Trucking Jobs | The State of

In today's economy it seems we are falling, falling, from grace. By that I mean it almost seems like God has written us off. He seems to have made a decision to walk away from such an indulgent, selfish, credit card happy society and made a consious decision to let us sink or swim on our own. According to His own words from the Good Book, "what you sow, you shall also reap".

Yes, it feels that way doesn't it?

If we deserve such abandonment, and we probably do as a nation of over spenders, then where do we go from here? What do we need to do to get back to black and put a smile on God's face?

I've lived through, struggled through and managed to survive two recessions prior to this one in my 62 years on earth. My parents and grandparents survived the Great Depression. Therefore it's a given, judging by history, that we will survive this recession as well.

But where will we end up financially?

To answer that question we need to start finding some solutions. Solutions that, at this point in time, seem elusive and almost without question, none to be found.

I speak with literally hundreds of drivers a month due to my trucking jobs online portal. I've learned over the past few months that........

There are too many unemployed, too many not qualified and too many just one unemployment check from standing in a soup line. 100's have lost their homes, lost their families over loosing their job, home and earning power and quite frankly, people who haven't faced these tribulations as of yet are frightened that the same unhappy circumstance will be their future in the near future! Yes, it is scary for all of us who don't have a big savings account or some type of nest egg saved for a rainy day. And for those who have planned for a rainy day or had a great 401K that was doing well, a large number have lost 40% to 50% or more due to the recession.

There are answers that lead to solutions as long as we search for them, however we must search in the right places.

This brings me to our industry, Trucking and let's be quite specific, Trucking Jobs and let's be even more specific, Over the Road, long haul trucking jobs..

Where do we look for trucking jobs? Do we Google, Bing or Yahoo? Do we hang out at truck stops and talk to working drivers about their company? Is their company hiring? What kind of pay scale do they offer? How many loaded miles are they getting? Is their company laying off drivers or other workers? Are rumors floating around on the CB that their company is in trouble?  Soooooo many questions for which we seek a million answers! If I may say, answers that are backed up with the truth. And the places to search are ALL OF THE ABOVE and then some!

It's a fact my dear trucking friend, trucking jobs are not growing on trees! And from what I can gather, dry van loads are hurting the most. Because no matter what the economy is doing, people have to eat, refer is doing well and should continue to do well. Refer companies are holding their own in other words and in comparison to the other frieght, i.e., dry van, flatbed, tanker, listing them in the order of which ones are in the most trouble, refer is king of the road for freight miles, pay scale and strong market share.

Let me point out that not all dry freight is in trouble. Not all flatbed or tanker segments are failing to keep their companies profitable. More of these sectors of freight available are slowing down and are in jepordy of the ability to sustain their normal standard of operations.

Ok so we've established which payloads that are in fact viable, strong freight loads that will sustain us through this time of falling markets. What you decide to do to stay afloat will depend on how well plugged in you are to the right information. They informed!