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Catherine Brock - Recruiter - Metafora - Chicago, IL What candidates are really looking for in our current job market? What’s your perspective on Non- Competes in the industry? -  Red flags in job descriptions/ why no one is applying for your role - low salary or no salary listed, a lengthy or vague job description, cliche slogans of “competitive compensation package! Work life balance! Must wear...

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Mary O'Connell- 3PL Expert - FreightWaves - St. Louis, MO Why should people care about LTL more than they do? For those who are a little unfamiliar with the LTL world, LTL goods are classified. Typically through their NMFC code. Which basically describes the product, says it should be this class and the rate is charged from there. Finally after decades the NMFTA is moving to a density based classi...

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Grace Sharkey - Point of Sale Community Leader - FreightWaves - Eric Krueger - Co-Founder - Navix - Minneapolis, MN Tell us about the connection you made with industry leaders that led to the solutions you provide today with Navix? Will likely ask a follow-up here based on your answer. Like focused on how these problems affect freight industry participants? What differentiates Navix from other fre...

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Noi Mahoney - Borderlands Writer - FreightWaves - San Antonio, TX Topic: Penske laying off 152 in Texas What happened here? We’ve heard a lof ot good news coming out of the Texas-Mexico border area - are you hearing of any other stories like this? Topic: Mexico records 237 cargo thefts in first 2 months of 2023 That sounds bad, and it is, but not as bad as last year? One of the main deterrents for...

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Randy Mullett - Senior Advisor - Immaginovate - Washington DC Loren Smith - President - Skyline Policy Risk Group - Manassas, VA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paula Hise - Sr. Vice President, Consumer Packaged Goods - Kenco - Chattanooga, TN Key trends include: Receding order volumes, increased distribution costs, and labor shortages During COVID, order volumes for consumer packaged goods increased. Now, orders are receding. Today it costs more to ship the same product, and much of that increase is attributed to rising labor costs as wages are increased...

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Jack Daleo - Staff Writer - FreightWaves - Brooklyn NY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Eric Kulisch - Air Cargo Editor - FreightWaves - Vancouver, WA What is the play here? Is this feasible? Is this legitimate - could they pull this off? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Why some big transportation companies have hit some turmoil Bill Priestley - Producer - FreightWaves - Chattanooga, TN Tony Mulvey - Senior Analyst - FreightWaves - Chattanooga, TN Mark Solomon - Senior Staff Writer - FreightWaves - Atlanta, GA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Kingston - Editor-At-Large - FreightWaves - Carle Place, NY This is a program for high school students and it’s expanding What has been the attraction to this program? Obviously there is a movement afoot to make 18-year olds eligible to drive Class 8 trucks.  Secretary Buttigedge mentioned that the pilot program hasn’t had the desired enrollment - were does this put programs like this because...

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Mary O’Connell - Running on Ice Community - St. Louis, MO Jumping right in I feel like I'm constantly reading about companies opening up space or making plans around the Port of Jacksonville, Why have you guys become the new coolest kid in town? What do you think has been the biggest contributor to the rapid growth of cold chain opportunities at the Jacksonville Port? What’s your competitive edge?...

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Andrew Lockwood - Senior Director, Managed Logistics, Suddath Global Logistics - Orlando, FL This may fly in the face of some of the conventional news stories we've seen out there where capacity needs to fall back down to meet demand, but if you take the market sentiment "buy low, sell high", now actually maybe a really good time to start your own freight brokerage business as the startup buy-in i...

Clarissa Hawes - Senior Staff Writer - FreightWaves - Grain Valley, MO What happened? Any chance the drivers will get the paychecks they are owed? Any updates on what will happen going forward - either with the company in and of itself or the drivers and equipment? This is the second closing in a week of a mid-size carrier - are there rumblings of others? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

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