Professional technicians perform one of the most demanding and critical roles in trucking The American Trucking Associations and ATA’s Technology & Maintenance Council announced the beginning of the third annual National Technician Appreciation Week. “America’s economy moves on trucks, and the men and women in the shop keep those trucks moving,” said ATA President and […]
“It’s important to have career events for veterans transitioning from active duty to civilian life” A career development, networking, and job hiring event at a Hiring Our Heroes Summit was held recently at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in Washington state. Hundreds of active and retired U.S. military members and spouses attended the career summit, coordinated […]
Women In Trucking Research Finds D&I Policies are More Common than Expected Workplace cultures that are strong in diversity, inclusion, and belonging have been linked to increased productivity, according to the 2022 WIT Index. For the first time in its history, the 2022 WIT Index asked participants if their company has a formal Diversity & […]
OOIDA wants to help navigate those going through the change from a companydriver to an owner-operator, or simply help with the desire to have a more successful truckingbusiness The Owner-Operator Independent DriversAssociation has noticed that for a variety of reasons, many small trucking businesses tend to failwithin the first year of operating. The OOIDA Foundation, […]
FedEx Freight Sweeps Top Five and Claims Team Championship Phillip Pinter, a FedEx Freight technician from Romulus, Michigan, claimed the title of Grand Champion here at the American Trucking Associations’ Technology and Maintenance Councils’ National Technicians Skills Competitions. “On behalf of ATA and TMC, I want to congratulate Phillip on being named this year’s TMCSuperTech […]
Climb partners with several commercial driver’s license (CDL) programs nationwide to provide several payment options for their students Climb Credit, a mission-driven FinTech company focused on expanding access to career-advancing training programs, has released a report on surveyed student outcomes for their partnered trucking schools. As outlined in their report, surveyed students who used Climb […]
