When you are making it your job to break into the trucking industry, one way of helping to ensure your success is by tracking your milestones on the way to a trucking career. Setting goals is one way to help chart your success in trucking training as you pass down the highway to a CDL. And while you can break down your goals as you choose, here are some of the big milestones for your transition into the trucking industry. Making the decision. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of separate occupations you could pursue as your way of making…
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What is the reason you got into trucking?
How is your trucking career going? If you are reading this, chances are you are just starting in the trucking industry, and may be in need of a little advice, encouragement, or help. Are you finding trucking school challenging? Enjoyable? Maddening? Don鈥檛 worry, this is common. Many people feel pinched by the challenges of trucking school early on, but soon they catch up and find out that they made the right decision to pursue a career in this fast-paced, exciting, enjoyable industry. What is the reason you got into trucking? Many people want to get into trucking because they want…
So how do you know if trucking is for you?
Finding a career is a curious thing. Many people as they grow up do so with stars in their eyes. It鈥檚 not unusual for people to dream of getting into trucking, being a police officer, or firefighter or nurse or truck driver as children. Some people adjust those dreams as they grow and learn the realities of the profession, but others remain steadfast. Later, as they have achieved their goal or getting into trucking or law enforcement or firefighting, they see the reality of the field they have entered, and regret their choice. That鈥檚 why it鈥檚 important for someone entering…
Did you know that the trucking industry is growing?
So you say you are happy in your current job, and that you don鈥檛 need a new career in the trucking industry? You say it seems like it would be a good career for you, it matches your personality and interests, and that you know other people who are happy in the trucking industry, but you just can鈥檛 commit to making the leap. Maybe you鈥檝e been in your current job for a few years, and you know you鈥檙e painted into a corner, where you aren鈥檛 going to be getting a promotion any time soon, but you don鈥檛 feel like you…
Where is the trucking industry going?
Where is the trucking industry going? Although like most industries it is still attracting new employees, is it able to keep them? One problem in the trucking industry is the lack of really loyal truck drivers who stay in their careers for years, especially those trucking drivers of the long-haul variety. While it鈥檚 a good trucking gig, it is a demanding profession, one that takes up a great deal of its employee鈥檚 time, and we鈥檙e talking days and weeks at a time, away from family. This sort of trucking experiences make it necessary for the trucking professional to have a…