Finding Trucking Jobs

Okay, so the need is huge, training is available and I would like to find the best truck driving job out there. What is the best way to find it?

Before the world wide web, most people found truck driving jobs by:

Checking newspaper ads
Trucking magazine ads
Contacting or visiting trucking companies in the area
Talking to other professional truck drivers
Using the local phone book

The problem with this process is that it takes a long time and is hit or miss at best. Even the driving job publications found at the truck stops are not organized in any particular fashion and certainly not in the way that a computer can sort and deliver data. You often have no idea exactly what the trucking companies advertising are looking for in a driver. In any case, it would still be weeks and weeks of phone calls, sending resumes and/or visits. Worst of all, you have no idea if your driver application is actually getting to the person who needs to see it.

With the advent of the internet, information became available in an organized, computer-drivern format that could be searched. This format, among many other things, was perfect for job listings.

Now, with the widespread use of the internet, you can apply directly at trucking company sites or visit the trucking employment sites. Many of the larger carriers have their own sites but few have the advertising, filtering and application process down. That is why they use trucking job sites. Also, most of the smaller carriers who sometimes offer the perfect driving job in your area, do not even have a site let alone an online application. On top of that, you would have to take the time to search out each company's site that does have an online application to apply.

On the other hand, the trucking job sites are very adept at the application and filtering process and they have agreements with carriers large and small. Between the research required and the "inside" information that they already have, it appears the trucker job sites may be the best way to go.