Trucking News for November 2007

Jobs in Trucking (355 articles)

• Job Searching - Using Employment Agencies
  Job searching is a hard process. But using the internet and job search engines can make life a lot easier in sorting through the massive amounts of jobs listed on the internet. But sometimes a busy person, particularly one with a full-time job and a family, does not have the time it takes to search on his or her own to find the right job....
  Date: Fri, Nov 30, 2007 8:49pm
• Catching Wind Of Reliable Chicago Employment Opportunities
  When it comes to Chicago employment, there are a large number of companies and job seekers swirling around in the mix. In this major city, the companies are trying to find just the right employees and the employees are looking for just the right job. While the internet and newspaper are good sources of Chicago employment, at times it can take a little extra help to ensure each side of the equation gets just the right fit. Those who help others with their employment opportunities, such as career counselors can help job seekers match their skills to the right job. In turn, one will find employment with the right company....
  Date: Fri, Nov 30, 2007 7:30pm
• Job Search - Is It a Numbers Game?
  When the Internet first came on the job search scene it was a great differentiator. Candidates who found jobs advertised on the Internet and submitted their resumes via email often went to the front of the line. My, how times have changed!...
  Date: Fri, Nov 30, 2007 7:23pm
• Forum Power - Helping Students Get Internship Jobs
  In the world of internet research there is seldom and tool more powerful that the user-driven forum. Now this tool is being applied to the Internship search! How can a forum be a powerful tool in getting the internship? Read to find out....
  Date: Fri, Nov 30, 2007 7:17pm
• Job Vacancies - Attracting The Perfect Candidate
  An enormous pile of CVs to rifle through after a huge response to your job advertisement is all well and good, but how can you be sure that the owners of these CVs will actually have the skills required to do the job? How do you optimise the response to your advertisement so that you attract the perfect candidate?...
  Date: Fri, Nov 30, 2007 6:44pm

Trucking in the News (194 articles)

• Amarillo man gets 10 years in attempted murder-for-hire - Houston Chronicle
  Amarillo man gets 10 years in attempted murder-for-hireHouston Chronicle, United States - 20 hours agoThe trucking business owner in August pleaded guilty to using interstate communications to commit murder for hire. A witness in April tipped the FBI that ......
  Date: Fri, Nov 30, 2007 10:40pm
• Feds to study truckers' mortality rate
  Two federal agencies say they'll soon launch a major study aimed at figuring out why truckers have a death rate 11 times higher than the general work force....
  Date: Fri, Nov 30, 2007 7:34pm
• Two truckers report being shot at on highway in New Mexico
  The U.S. Postal Service is offering a $50,000 reward for information on the shooting of a trucker in New Mexico on Friday, Nov. 23. Police say 53-year-old William Bamfield was on U.S. Highway 550 about 60 miles north of Albuquerque around 7 p.m. Friday when he was shot. He is in stable condition....
  Date: Fri, Nov 30, 2007 7:34pm
• Keep on trucking: Windham toy truck enthusiast displays collection ... - KeepMEcurrent.com
  Keep on trucking: Windham toy truck enthusiast displays collection ...KeepMEcurrent.com, ME - 5 hours agoHis lookouts let him know when they find an old toy truck in a garage, barn, sand pit, dump or scrap heap. He bends the metal back in place, and unless the ......
  Date: Fri, Nov 30, 2007 1:42pm
• Durable good orders, freight tonnage both drop in October
  There's mixed economic news today. On one hand, retailers are reporting that Christmas season Internet sales exceeded their expectations. On the other hand, the usually robust trucking month of October actually saw a decrease in freight tonnage....
  Date: Thu, Nov 29, 2007 7:34pm

Truck Drivers News (52 articles)

