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Open a logistics jobs board
for CDL drivers and warehouse crews.

Tell Netiva’s AI which terminals, warehouses and shifts you hire for. It builds a web app with job listings, a pipeline your recruiters share and applications that capture CDL class and endorsements.

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Starter prompt

Build a logistics jobs board web app for a trucking company that hires CDL drivers and warehouse staff at three terminals. Each job has a terminal, a route or shift, the license it requires, a pay range, a posted date and a status. The public jobs page filters by terminal, route or shift and license class, newest first. Driver applications ask for CDL class, endorsements and equipment experience; restrictions and medical card expiry come after the offer. Recruiters sign in to a board with stages from New to Hired and a pre-hire checklist: Clearinghouse query, MVR, drug test and road test. Flag applicants missing a required endorsement.

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Overview

Who this logistics jobs board is for

Carriers and logistics staffing agencies often hire through a general job site, a shared inbox and a recruiter’s spreadsheet. A driver who applies late at night still waits for a callback that only asks which CDL class they hold, whether they carry a tanker or hazmat endorsement and when their medical card expires. A logistics jobs board built with Netiva asks those questions on the application. Every listing states its license, route type, shift and pay, and every applicant moves through stages your recruiters and terminal managers can see, from first contact to a cleared first day.

Key features

What your logistics jobs board can do

  • Listings drivers can filter

    Each opening carries its terminal or site, route type or shift, required license and pay range as fields, so applicants can narrow the board to jobs they qualify for and see the pay before they apply.

    • Filters for local, regional and OTR routes, warehouse shifts and CDL class
    • A detail page for every opening, generated from the Jobs collection
    • Draft, Open, Paused, Filled and Closed statuses, with only open jobs shown
    • Pay range and posted date on every card, newest openings first

  • License details on every application

    Driver applications ask for CDL class, endorsements and equipment experience, and the app puts those answers next to what the job requires. Restrictions and the medical card date are recorded after a conditional offer.

    • Endorsement choices for H, N, P, S, T and X
    • Medical card expiry stored as a date and flagged when it falls inside the next 90 days
    • Restriction codes held back for the post-offer stage, since V means a medical variance
    • License questions hidden on openings that need no CDL

  • A hiring board with pre-hire steps

    Recruiters and terminal managers sign in to a board of applicants by stage, with a checklist of the DOT and site steps each person still needs before their first day.

    • Stages from New and Phone screen through Offer, Pre-hire and Hired
    • Checklist for Clearinghouse query, MVR, drug test and road test
    • Saved views per terminal, client site or recruiter
    • Days since applied shown on every card

  • Status emails and daily digests

    Scheduled emails send each hiring manager the new applicants for their location, and applicants hear from you when their application moves to a new stage.

    • Confirmation email when an application arrives
    • Daily new-applicant digest per terminal or client site
    • Applicants sign in to see where each application stands
    • Weekly note to recruiters about openings with no new applicants
Data model

The collections behind it

Netiva keeps your records in built-in collections. Here’s a starting structure — the agent adapts it to your prompt, and you can change it any time.

Jobs

Every driver and warehouse opening, with the license, schedule and pay it carries.

  • Title (required) The headline, such as Class A Regional Driver or Forklift Operator, 2nd shift Text
  • Location (required) Terminal, warehouse or client site Text
  • Route or shift Local, Regional, OTR or Dedicated for drivers; 1st, 2nd or 3rd shift for warehouse Text
  • License required Class as A, B or blank, then endorsement letters separated by commas: A, N, T Text
  • Pay range Cents per mile, an hourly rate or an annual band, with the period written out Text
  • Posted on (required) Set when the job moves to Open; drives newest-first order, days open and job markup Date
  • Status (required) Draft, Open, Paused, Filled or Closed Text
  • Job details (required) Home time, equipment, forklift type and lifting or physical requirements Paragraph

Applicants

One record per person, with the license facts a recruiter would otherwise ask for on the phone.

