Carrie's Education Corner

Dear Members,

Along with our monthly webinar series, we also provide a monthly Education Newsletter full of valuable links and additional education for our members only. Make sure to look out for that email near the first of every month. For more information, contact me at CarrieA@CDAweb.net.

Since our last Sharing Call was on the hot topic of Trucking: Recruitment and Retention, I wanted to link to a few relevant articles on the same topic:

Some interesting stats from those articles include:

  • According to the American Trucking Association (ATA), the median annual salary for a national truckload driver is over $53,000 as of March 2018.
  • The ATA forecasts the driver shortfall to surpass 63,000 for 2018, breaking another historical high of the estimated 50,700 in 2017.
  • Figures from the American Transportation Research Institute show that one in four of today’s drivers are 55 years of age or older.

In July, we have a webinar scheduled with Women in Trucking Association President Ellen Voie, and she will touch on her experience with this topic as part of her webinar on attracting women to non-traditional roles. To join us for that webinar (part of our Women’s Leadership Series), visit CDA's website.

As well, we are continuing to work hard behind the scenes on this topic to bring you up-to-date news and resources, and I look forward to sharing these with you all in the near future and helping to improve your business practices!