How to Mentally Prepare for a Long Drive
The life of a trucker can be lonely. If you’re delivering a load from Philadelphia to Austin, Texas, for instance, you would be driving for over twenty-five hours. That’s a long time to be alone in your cab, but truckers around the world are doing…
When is it OK Not to Brush Snow off Your Trailer?
The snowstorm is over, and the roads have been plowed and salted. Truckers can safely return to the highways and begin to make their deliveries. Or can they? When snow and ice accumulate on a trailer, there’s the real danger of it flying off and…
The Top 8 Reasons Truck Drivers Leave Their Jobs and What You Can Learn From It
In a new study conducted by the screening firm HireRight, truck drivers were asked why they had decided to leave their jobs. In the survey, drivers were allowed to cite more than one reason for quitting, and many did, indicating that it wasn’t always one…
Watch Out For the Most Common Sciatica Symptoms Drivers Face
If you’re a truck driver who has been in the business for at least a few years, you’ve probably experienced pain that can range from a slight ache in your lower back, to an excruciating shock that continues down your buttock and into your leg. These…
What Should You Wear to a Driver Interview?
You’re scheduled to meet the Human Resources Director of a trucking firm for an interview. This is not an executive position to which you’re applying, so you reason that it’s not important how you look. Well, that’s faulty reasoning! The way you dress for a…
Why Too Much Social Media Causes Depression on the Road
If you were on Facebook during and after the 2016 election process, you probably came away angry or annoyed by many of the comments. Social media is good at stoking your emotions. Whether you’re looking at pictures of your cousin’s newborn baby or a viral…
How to Handle Difficult Conversations with Your Drivers
If you have employees, there will come a time when you have to pull them aside and talk to them about something they are doing that you want them to stop, or something that they should be doing but aren’t. If you’re a manager, this…
How to Choose the Right CDL Driver Staffing Firm for You
You have a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), and a clean driving record. While you’re not particularly unhappy with the company you’re with, the grind of being away from your family from Sunday night until Thursday afternoon is wearing you down. You would like to find…
Truck Driving & Fatalities: How to Encourage Your Drivers to be Safe
A recently released report by the Bureau of Statistics for the year 2015 shows that of the 4,836 fatal workplace accidents in that year, 745 were tractor-trailer drivers. That works out to more than fifteen percent of all work-related deaths. The report, called the National…
Are You Ready for a New Job in the New Year?
The 2016 edition of The Conference Board Job Satisfaction Survey indicates that about half of all U.S. workers are satisfied with their jobs. In which half do you stand? If you’re in that unsatisfied fifty percent, maybe you should think about a new job in…