  • Full name (required) Text
  • Email (required) Also used to sign in and check application status Text
  • Phone (required) Text
  • CDL class held A, B, C or none Text
  • Endorsements held Letters separated by commas, exactly as on the license: N, T. X counts as N and H. Text
  • Restrictions E, L, K or V; asked after a conditional offer, since V means a medical variance Text
  • Medical card expires Date on the DOT examiner’s certificate; recorded after a conditional offer Date
  • Experience Years by equipment: dry van, reefer, flatbed, tanker or forklift type Paragraph

Applications

Each time an applicant applies for a job, with its current hiring stage.

  • Applicant (required) Relation to Applicants
  • Job (required) Relation to Jobs
  • Stage (required) New, Phone screen, Interview, Offer, Pre-hire, Hired, Not selected or Withdrawn Text
  • Applied at (required) Date & time
  • Stage changed on Set whenever Stage moves; drives the status page and the stage-change email Date & time
  • Résumé File
  • Recruiter Filled in from the signed-in recruiter who picks it up Text
  • Notes Paragraph

Pre-hire steps

The checks a hire needs before their first day, tracked by status rather than by storing the reports.

  • Application (required) Relation to Applications
  • Step (required) Clearinghouse query, MVR, employer inquiry, drug test, road test or forklift evaluation Text
  • Status (required) Not started, Requested, Done or Not needed Text
  • Requested on Date
  • Completed on Date
  • Provider reference Order or confirmation number; the report stays with the provider Text
  • Checked by Set from the signed-in staff member when a step is marked Requested or Done Text

Required field. Types are Netiva collection field types.

Screens

Pages and screens to start with

A typical first version. Ask the agent for more, or annotate the preview to change any of them.

  • Open jobs

    Open driver and warehouse roles with filters for location, route or shift and license class, newest postings first, each card showing its pay range.

    Public

  • Job and apply

    The full listing with license requirements, pay and schedule, plus a short apply form for contact details, license basics and experience.

    Public

  • My applications

    Applicants sign in to see each job they applied for, its current stage and the date it last changed.

    Signed-in users

  • Hiring board

    Applications in columns by stage, filtered by location or recruiter, with days since applied and missing endorsements marked.

    Your team

  • Application detail

    License class, endorsements, restrictions and medical card date beside the job’s requirements, with the pre-hire checklist and notes.

    Your team

  • Openings report

    Each open job with applicants per stage and days open, so managers can see which terminals or sites need more applicants.

    Your team
How it works

From prompt to a live logistics jobs board

  1. List your roles and stages

    Tell Netiva which roles you hire for, where they’re based and the stages an applicant passes through. The agent drafts collections for jobs, applicants, applications and pre-hire steps.

  2. Load your open jobs

    Add current openings in the collection grid, or hand the collection assistant your notes and let it draft listings for you to review. Keep each one in Draft until the details are right.

  3. Apply as a driver

    Send test applications through the live preview as a CDL-A driver and as a forklift operator. Annotate the form or the board wherever a field or stage needs to change.

  4. Go live on your careers page

    Publish in one click, connect your careers domain from the Starter plan and share job links. Switch on the digests; every later edit is checkpointed if you need to roll back.

Why Netiva

Netiva vs a traditional build

Building a logistics jobs board with Netiva compared with a traditional build
Criterion With Netiva Traditional build
License screening The application collects them up front and the board shows the shortfall before a recruiter calls A recruiter calls each applicant to ask about CDL class, endorsements and medical card date
Pre-hire tracking A checklist on every application showing which steps are requested, done or not needed A paper folder or spreadsheet tab for each driver’s MVR, drug test and road test
Getting started Describe what you need in chat and watch it take shape in a live preview Hire developers, or stitch together templates, plugins and a hosting plan
Content and data Built-in collections with nine field types, bound straight to your pages Set up and connect a separate database or CMS
Making changes Ask the agent; every change is checkpointed and reversible File a ticket, wait for a sprint, redeploy
Hosting and domain Global hosting and automatic SSL; connect a custom domain from the Starter plan Buy hosting, then install and renew SSL certificates yourself
Code ownership Clean production code you own and can export Locked into a template, plugin or agency setup
Examples

Ways teams use it

  • A regional LTL carrier with three terminals

    Linehaul openings require the doubles and triples (T) endorsement, so applicants without it are marked on the board. Each terminal manager gets a morning email listing new applicants for that terminal only.

