Here is an interesting question for you, why become a truck driver? If you had to convince a group of young people why it is a good profession, what would you tell them? We are surrounded by so much negative minutia that some of us never take the time to appreciate what we do for…

For fourteen years the Women In Trucking Association has been the only organization whose mission is to encourage and advance the employment of women in trucking. We have always represented ALL women in the industry, or as we like to say, the women who design, build, fix, drive, or own trucks. Since 2007, we have…

Although the Women In Trucking (WIT) Association was formed over fourteen years ago, there are still many people who don’t understand our mission and who we represent. This article will answer the top, most frequently asked questions we receive. First, let me remind you of our mission. The Women In Trucking Association is a non-profit…

I heard a phrase the other day which set my mind to dig deeper into the thought. The individual I was with spoke about his wife’s shopping addiction and he stated that she was a “want person and not a need person.” I did some quick research on the internet on compulsive shoppers and found…

The Over The Road July issue now online! Please click on the thumbnail to view! For quick access to our July 2021 list of recruiters, please go here.

Many couples have sat in my office asking about purchasing a highway tractor so that they can be an independent operator. Their concerns are well-founded as a significant number have found the experience costly. There may be a great many operators who have credited the independent operator industry for securing a strong financial future, but…

People stay in situations they are comfortable in and they leave the ones they are not comfortable in. When it comes to employment in trucking, is it this easy to break it all down? Under normal situations, I would say that is not the case. In other sectors, the availability to leave one employer and…

These are difficult times we live in, not the worst, but still difficult. Our parents, grandparents or even great grandparents lived through World War 2 or maybe even the depression. They may have had to deal with issues difficult to explain, never mind navigate. Even still, our times have very peculiar dangers. North America is…