massive platform where over 350 logistics company executives from across the nation converge to share insights.
For regular updates on the latest trends in the logistics sector, readers are encouraged to follow Funai Soken Logi on X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook, and subscribe to their newsletter for the most recent insights on industry developments.
This webinar is tailored for those facing challenges in the logistics sector such as low driver applications despite heavy advertising costs, the inability to offer competitive salaries, and a growing average age of drivers. It is essential for companies struggling to maintain their workforce amidst increasing driver attrition rates and seeking new avenues for profit generation beyond core logistics operations.
Key Learning Points from the Seminar:
1. Recruitment Strategies: Insight into the latest trends in the recruitment market specific to the logistics industry, and survival strategies for companies.
2. Understanding Current Market Challenges: Analysis of the alarming rise in bankruptcies due to labor shortages and what is currently affecting the logistics industry.
3. Effective Hiring Structures: Techniques to develop a recruitment framework that naturally attracts young drivers without solely relying on job advertisements.
4. Sustainable Recruitment Framework: Innovative hiring strategies that resonate with the modern workforce's needs.
5. Brand Building: Steps to create a “preferred company” image supported by local communities, employees, and families through strategic branding efforts.
6. Retention Success Stories: Discussion on successful high school recruitment strategies and workplace initiatives that lead to impressive retention rates, evidenced by a company boasting a single departure over four years.
7. Advertising Revenue Stream: Exploration of how truck advertising can cultivate a new revenue model without disrupting existing driving duties, thus creating a revolutionary income source for transport companies.
Seminar Highlights:
- - Speaker: Takuma Kajiwara, Team Leader, Logistics HR Team, Funai Soken Logi Co., Ltd.
- - Date: August 20, 2025 (Wednesday)
- - Time: 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM JST (Japan Standard Time)
- - Format: Online
- - Cost: Free
- - Host: Ricoh Digital Painting Co., Ltd.
About Funai Soken Logi
Funai Soken Logi seeks to fulfill its mission of "Creating Advanced Model Companies in Logistics" by offering hands-on consulting services designed to elevate mid-sized and small logistics companies. These services include new client acquisition strategies, freight negotiations, driver recruitment, and developing human resource frameworks. Additionally, Funai Soken Logi manages the “Logistics Provider Management Research Association,” a massive platform where over 350 logistics company executives from across the nation converge to share insights.
For regular updates on the latest trends in the logistics sector, readers are encouraged to follow Funai Soken Logi on X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook, and subscribe to their newsletter for the most recent insights on industry developments.
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