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JOB STORIES - USA - Facing a serious shortage
Cleveland,OH,USA -WKYC-TV -July 19, 2005: -- Pat Meyer is going to school to become a truck driver. Would he mind taking a job as a long-haul trucker, an occupation that can keep you away from home for weeks at a time? - Not a problem, he says... -“Whatever they got. I’m taking the whole ball of wax. Long-hauling is fine,” said Meyer, 57, of Berkeley, N.J., who retired from a job at Verizon Communications in 2003 and is attending Shore Tractor Trailer Training. “I’m single; the kids are grown up. I am all by myself.” ... This is music to the trucking industry’s ears. Chances are he’ll get a job...
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WE NEED MORE GOOD DRIVERS. THIS INDUSTRY IS GOING DOWN HILL WITH THE LOSS OF DRIVERS RETIRING, QUITTING BECAUSE OF TOO MUCH TIME AWAY FROM HOME, THE PARTICULAR LIFESTYLE IN GENERAL. THIS INDUSTRY ISN'T FOR THE WEAK HEARTED. YOU HAVE TO INVEST ALL YOU HAVE TO GIVE, OR LOSE ALL YOU GOT.
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