Hire Truck Drivers: Tell Us the Driver You Need
Send us the equipment, the license, the states, and the pay and benefits you offer. We look for drivers who fit and introduce the ones who want the job.
How can my fleet hire truck drivers through Grow Trucking?
Send us a hiring request: the equipment, the license, the states, and the pay and benefits you offer. We check your company on FMCSA, look through the drivers who applied to us, and introduce the ones who fit and want the job. You decide who to hire. It costs nothing to send a request. If we introduce a driver you want to hire, we agree our fee with you in writing before we introduce anyone.
Want to drive instead? See our driver jobs page.
What You Get
Drivers send us their details when they apply for a job. You tell us the job. We connect the two.
- A look through the drivers who applied to us, matched on license, equipment, experience and the states they want
- A check of your company on FMCSA before any driver hears about you
- First calls to the drivers who fit, to see who wants your job
- Introductions to the drivers who say yes. You choose who to hire
What it costs
It costs nothing to send a request. If we introduce a driver you want to hire, we agree our fee with you in writing before we introduce anyone.
Drivers never pay us to be introduced. We cannot promise a hire, because the pay, the states and the job decide who answers.
Go to the formHow It Works
We do the finding and the first calls. You make the hiring decision.
Tell us the driver you need
Fill in the form: the equipment, the license, the states, and the pay and benefits you offer. It takes about five minutes.
We check your company
We look up your USDOT number on the FMCSA site before any driver hears about you. If something does not match, we call you first.
We look through the drivers we have
Drivers send us what they can drive and where they want to work. We find the ones whose details fit your job, then call them to see if they want it.
We introduce the drivers who say yes
You get the drivers who are interested, and you decide who to hire. We agree our fee with you in writing before we make any introduction.
Drivers We Take Requests For
Drivers apply to us for six kinds of trucks. Pick the one you run, and the license it needs, on the form.
Box truck drivers
A straight truck with an enclosed cargo box. It often runs local and regional routes, with many stops and a lot of loading and unloading.
License: No CDL up to 26,000 lb GVWR. Class B above that.
About box truck freightDry van drivers
A tractor pulling an enclosed trailer. It hauls boxed and palletized freight that does not need to be kept cold.
License: Class A CDL for most tractor-trailer jobs.
About dry van freightReefer drivers
A tractor pulling a refrigerated trailer for food and other freight that must stay cold or frozen. Appointment times are often tight.
License: Class A CDL for most tractor-trailer jobs.
About reefer freightStep deck drivers
A tractor pulling an open trailer with a lower deck, so it can carry taller freight. Drivers secure the load themselves, and some loads need permits.
License: Class A CDL for most tractor-trailer jobs.
Flatbed drivers
A tractor pulling an open, flat trailer for steel, lumber, machinery and other freight that cannot go in a box. Drivers chain, strap and tarp the load.
License: Class A CDL for most tractor-trailer jobs.
About flatbed freightHotshot drivers
A heavy-duty pickup pulling a gooseneck or flatbed trailer. It carries smaller, time-sensitive loads and often goes where larger trucks do not.
License: It depends on the combined weight rating. Over 26,000 lb with a trailer over 10,000 lb needs Class A.
About hotshot freight
Not sure which license your trucks need? See the CDL classes guide.
What Makes a Good Request
Drivers choose between jobs. A clear request gets more calls from the right drivers.
Give real pay numbers
Drivers skip jobs that hide the pay. Give a range, say if it is per mile, per hour or a percent, and say if it is guaranteed.
Say W-2 or 1099
An employee and a contractor are different jobs. Say which one you offer, so drivers do not call about the wrong thing.
Be clear about home time
Local, regional and over-the-road jobs suit different drivers. Say how often a driver is home, and what you do when a load runs late.
List the bonus terms
If you pay a sign-on bonus, add the amount in the form. Put the rules for earning it in the note: when it is paid and what happens if the driver leaves.
What stays with you
We introduce drivers. We do not hire them for you, and we do not run background checks or check driving records. Before a driver drives for you, the law puts these on you as the employer:
- A pre-employment query of the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse
- A driver qualification file for each driver
- A current DOT medical card on file
Our free driver hiring checklist lists every step in order.
Tell Us the Driver You Need
It takes about five minutes. Send one request for each kind of driver.
Free tools for fleets that hire
Check what drivers earn in your states, follow the hiring steps in order, and keep driver paperwork on track.
- Driver Hiring and Onboarding ChecklistEvery step of hiring a CDL driver, in order, with the deadline for each.
- Truck Driver Pay by StateSee what drivers are paid in the states you hire in, from federal wage data.
- CDL & Compliance Deadline TrackerKeep driver and company renewal dates in one place.
- Drug & Alcohol Testing TrackerTrack pre-employment, random and other drug and alcohol tests.
Hiring Questions
Plain answers about cost, checks, speed and what stays with you.
It costs nothing to send a request. If we introduce a driver you want to hire, we agree our fee with you in writing before we introduce anyone. You never pay to send a request, and drivers never pay us to be introduced.
Drivers apply on our driver jobs page. They tell us whether they have a CDL, what they can drive, how long they have driven and which states they want to work in. We only introduce a driver to a fleet if the driver agreed to be shared.
No. We do not run background checks, check driving records or test drivers. We only know what the driver told us. You make the hiring decision and do the checks the law requires.
Federal rules require a pre-employment query of the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse and a driver qualification file for each driver. Our guides on the Clearinghouse and on driver qualification files cover the steps, and our driver hiring checklist lists them in order.
We look up your company on the FMCSA site before we introduce any driver. We check that your authority is active and that the name matches. A fleet that cannot be checked is not introduced to drivers. If you do not have a USDOT number yet, leave it blank and tell us in the note.
Someone from our team calls or emails you, usually within one business day. How long it takes to find a driver depends on the job, the pay, the states and how many drivers we have for them. We cannot promise a hire.
Yes, if the job does not need one. FMCSA says a CDL is needed for a single vehicle rated 26,001 pounds or more, and for a tractor and trailer rated 26,001 pounds or more where the trailer is over 10,000 pounds. Many box trucks and hotshot rigs are under those limits. Choose "No CDL needed" on the form.
No. Drivers see the job: the pay, the equipment, the states and the benefits. Your phone number and email stay with us. We only pass them on if you tell us to.
Yes. Send one request for each kind of driver, such as one for dry van and another for flatbed. That way we can match each job to the right drivers.
This page is for fleets that want to hire drivers. If you run your own truck and need loads, our dispatch service is the better fit. If you want to drive for someone, use our driver jobs page.
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Need drivers for your fleet?
Tell us the driver you need and what you offer. It takes about five minutes.