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Category Archives: the economy
Driver shortage creates trucking jobs
Truck driver training schools in Ohio, including Hamrick Truck Driving School, are working to supply drivers to meet the demand to fill trucking jobs created by the driver shortage, according to this story on www.chron.com.
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Tagged commercial driver's license, the economy, truck driving jobs
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Trucking industry needs drivers
The driver shortage is putting pressure on training schools to turn out more drivers, according to this story about Del Mar College’s Transportation Training Services program in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times.
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Now hiring
Last year at this time, CNNMoney reported that the U.S. trucking industry would need to hire about 200,000 drivers by the end of this year, and would need to add another 200,000 by the end of 2011. This was according to … Continue reading
Money for training
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) released the budget table for FY 2011 that sets final program funding levels through September 30 under the FY 2011 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act. Overall, compared to the final FY 2010 discretionary non-Pell … Continue reading
Your input requested
The Department of Transportation has extended to March 7, 2011 the deadline for registering for the public meeting being held to discuss and consider public comments regarding existing DOT regulations. For information about how to register to attend in person, click … Continue reading
Driver appreciation week
September 19 through September 25 is National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. We think that this is a great opportunity to stress the importance of the trucking industry to the national economy, and to promote a sense of pride and professionalism. … Continue reading
GATS
We attended the Great American Truck Show in Dallas, Texas, last week. The attendance was slightly up from last year, and there were more vendors presenting their accessories. The most encouraging part of the whole show was the fact that … Continue reading
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Things are looking up!
John Rojas reports, Here at Del Mar College Transportation Training Services in Corpus Christi it’s been at least 12 to 16 months since we had a recruiter from an OTR carrier visit our students. Last week Werner and Stevens came … Continue reading
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Trucking jobs
Access Advertising sees the need for drivers on the rise. Check out their latest Driver Recruiting Index at http://accessadvertising.com/DRI/DRI.pdf
Trucking jobs
Access Advertising has posted an updated Driver Recruitment Index. Find it here: http://accessadvertising.com/DRI/DRI.pdf
