Wanted: 400,000 truck drivers

[Peacetrain]

http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/09/news/economy/truck_driver_shortage/index.htm?hpt=T3


NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Can't find a job? Maybe it's time to take your search on the road.

The U.S. trucking industry will need to hire about 200,000 drivers by the end of this year, and will need to add another 200,000 by the end of 2011, according to the state of logistics report from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.


EDIT TO ADD: If you know anyone or yourself are interested in this.. they look for experienced drivers or those who have completed Over The Road driving from a community college.

Along with the increased drivers will be a need for office help to work, especially those who are familiar with trucking insurance and accident reporting

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Windmill-powered trucks!

:think:

[Peacetrain]

3. Now thats funny!

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. It only took 8 years.

:cry:

[UndertheOcean]

2. Good , 400,000 extra jobs that can't be outsourced

[Peacetrain]

4. No Kidding.. and they actually are looking for a million new drivers

over the course of the next few years due to retirements

[jdlh8894]

6. Yeah. I'm ready to spend $300,000 on a new Peterbuilt

$1000 or more to fill up the tanks every 1000 miles.Been there ,done that,and not going to do it again.

[Ikonoklast]

7. 'Peterbilt'. And $300K? What is made out of, gold?

You can buy a low-mileage, late model Pete for a song.

Hoods with big horsepower and crummy fuel mileage are dirt cheap right now.


Wouldn't own one, myself. PACCAR prices their parts like they ARE made from gold.

[Dinger]

8. Union or Non-Union?

Let me guess . . .