Recruitment process consulting for Corporate Vehicle Leasing Companies: finding drivers and desk staff who suit client work
A leased vehicle with a driver is only as good as the chauffeur in the seat. Hiring that tests driving, manner and reliability, and keeps relief drivers ready, protects client contracts better than a rushed replacement.
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Chauffeurs are often hired at short notice when a client asks for a driver by Monday. The person with the cleanest licence and the quickest availability gets the job, and manner at a corporate office is judged only after placement. A complaint from the executive then arrives, and the replacement hunt begins again.
A better process describes the chauffeur job as the client sees it: punctual, discreet, tidy, calm in traffic and comfortable with long waits. It includes a road trial, a conversation about waiting and privacy, and a standing relief pool, so a vacancy does not force a hurried choice. Desk and account roles get their own simple profiles.
How to set it up
1. Describe each role as the client sees it
For chauffeur, relief driver, desk executive and account manager, list the daily tasks, hours and the manner expected. Separate what must be present on day one from what can be taught.
2. Run a road trial and a manner talk
A drive on a real route with a senior driver, then a conversation about waiting hours, privacy and handling an impatient passenger. It shows more than a licence copy does.
3. Agree the references to be taken
Decide who speaks to previous employers and what is asked, in a written note. Keep the checks the candidate has agreed to, in the file.
4. Build a standing relief pool
Hire a few drivers ahead of need, brief them on the main clients and use them for cover and weekend duties. See the recruitment process consulting page for how we would shape it.
5. Review each placement after the first month
Ask the client and the driver how it is going. Early feedback catches a poor fit before it becomes a lost contract.
Check these first
Before changing anything, find out what is true today. These take an afternoon and use your own records.
- Count how many chauffeur vacancies in the last year were filled within the first week, and how many of those stayed.
- Ask a senior driver whether he would pass your road trial today.
- Check whether a relief driver exists today for each of your top five clients.
- Read your last desk executive advertisement and see if the night duty is mentioned.
GullyHR can do this with you. Read how we approach recruitment process consulting in general, or share your requirements and we will tell you where to start.
Questions owners ask
Not necessarily, but distance affects punctuality. Weigh travel time to the client office against experience, and be honest about early starts. A driver who lives near the pick-up point tends to be more reliable.
Ask how they would handle a late executive, a request to take a detour, or a private phone call heard in the car. Their answers, and how they sit and speak, tell you a good deal.
Look at your own absence records and the number of drivers placed. Hold enough trained relievers to cover a normal bad week, then review the size every quarter.