According to a recent CNNmoney.com and Yahoo! article, commercial drivers are in high demand. The problem is that there’s a lack of work for these positions. It is estimated that an additional 300,000 commercial drivers will be needed before 2020. So why such a big discrepancy in need versus demand for CDL (Commercial Driver License) [...]
Entries Tagged as 'CSA 2010'
CSA 2010 causing more traffic ticket problems for CDL drivers and companies
July 25th, 2012 No Comments
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Compliance Saftey Accountability CSA – for cdl drivers Q & A
July 18th, 2011 No Comments
Commercial truck drivers have many things working against them. For years there has been many changes to the law and what the driver can and can’t do all the way down to their health cards. The new CSA 2010 law is here and here to stay. It is complex and the commercial driver should educate [...]
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Commercial drivers and employment with negatives about cdl driver
April 9th, 2011 1 Comment
How Long Do Various Employment Negatives Remain on Your Record? My Mom (a good ole Old Testament Mom) was fond of quoting Numbers 32:23 to me as a kid; “your sin will find you out.” Fair enough I guess, but I always scratched my head and wondered how long the dadgum sin would follow me [...]
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cdl employment
September 15th, 2010 No Comments
Looking for a new job? Don’t Piecemeal Your Preparation “I went to the bookstore and asked the saleswoman “Where’s the self-help section?” She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. “ Don’t you hate smart alecks? Well I have helped several drivers recently and the similar situation they were in has prompted [...]
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Pre-employment screening for CDL drivers
July 16th, 2010 No Comments
Pre-Employment Screening Program (PSP) Reports on Drivers Now Available In May, PSP information became available to drivers and motor carriers. PSP information consists of records from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrations (FMCSA) Motor Carrier Information System (MCMIS) and contains the most recent 5 years of crash data and 3 years of roadside inspection data [...]
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cdl jobs for the trucking industry
May 15th, 2010 No Comments
Conventional Wisdom can be Wrong—The Changing World of Getting a Good Driving Job. Here in Oklahoma, in the 1980s, the conventional wisdom was that energy, specifically oil, prices could only go up. After Three Mile Island, new nuclear power was at a standstill. Developing nations, to say nothing of the industrialized world would need more [...]
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Pre-Employment Screening (PSP) Information – Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrations (FMCSA)
May 15th, 2010 No Comments
The information consists of records from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrations (FMCSA) Motor Carrier Information System (MCMIS). The information contains the most recent 5 years of crash data and 3 years of roadside inspection data from the FMCSA MCMIS system. The cost is $10, direct to NICUSA, FMCSA’s contractor. DOTJobHistory does NOT have any [...]
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