Drivers and safety managers – virtual training is here and it has been here for quite some time. Providers like Infinit-i and Carriers Edge have been offering truck driver, online training for a dozen years. And I suspect that recently, more and more companies have been taking advantage of using online portals. But today, I…

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

“Don’t reinvent the wheel, just realign it”. Anthony J. D’Angelo, Author. We have all heard the adage about reinventing the wheel. Why spend a great deal of time and effort on working through something that someone has already explored or created? When Women in Trucking Association was formed, we looked at other trade organizations and…

Here is a tip on retention; reveal the ugly. Before I get too far into the weeds in my reveal process, I have observed that driver turnover usually originates in an offshoot of some extenuating factors of the past. The company may have experienced rapid growth, or the company might have been sold or amalgamated…

The 2020 tax year (April 2021) should have significantly higher refunds than the 2019 tax year. For many it will come as a great relief or bonus; to others, it’s too little, too late. A lot depends on what your employment was during the year and what freight you were hauling. Some lanes dried up…

Have you ever watched the You Tube video about the invisible gorilla?  Click on the link (https://youtu.be/vJG698U2Mvo) and count how many times the ball is passed between the players in the white shirts.  As you focus on the basketballs and their handlers, a gorilla walks through the middle of the activity and when the video…

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

As Over the Road enters its 27th year of publishing, we would like to recognize Robert Scheper and his company Making Your Miles Count.  Robert has been writing a monthly article for Over the Road for over 12 years now, and we thank him for all the valuable information that he has shared with our…