* Michigan - Trucking companies stepping up efforts to attract, retain veterans
... When it comes to it, a job like driving a heavy-duty truck on U.S. roadways is different than many you'll find in the civilian sector — it's more regulated and structured, for instance, and involves operating more serious hardware than many potential new hires would be comfortable doing. Military veterans' experience often gives them an edge in being successful in that role and other trucking industry positions, says Jason Schenkel, who recently joined southeastern U.S. motor carrier Holland as a hiring manager... He should know. Before this, Schenkel spent 16 of his 23 years of active duty in the Army as a professional recruiter helping find young men and women who would serve and someday become part of that veteran population... Schenkel says veterans have an advantage in that their families are more used to — and often are even built around — schedules that include such away time, and likely for longer periods than a job in trucking would involve. Sometimes, he says, military families can have a harder time adjusting from active duty life to a more conventional 9-to-5 civilian job... "For a truck driver, can your family operate and do what they have to do when you're gone? Most military families do not have issues doing that," Schenkel says. "So veterans probably have a better opportunity to adapt to the environment, be successful at it and come onboard a lot faster than most new hires would" ...
(Photo courtesy U.S. Army - SPC Don Gray, a heavy equipment operator in the 618th Engineer Support Company, 37th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps tests his time in changing a tire on an M1078 light-medium tactical vehicle) -- HOLLAND, Mich, USA - Fleet Owner, by Aaron Marsh - 17 Aug 2015Labels: trucking industry jobs
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