• Truck company owner pleads guilty in license probe
  The owner of a Kansas City, Kansas, trucking company pleaded guilty to being part of a conspiracy that provided fraudulent commercial driver's licenses to Somali and Bosnian nationals....
  Date: Fri, Nov 30, 2007 4:22pm
• Washington truckers win overtime case
  Truckers who are based in the state of Washington have won a major court victory on overtime pay....
  Date: Fri, Nov 30, 2007 4:21pm
• Judge: trucker guilty in toll plaza crash that killed 8 women
  "We have this man traveling at an incredibly high rate of speed through a construction zone" A Chicago truck driver was convicted Wednesday of reckless homicide for crashing his 18-wheeler into a tour bus four years ago, killing eight women. via Trucker...
  Date: Fri, Nov 30, 2007 2:59am
• Canadian trucker faces additional charge in I-88 crash
  A Canadian trucker involved in a fatal accident on an upstate highway last summer now faces additional charges stemming from the crash. via WCAX-TV Burlington...
  Date: Thu, Nov 29, 2007 1:42am
• Mississippi Truckers Needed to Dish Out a Pie in the Face!
  Ever wanted to plaster a guy with a pie in the face? Now's your chance! Southern truck drivers, particularly in the Mississippi area are encouraged to e-mail Gene Netler at terri0476@aol.com to sign up. Netler has a buddy (pictured) who has recently made a sports workout bet--and lost. For part of the payup, truckers are wanted to help out on the smashing and cream the guy who lost. For more information contact Netler at the address above....
  Date: Tue, Nov 27, 2007 1:29am

Truck Drivers News (10 articles)

• State's road-fix shortage: $300M
  Industry and government transportation leaders are warning that a dramatic drop in Michigan road funding next year will result in steadily deteriorating highways and the loss of thousands of construction jobs ......
  Date: Tue, Nov 27, 2007 5:00am
• Fuel costs push truckers toward brink
  Albert Raymond of Kingman gets the papers on a load of wood from crane operator Rick Irish after he loaded the truck with hardwood in Mulunkus Township Thursday morning....
  Date: Mon, Nov 19, 2007 4:34pm
• Officials hear from truckers, loggers on soaring fuel costs
  State officials are expressing fears that soaring fuel costs could force independent logging truckers off the road - putting a severe crimp on Maine's forest products industry....
  Date: Mon, Nov 19, 2007 2:18pm
• DepEd to improve access to education, jobs in Mindanao11/18/2007
  DepEd to improve access to education, jobs in Mindanao The Department of Education is intensifying efforts to improve access to quality education and livelihood opportunities for children and out-of-school ......
  Date: Sun, Nov 18, 2007 6:18am
• Concerns Over Iowa Governor's Fuel Plan
  A lot of you are talking about Governor Chet Culver's temporary lift on how long gas and diesel truck drivers can work and there's a lot of controversy here....
  Date: Tue, Nov 13, 2007 6:29pm

Owner Operator Jobs in Trucking (10 articles)

• In the papers 28 November
  Fincad to create jobs in Dublin | Vodafone and Telefonica take stakes in mobile advertising firm...
  Date: Wed, Nov 28, 2007 10:24am
• Trees company: Workers busy shipping the holiday spirit
  PHILOMATH — Frank Perez stood in a muddy lot and waited as noble and Douglas firs were stacked high on two trailers. “One is going to Modesto, the other to Turlock. There’s probably about 520 trees per trailer,” said the Hilmar, Calif., trucker, who spends most of the rest of the year hauling hay....
  Date: Sun, Nov 25, 2007 5:33am
• Malta and international press digest
  The government unveiled a new ICT strategy yesterday, aiming to create 4,000 new jobs in the sector. Pakistan was suspended from the Commonwealth late yesterday in view of its political turmoil....
  Date: Fri, Nov 23, 2007 6:53am
• Teen workers hoping for cash-happy holidays
  Some young people are starting to wonder how they can earn cash for gifts. Many will turn to seasonal holiday employment, which can be an easy and effective way for older teens and college students returning home for holiday breaks to make money. But with the dismal outlook on this year's holiday jobs, seasonal jobs are more competitive than in years past....
  Date: Mon, Nov 19, 2007 9:55am
• A New Bounty from the Sea: Hibernia first oil spawned a new offshore industry for ex-fishermen and the province
  A few months before first oil flowed from Hibernia, former fishermen landed jobs aboard the tankers that bring crude ashore in Newfoundland and the rest of North America....
  Date: Sat, Nov 17, 2007 3:27am