Truck Driver Recruiter & Retention Lead

Continental Expedited Services; Clarksville (TN); Remote; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Continental Expedited Services in Clarksville, TN is seeking a Truck Driver Recruiter to build strong relationships with Company Drivers, Lease Purchase Drivers and Owner Operators. You will own a high-touch candidate experience from the first conversation through orientation readiness and early-tenure follow-up—helping drivers understand the opportunity and start with the support they need to succeed.

Collaborate with Operations, Safety, Compliance, HR, Payroll, Maintenance, Orientation and

Qualifications

• 2+ years of recruiting experience in trucking, transportation, logistics or a similar high-volume hiring environment.
• Knowledge of DOT/FMCSA requirements and commercial-driver recruiting processes.
• Strong communication, organization, relationship-building and follow-through skills.
• Ability to manage multiple candidates and priorities at the same time.
• Experience with recruiting and driver management systems such as AvatarFleet, HireRight, BambooHR, Samsara, Sylectus, or similar.
• Experience with social media recruiting or driver lead-generation campaigns is a plus.
• Comfort working across teams and HRIS systems to maintain accurate records.
• A service-minded, improvement-oriented approach to helping drivers make informed career decisions.

Responsibilities

• Connect with prospective drivers through job boards, referrals, social media, recruiting events, outreach and marketing-supported campaigns.
• Respond quickly, build trust and maintain consistent follow-up with qualified candidates.
• Guide candidates through screening, application, documentation, compliance steps and orientation readiness.
• Partner with Operations, Safety, Compliance, HR, Payroll, Maintenance, Orientation and Marketing to create a smooth candidate experience.
• Track recruiting, retention, turnover, and seat-fill metrics so leaders and candidates have a clear picture of next steps.
• Support early-driver check-ins, surface concerns quickly and help improve the recruiting and onboarding experience over time.
• Use recruiting data and frontline feedback to identify what is working and where the candidate journey can improve.

Skills

Recruiting experience

DOT/FMCSA knowledge

Communication

Organization

Multi-tasking

Relationship-building

Driver management systems

Social media recruiting

HRIS collaboration

Service-minded approach

Tools

AvatarFleet

HireRight

BambooHR

Samsara

Sylectus

Job description

Continental Expedited Services in Clarksville, TN is seeking a Truck Driver Recruiter to build strong relationships with Company Drivers, Lease Purchase Drivers and Owner Operators. You will own a high-touch candidate experience from the first conversation through orientation readiness and early-tenure follow-up—helping drivers understand the opportunity and start with the support they need to succeed.

Collaborate with Operations, Safety, Compliance, HR, Payroll, Maintenance, Orientation and