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How to Recruit Truck Drivers When Freight Is Slow

How to Recruit Truck Drivers When Freight Is Slow

How to Recruit Truck Drivers When Freight Is SlowMark Stulzer
Published on: 02/10/2026

A soft freight market brings more responses but fewer settled drivers. Here is what slow freight does to driver recruiting, why waiting backfires as capacity tightens in 2026, and seven steps to hire fewer, better drivers now.

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