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Entertaining The Idea Of A Trucking Career?
Truck driving careers are becoming more popular year after year. With good pay and better benefits trucking companies are providing solid careers for many truckers.
Long haul truckers can spend months out on the highways moving goods across the country. For example, during the fall, you will find many truckers moving harvested goods like corn and other crops.
A good example of a seasonal trucker would be an ice road trucker. For only two months of the year the ice near the arctic circle becomes home to the select few truckers to brave the harsh conditions.
Specialty Transportation
There seems to be a surge of custom home delivery for goods and services. A good example is furniture movers and even fresh food distributors are finding niche markets for food.
As the internet age changes and more people order from on-line stores the need for home delivery service will increase. Companies like FedEx, UPS, and the USPS are on the road every day moving goods from distributions centers across America.
With high gas prices and lower profits trucking companies are becoming more in tune with saving pennies and getting the jobs done. Some companies are finding great investment with hiring logistics experts to fine tune moving operations.
One positive, however, of short haul trucking is job security. Many locally moved goods need to be moved everyday and many companies hire full time drivers. Many of these positions may have a very good benefit package for truckers.
So, if you are looking for the long haul or want to be a short haul trucker, the road can be a great place to start a long career. Think about the possibilities and keep on trucking to a new way of life!
Learn more about Truck Driving Jobs and Owner Operator Careers
5 Creative Ways To Find A Job
Ok, you have posted to each net job board and each job on Monster, CareerBuilder, and HotJobs. You have followed up with calls and networked till you are blue in the face.
Each Sun. You take the paper and make an application for each job in your field with small to no results. Write a great cover letter on why you are a tight fit, pointing to the enclosed resume. Don’t seal the envelope and don’t enclose a resume. They can believe the resume dropped out in the post. They may call and become involved in a dialogue.
Sell yourself shamelessly. Find 5-10companies. Write up a letter to your contact network and ask them if they know any individual that works at any of the firms on your list. When a contact announces they know someone on your list, send them your resume and ask them to forward it their contact or ask permission to send it yourself.
Ask them to make contact with you if they do, so you can try for a referral. Ultimately , ask them to forward your email to ten more people. However do not do this if you’re now employed! Distribute A Leaflet Write a leaflet with information topical to your industry and give it away. Give the leaflet away electronically and publicize it to newsgroups where hiring bosses will see it.
Call Human Resources Sounds funny, right? Call the human resources dep.. Ask them what outside agency or third-party recruiting firm they use. They’re going to ask you why are you wanting to know. They may ask you for an interview. If not at least you do get a lead. They might like to save the agency fees. Also being advocated gives you special attention.
Send them a thank you note. These are terrorist methods that will give you better results.
To learn more about job finding techniques, please visit your online job resources center.