  • A warehouse staffing agency

    Recruiters post pick-and-pack and forklift shifts for several client distribution centers. Each job names its client site and shift, and each recruiter opens a saved view of the sites they cover.

  • A last-mile delivery company hiring van drivers

    Non-CDL openings hide the license questions and use a short pipeline of phone screen, ride-along and offer. Applicants sign in to check their status instead of calling the office.

Good to know

Before you build

  • Ask only what each stage needs

    Keep the public form to contact details, the credential question and experience — no license numbers, birth dates or Social Security numbers. Restriction codes and the medical card date wait for a conditional offer, because code V means a medical variance.

  • Retention has a floor, not a deadline

    Federal EEO rules set a one-year minimum for applications, longer once a charge is filed. Hire a driver and the application joins the driver qualification file, kept for all of employment plus three years. Set your retention period with counsel, then delete what’s past it.

  • DOT checks run outside the app

    The app tracks pre-hire steps; it doesn’t run them. A Clearinghouse query needs the driver’s consent, MVRs come from each state that licensed them in the past three years and drug tests go through your testing provider. A quick apply isn’t the 49 CFR 391.21 form either.

  • Background checks have their own rules

    If a screening company reports on applicants, federal law requires a standalone disclosure and written permission first, and notices before and after a rejection based on the report. Some states and cities also limit when you can ask about criminal history.

Compliance note

Driver and warehouse applications hold personal data: contact details, work history and, later in hiring, license numbers and screening outcomes. Ask only for what each stage needs, keep drug test results and background reports with your screening provider rather than in the app and delete applications once your retention period ends. The app records hiring steps; it doesn’t make your process compliant with DOT, background check or state hiring laws.

FAQ

Questions about building a logistics jobs board

Can drivers apply for a CDL job from their phone?

Yes. Netiva builds web apps that open in the phone’s browser, so a driver can apply from a truck stop without installing anything. Keep the form short: contact details, CDL class, endorsements and experience. Drivers sign in later to check each application’s stage. The full 49 CFR 391.21 application — three years of employers plus seven more years of jobs operating a commercial motor vehicle — can wait until you make an offer.

How does the jobs board spot a missing endorsement?

Each job stores the license and endorsements it needs, and each applicant record stores what their license shows. The applicant page compares the two and marks any gap — a tanker job that needs N, a placarded hazmat run that needs H or a doubles route that needs T. An X endorsement covers both tank and hazmat. The mark informs your recruiter; it doesn’t reject anyone.

Do we have to re-run the Clearinghouse query every year?

Yes. Besides the pre-employment full query, FMCSA requires a query at least once a year for every driver you employ. The annual one can be a limited query where the driver has consented, and if it shows information exists you have 24 hours to run a full query. Give it its own checklist row with a date, and let a scheduled email remind you before it falls due.

Does a forklift card from a previous job carry over?

Not on its own. OSHA’s powered industrial truck rule makes each employer certify that its operators were trained and evaluated, and evaluations must be repeated at least every three years. Earlier training can shorten what you teach, but you still evaluate the operator on your trucks. The application can record which trucks someone has run, such as reach trucks or order pickers, and your checklist can include the evaluation.

Can a staffing agency post jobs for several client warehouses?

Yes. Give each job a client site and a shift, and the public board can filter by city or site while your recruiters work from saved views of the sites they cover. Pay sits in its own field, which matters because a number of US states and cities require a range in the posting and an agency has to be given the client’s pay scale. Check the rules for each site you post.

Can the jobs board live on our careers subdomain?

Yes. You can build and preview on Netiva’s free plan. Publishing on your own domain, such as a careers subdomain of your company site, needs the Starter plan or higher. Add the DNS records Netiva lists at your registrar, and hosting and SSL are handled for you. Check the pricing page for what each plan includes before you share job links.

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Drafted with AI assistance from Netiva’s product pages and reviewed by the Netiva team. Example data models, screens and prompts are illustrative starting points, not customer projects.

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