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Jobs - USA/Canada - DRIVERS's SHORTAGE
* USA - Trucking Companies Need More Drivers - Turn to Northeast Technical Institute to Hire the Region’s Top CDL Graduates
Scarborough,ME,USA -PR Web (press release- Ferndale,WA) -Sept 18, 2006: -- Many of the nation’s best truck load carriers look to Northeast Technical Institute, with locations throughout Maine and Massachusetts, for help in filling driving jobs... Government and industry figures show a need for at least 80,000 new truck drivers each year. These are new positions that reflect industry expansion, not simply replacements for drivers who leave the field or retire. A career as a professional truck driver offers many advantages like great pay, benefits, and the comfort in knowing that you have a job that is nearly immune to lay-offs and downsizing... To learn more about the many employment opportunities available in the trucking industry and training information, contact Northeast Technical Institute at (800) 447-1151 or visit them online at www.NortheastTech.com...
* USA - Most drivers would rather be home with family than on road
Rockford,IL,USA -The Rockford Register StarBy Craig W. Larson -September 18, 2006: -- Dan Bryant teaches people how to be truck drivers. You’d figure the call of the open road would be music to the ears of members of the class... But mostly, the guys Bryant teaches want a good job that doesn’t keep them away from home at night. Long weeks behind the wheel aren’t what they want from a job... They’re not alone... Through not critical, it’s an issue freight handlers are facing right now... Saying goodbye to the family and climbing into an 18-wheeler for weeks is appealing to fewer people... But, reflecting the findings of the ATA report, local students attending the course in Rockford are also looking at local and regional positions as opposed to OTR... “Anything regional would be fine,” said Tom Blanco of Poplar Grove. “I would choose a local carrier first, regional second. I would like to be home with my family as much as possible.”... Ahmad Mubarak, a driver student from Rockford, sees truck driving as having more options. “There seems to be an abundant amount of trucking jobs available right now. After I finish, I want to secure a job, something local. Eventually I want to buy my own truck.”...
* Canada - 'Tug of war' emerging among truckers: OTA boss -- Is the qualified driver shortage good or bad for the industry?
Toronto,Ont,CAN -Today's Trucking -19 Sept 2006: -- It's a question carriers have begun asking themselves and each other with no clear consensus, says Ontario Trucking Association President David Bradley... In fact, he says there's a "tug of war" within the truck carrier community in terms of competition, pricing strategies, and growth plans based on those who see the driver shortage as a good thing and those who see it as a major problem and want to improve the quality of truck drivers... Is the driver shortage a good thing for business? Bradley says those who say so refuse to adapt to change... Some carriers privately express that the driver shortage is keeping capacity tight and therefore freight rates strong. Others insist that's short-term thinking, and successful carriers are going to need to secure and retain quality drivers if they want to continue doing business in the future.....
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