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TRUCKERS´SHORTAGE * USA
* California - Victims Of Down Economy Switching Gears To Trucking Jobs
Sacramento,CAL,USA -CBS13 –November 17, 2012: -- With companies like Hostess, Campbell’s, and Comcast closing down, some workers are now applying for jobs for the first time in decades... One industry that’s booming is truck driving, a career that’s attracting young and old from all walks of life... It’s been an emotional roller coaster for Roy Douglas, who lost his leg to diabetes and was forced out of his home... Robby Wilson is the owner of CDIC, a Sacramento truck driving school. Wilson says the economy is spiking an interesting trend. “I’m seeing 30 percent or more from the white collar industry,” he said of those entering the truck driving business... Dennis White is one of those white-collar workers... Twenty-three-year-old Karl Denzler’s career as a pizza delivery guy stalled. So to increase his paycheck, Denzler went from his little Honda Civic to a big rig... Douglas definitely can’t complain, because he now has a warm bed and a job. “I would still be homeless; and it’s getting wet out and it’s getting cold,” he said... It costs about $4,000 to go through the four-week program, which has more than a 90-percent hiring rate upon graduation...
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