Getting into Overdrive
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OVERDRIVE, the temporary driver ing up its recruitment practices in rush. employment agency, is tighten readiness for the pre-Christmat
On Monday this week it announced a "seven point package" which it has introduced to ensure that its drivers meet the needs of their customers, and it is laying particular stress on a 24-question two-hour interview which is geared to providing details of a driver's skills and experience.
This takes account of the driver's work preferences, training needs, and skills in dealing with other people, and also looks at his transport skills and experience of other industries, and it demands written references for the previous five years.
Drivers are tested in thei familiarity with the tachograph and are trained where neces sary, and they are now beinç issued with a detailed re-ord o the hours they work, in order tc satisfy customers that they an working within the law.
Overdrive operates a C10,00( fidelity bonding scheme for it drivers, and is the full employe, of the drivers to meet presen employment legislation. To bad up its guarantees, it is now issu ing all of the drivers with ar identity badge and photograph.