The SMS-first, DOT-aware ATS that trucking and staffing teams use to capture, screen, and seat CDL-A and CDL-B drivers at volume, all under your own brand.
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Driver hiring is a race, and speed decides who fills the seat. When applications sit in a shared inbox and CDL details scatter across spreadsheets and texts, the fastest carrier wins the driver, not the best one. ATS Mako replaces the disconnected stack with one branded platform where every driver touch is fast, automated, and measurable.
Designed for speed. Built for scale. The figures below are illustrative of how teams consolidate and accelerate driver hiring on ATS Mako.
Tools replaced
One branded platform instead of texting, email, spreadsheets, and a legacy ATS.
First contact
Auto-text every driver the moment they apply, before a competing carrier does.
Screening
AI voice and SMS qualify CDL applicants around the clock, even off-hours.
Every stage of driver hiring covered, every message on your brand. Communication is the core, not an add-on.
Drivers live on their phones, not their inboxes. Two-way SMS with a shared conversational inbox reaches every applicant instantly and keeps replies visible to the whole team - with automatic opt-out handling and business-hours quiet times built in.
Resume and application parsing scores drivers on the criteria you set - CDL class, endorsements, experience, and clean-record signals - so recruiters see the best-fit applicants first instead of digging through the pile.
Branded Apply Here pages capture CDL class, endorsements, and experience up front. Every field lands on the driver profile automatically, so your team screens on real qualifications, not guesswork.
Message, tag, and advance thousands of drivers at once. Fire a targeted SMS or email blast to every OTR applicant, every regional prospect, or every driver who stalled at orientation - in a single click.
Self-serve scheduling ends the phone tag around orientation and road tests. Generate branded offer letters and let drivers accept and e-sign online as a native step - from first touch to signature.
Your logo, your colors, your domain on every application page, text, email, and offer. Drivers apply to your carrier, not to a software vendor. Update once, deploy everywhere across every terminal.
Set the trigger. We handle the rest. Here is how a CDL driver moves through ATS Mako.
Branded Apply Here pages, QR codes, and inbound email parsing pull every driver into one pipeline - CDL class and endorsements captured on the way in.
AI ranking and automated SMS or voice screens qualify applicants day and night, surfacing road-ready drivers first so recruiters spend time on decisions, not data entry.
Self-serve orientation scheduling, reminders that cut no-shows, and e-signed offers move qualified drivers from application to seated - before another carrier calls.
Every reply from every driver lands in one shared conversational inbox. Recruiters see who is warm, who stalled at orientation, and who needs a nudge, then advance thousands at once with a single bulk action.
The MAKO team listened to the recruiting needs for our ICLs and created a program that is second to none. We now have extremely efficient and effective processes with a development team that continues to provide us with updates and impeccable service.
ATS Mako has transformed our recruiting process. It keeps our team organized, improves follow-up, and gives us clear visibility into every applicant. The platform is easy to use, powerful, and essential for growth.
The service is already great and is being improved daily to fit our exact recruiting needs. The support the Mako team provides is next to none! Extremely fast to respond and very willing to listen to and implement any suggestions!
CDL driver recruiting software is an applicant tracking system purpose-built for high-volume driver hiring. ATS Mako unifies SMS, email, AI candidate ranking, scheduling, and offers into one branded platform so trucking and staffing teams can capture, screen, and seat CDL-A and CDL-B drivers fast, all under their own brand.
Drivers get an automatic text within minutes of applying, AI ranking surfaces the best-fit CDL candidates first, and self-serve scheduling plus e-signed offers remove the back-and-forth. Recruiters spend their time closing drivers instead of chasing replies and updating spreadsheets.
Yes. Branded Apply Here pages let you collect CDL class, endorsements, experience, and any custom fields up front. Every answer lands on the driver profile automatically so recruiters screen on real qualifications from the first touch.
Text recruiting is regulated under the TCPA. ATS Mako sends outbound SMS with lawful prior consent, a clear opt-out (reply STOP), business-hours quiet times, and automatic opt-out handling. Email outreach keeps automatic unsubscribe handling intact for CAN-SPAM. ATS Mako gives you the tools to run compliant outreach; your team confirms consent for your program.
Yes. Give every terminal its own Apply Here page on your domain, standardize outreach with lockable templates, and roll up every driver pipeline into one live report for the whole fleet.
Absolutely. Staffing and recruiting firms run every carrier client, requisition, and recruiter from one white-label platform, deliver client-ready fill reporting in one click, and keep drivers warm with instant SMS across every account.
Build a faster, smarter driver hiring engine, fully branded to you. Start free today or see it running on your own pipeline.
No setup fees. No long-term contracts. Seamless migration from your current ATS.
