Employers reach out to military families with job fair - Leader-Telegram Employers reach out to military families with job fair
Leader-Telegram
US Army Staff Sgt. Derold Jamison of Cornell talks with Tobie Matherne of Chippewa Sand Transport about a trucking job Tuesday at the Hiring Our Heroes job fair at the National Guard Armory in Eau Claire. View more photos at Leader Telegram.com/photo.
10200 trucking jobs added in February - Overdrive Magazine 
Kansas City Star10200 trucking jobs added in February
Overdrive Magazine
Payroll employment in trucking surged as trucking companies added 10200 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis. | Company has permission to continue to sell new heavy-duty truck engines as long as the company still has enough emissions credits.
10200 trucking jobs added
Brett's sign lands trucking job - The Border Mail Brett's sign lands trucking job
The Border Mail
WODONGA family man Brett Boxall is set to get back into the workforce after a Border trucking company offered to train and employ him. Mr Boxall had sat on the Lincoln Causeway for the past week with a simple sign “forklift driver needs work”.
Trucking Resource Council Gets Funding for Other, Other Trucking Jobs - Today's Trucking News Trucking Resource Council Gets Funding for Other, Other Trucking Jobs
Today's Trucking News
OTTAWA — The Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council (CTHRC) has received funding for a new project that will define the skills needed for non-driving occupations in the trucking industry. The funding will update existing National Occupational ...
Highway Bill Passes Senate With $109 Million In Funding - Z6Mag Highway Bill Passes Senate With $109 Million In Funding
Z6Mag
It would ban tolls on existing interstates, which would keep down the costs of trucking jobs. The bill would also hurry along the approval process for roadwork projects. The American Trucking Associations' president and chief executive officer, ...
Boomers bounce back, remaking themselves to launch new careers - Columbus Dispatch 
Columbus DispatchBoomers bounce back, remaking themselves to launch new careers
Columbus Dispatch
“I don't love driving a truck, but there are trucking jobs available,” he said. Yet, he hasn't lost his optimism. In his limited free time, he works on a handful of retail-based websites he created that he hopes take off.
Unemployed retool, retrain, revise outlooks
Baby boomers draw down savings, scale back college plans to cope with unemployment - Plain Dealer 
Plain DealerBaby boomers draw down savings, scale back college plans to cope with unemployment
Plain Dealer
"I don't love driving a truck, but there are trucking jobs available," McCarty said. Through all the strife, he hasn't lost his optimism. In his limited free time, he works on a handful of retail-based websites he created that he hopes takes off.
Jobs drive boomers to seek new skills [Dayton Daily News, Ohio]
Readstown police chief captured in Nebraska - La Crosse Tribune Readstown police chief captured in Nebraska
La Crosse Tribune
Larson had been on an over-the-road trucking job. The Nebraska State Patrol said a tip from a Wisconsin law enforcement agency helped them make the arrest. Spears said the Vernon County Sheriff's Department was in contact with Nebraska authorities ...
Robstown job fair features 2000 Eagle Ford jobs - Corpus Christi Caller Times Robstown job fair features 2000 Eagle Ford jobs
Corpus Christi Caller Times
Standard in-demand jobs including the always-needed commercial driver's license-certified drivers for trucking jobs and coil tubing supervisors are included, Robbins said. More than 1500 people already have preregistered for the job fair, Robbins said.
Too Few Truck Drivers Means Swift's Profit in Expansion: Freight - Bloomberg 
BloombergToo Few Truck Drivers Means Swift's Profit in Expansion: Freight
Bloomberg
Worker mobility between these industries caused many people to take trucking jobs during the recession, Clowdis said. Those who obtain a commercial driver license often get one that's “all-encompassing,” qualifying them to drive both a dump truck, ...