Posts Tagged ‘September 2023’

The Over The Road September issue is now online! Please click on the thumbnail to view! For quick access to our September 2023 list of recruiters, please go here.

Today’s professional drivers are much different than the guys I knew when I started working in the trucking industry. Yes, I wrote “guys” as I didn’t know any female drivers in the seventies. There were a few women out there, but the steel fabricating plant where I worked used flatbed trailers to haul in the…

I’ve written for Over the Road Magazine now for 15+ years. This is the first time I’ve ever mentioned a carrier by name. The reason I haven’t is, I don’t wish to get openly involved in carrier bashing and/or propping. It’s safe now to comment on YRC (often known as Yellow) as this company, which…

“Why does it take so long to apply and get a job at many of the smaller companies today? I want to work for the company located just down the street. I went to school with the owner’s children and they were good friends. So, I want to work for their parents. Why is it…