10 hiring experts have given their thoughts on the most important short- and long-term benefits for employers to hire students, recent graduates, and others early in their careers for warehouse and logistics roles. Their ideas include: building partnerships with community colleges, tapping into disability service organizations, hosting on-site open houses, and many more.
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A bevy of new legislative actions have the trucking industry keeping close tabs on Washington. For countless decades, “truckers and groups representing the trucking industry have been making their voices heard on Capitol Hill. According to a number of trucking related legislative actions, it seems that Washington may finally be paying attention.”
It’s common knowledge that it is extremely important in how you start going about your new trucking job. After all, “you only get one chance to make a first impression.” This includes your conduct, your clothes, your driving ability and even your attention to safety — “it’s all on display during the first days at a new job.” But it’s important to keep the following in mind: “These qualities are also on display on your LAST day at a job.”
President Donald Trump jolted the logistics industry on August 15 by enlarging his steel and aluminum tariffs to include “more than 400 consumer items that contain the metals, such as motorcycles and tableware. Customs brokers and importers in the U.S. were given little notice to account for the change, which went into effect Aug. 18 and did not exclude goods in transit.”
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The NCI, National Carriers Inc., is announcing three more finalists for their Driver of the Year award. Ed Kentner, director of media, exclaims: “whether operating a company truck, a leased truck, or owning a truck, National Carriers appreciates these three outstanding delivery experts… each have exceptional safety records and put the motoring public well-being in the forefront of all they do. Together these men uphold the high standards of the ‘Elite’ fleet.”’
The quarter 2 2025 Driver Recruiting and Retention Data Download report found that “the pool of truck drivers declined in the second quarter even as the number of job postings grew.” The Professional Driver Agency and Conversion Interactive Agency put forth the report, which also stated that “67% of carriers are expecting to grow their fleet in the next 12 months. Read more…
