How to find a driver, courier or storekeeper for your business
Requirements depend on what you carry and where
A vague “driver needed” collects replies from everyone with a licence. But a driver of a car, a delivery-van driver and a long-haul truck driver are different professions with different documents and working patterns. The warehouse is the same: a loader carries, a storekeeper is responsible for records, and a forklift driver needs a certificate.
Start with two questions: what happens to the goods and who is answerable for them. That decides whether you are looking for a person for physical work or someone with financial responsibility.
Who you need at your stage
- Transport: driver, long-haul driver, bus driver, taxi driver.
- Delivery: courier, delivery executive.
- Warehouse: storekeeper, loader, forklift driver.
- Planning: dispatcher, logistics planner.
Most often people look for a driver, a courier, a storekeeper and a loader. For long routes there is a separate page for the long-haul driver.
What to put in the vacancy
- Vehicle — the driver’s own or company, make, load capacity.
- Licence and documents — the licence class (light or heavy motor vehicle), a forklift certificate, a medical certificate.
- Route — city, region or long distance, typical distance.
- Schedule — shifts, stints away, 24-hour or 5/2.
- Pay — salary, per trip, per kilometre, per order, fuel compensation.
- Responsibility — financial, keeping delivery notes, the records software.
- Start — when the person has to begin.
Example request: “Need a courier with his own bike or car to deliver groceries around Lucknow, 5 days a week from 9:00 to 18:00. Pay per order plus fuel compensation, at least six months of experience, knowledge of the city. Start next Monday.”
How to search on BlaBlaPrice
You write one request about the vacancy, and candidates in your region reply in the chat: experience, licences held, when they can start and what pay suits them. The request is checked first, and the site suggests what is missing. Your phone is not displayed, and only the chosen candidate gets it. How it all works is on the “How it works” page.
How to select a candidate
For drivers, look at their years of experience by licence class and their record of violations, and for long-haul drivers clarify their experience of long trips. Warehouse staff must understand labelling, records and safety. Decide in advance who is responsible for damage to the goods and write it into the agreement. Do not hand over keys and valuables before the paperwork and a trial period. Ask those who work with their own vehicle about insurance and the technical condition of the vehicle.
Pay attention to how you will monitor the work. For drivers and couriers a GPS tracker or a route app helps; for a warehouse, receipt notes and stock checks. Agree on working and rest hours, especially for long trips. Also tell the candidate who pays for fuel, fines and minor repairs, because disputes arise from just such details after a few weeks of work.
Do not hesitate to ask about previous employers. A stable record at one place is a good sign. Write in the vacancy that confirmation from the last workplace matters to you.
If you are looking for work in logistics
If you are looking for work, register on BlaBlaPrice as a service provider, choose this category and region, and vacancies will come to you to answer. An employer can create a request right now.
