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DRIVERS' SHORTAGE * Canada - Carriers grapple with retaining immigrant drivers
Scouting drivers from beyond Canada's borders isn't exactly cheap
Saskatoon,Saskatchewan,Canada -Today's Trucking -10 March 2008: -- ... Around $7,000 to $10,000 per guy -- once you factor in travel expenses, information sessions, screening, hiring and training, not to mention all the social incidentals concerning family and assimilation once the driver gets here. So, after footing that kind of bill, the sting of losing a driver who's returned to the homeland -- or worse, jumped aboard another wagon in this country -- isn't easy to get over... There's a delicate balance in treating immigrant wheelmen like Canadian drivers, says Brenda Cuthbert, corporate director of human resources for the Siemens Transportation Group... The company, which operates 10 carriers, has been one of the larger players in Saskatchewan's Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), which allows carriers to expedite the immigration of foreign truck drivers... Losing these drivers is extremely expensive, but the only proven way to mitigate defections is to spend money up front -- and not just on paychecks... (ROCKY RECRUITING: Importing foreign drivers can be a slippery slope)Labels: drivers' shortage
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