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What does your Recruiting Ad Message say about your Company? by Ellen Voie

Before you create an ad campaign, you must first determine whom you want to recruit.  Sure, you want drivers, but are you targeting owner-operators or company drivers, regional or long haul, flatbed or dry van, men or women? Men or … Continue reading

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A Simple Fix For a Couple Of Trucking Problems

I saw a post earlier today on LandLine Now’s blog. It was titled “a solution to idling laws” and it was from a driver that said a simple solution was to make the truck makers add apu’s when they build … Continue reading

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FMCSA Considering Requiring Commercial Drivers To Know English

Anne S. Ferro, head of the FMCSA and the former head of the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration, was the guest speaker at Cecil College’s 10th-annual Mid-Atlantic Transportation and Logistics Institute Symposium on Friday. Michael Feehley of the Maryland Transportation Authority … Continue reading

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English Only CDL Testing

In the United States of America it is a federal mandate that CDL applicants must be able to read and speak English sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English, to … Continue reading

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Have You Had Enough Yet

How much more are we willing to take? I’m talking about all things happening in trucking and in this once great country. I still believe this is the best place in the entire world to live. But it is going … Continue reading

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Recruiting Websites and Recruiting for CDL Mills: What’s the Difference

Well, it looks like tonight I wasted 90 minutes of my life that I will never get back, just so I would confirm that recruiting for CDL Mills and Recruiting websites are exactly the same. © 2010, Truck Drivers News … Continue reading

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Trucking Schools, Students and Heavier Trucks

Student truck drivers. Are they ready to haul “heavy” loads? Are student truck drivers being properly trained to drive trucks? What is the purpose of truck driving schools? And are trucking schools really preparing new drivers for the trucking industry? … Continue reading

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YTTrucking.com – You Tube Trucking, Have you seen this?

You Tube Trucking [dot] Com I think will be the next greatest hit on the internet. Once of course the word gets out. Owner James from Texas started this site to gain exposure for the hundred’s of truckers who put … Continue reading

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