Truck Driver Shortage

Mike Hinz, Schneider National's VP of Driver Recruiting, stopped by the Diesel Driving Academy and talked about how critical truck drivers are to our economy and the driver shortage. *Video from Paradigm Media Consultants, Inc.

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[Krasvchik871]

I have cdl, but only have 2 month of experience with swift transport. I'am not willing to work this hard job to only make 26-28K a year. I rather stay home and make like 20k working in wall mart. Until every truck driver will make at least 70K a year, shortage of professional truck drivers will only grow.

[schneiderjobs]

@Krasvchik871 It's time to consider upgrading to orange, my friend!  -Jim

[wi11y1960]

When you hire where I live I will come to work for you, yet with a hiring freeze that wont serve that state of Maine any higher than the greater area of Portland, Maine you are excluding a valuable work force that could be driving for you.

[schneiderjobs]

@wi11y1960 Depending on what county you live in, we may have something for you. Check out our job website and click on Maine on the map and enter in your county to see what's available. Best of luck and happy holidays! -Jim

[CountryBoyRedneck84]

Good video man. I wanna drive for you guys. Do you all have a school in california?

[schneiderjobs]

@CountryBoyRedneck84 We have tuition reimbursement and preffered schools where you can get a Class A CDL. Ckeck out our site and the preffered schools in CA. Feel free to message our inbox for more info. -Jim

[Krasvchik871]

@schneiderjobs I would argree to drive for anyone, the problem is that this industry does not pay enough money. 0.28 to 0.3 cents per mile is way to low, even for anyone who just came out of driving school.

[a62dave]

There is no shortage of truck drivers.

There IS a shortage of truck drivers willing to work a rotating, tiring schedule thru the 24-hour clock cycle, rather than a fixed sleep cycle.

There IS a shortage of truck drivers willing to work for pennies per mile. At $0.35/mile, 2500 miles/week (130,000 miles/year) working 70 hours/week works out to be only $12/hour. That's not much when you have to be away from home for weeks at a time, driving in inclement weather, in high density traffic, etc.

[Justinbanner21]

I have Experience driving OTR & Have Hauled Tanker, Recently paid for a refresher course and am a safe driver with a valid CDL. I talked to a recruiter at Schneider and all she wanted to talk about was a speeding ticket and a misdemeanor that happened 5 years ago. Do truck driving skills Matter? I would like to drive for Schneider Out of Fontana CA . I am a Veteran and I am single. I thought going back into driving truck would be a sure thing?

[zLOSTNOMOREz]

There is no shortage of truck drivers,just a shortage of good trucking companies to drive for. You are nothing more than a number to any company and they treat you as such,this is why companies will tell you that there is a shortage because there are very few experienced drivers who will bend over and take the abuse day in and day out.. When you stop and think about it.Truck driving schools are throwing em out the door like mad so how could there be a shortage.