While fuel prices were only starting to rise in the first quarter of 2008, nearly one thousand trucking companies, both large and small, went bankrupt. Tens of thousands more made severe cuts in operations and the numbers are expected to get worse, rapidly. However, there are trucking jobs available and a lot of them at that.
A quick Internet search brings up pages upon pages of trucking companies looking for qualified drivers. These companies range from individual corporations to mass recruiting sites. With an updated resume and references handy, a few minutes at the computer can yield significant results. However, the time involved in filling out each single application for each company is not the most effective way to do it.
Big Truck lists jobs with several different companies and one online application will be submitted to 750 companies. If a company is interested, a recruiter will be in contact.
Big Truck also has links for truck driving schools and services. CDL Jobs also submits the driver’s application to multiple companies. The driver can choose from a list of 44 companies for employment and 30 companies as owner/operators. It also has a feature to compare trucking companies side by side on such considerations as required experience, maximum citations or accidents allowed, pay per month, and so on.
