Who are the expediting companies?

They worked over 40 hours a week so my point stands.

 

A college degree unless it is in STEM field doesn't equal good paying job. A lot of people with Bachelors degrees are in jobs where they are only making about 35k a year. A college degree is not what it use to be. Hell back in the 90s when they were more people in law school then there were lawyers in the world quite a few people racked up some serious student loans and had to take jobs working as a secretary because they couldn't get work being a lawyer. Higher education does not automatically equal higher pay and better outcome in life.

 

Call F2F and ask for Tom. He's a recruiter and can answer your questions.

 

Most of the time they work 40 but for the extra 400 dollars/day or 10-20k a year(to bring there compensation to over 80k/yr), depending how often they do it, they work an extra 8 hours, but many just work there normal hours and no overtime because they don't need the money. And most union jobs you can choose to work only 40 hours a week, and as long as your base salary is over 30/hr very easy to make over 60k a year. And here is a list of jobs that might help you out: UPS, USPS, Sanitation drivers, Various Federal agency Truck Drivers, Teamster truck driver examples-abf freight, Hauling cars union, union building material flatbeds usually pay in the 30+ top pay(where I live anyway), Union Newspaper truck drivers, etc. I even know one place that doesn't require a cdl, starting pay for drivers is 25/hr, and guaranteed $1/hr raise a year for every year you are there no cap.

 

Regarding degrees,there are those of us that actually used the transportation industry to pay for college,thus the degree,and now are back to driving. Hard to imagine.Or is it?

Anyway. To actually expedite,one must have access to a truck and unfortunately,the overwhelming majority of the expediting trucks out on the roads are not actual trucks.They can not even run the posted 70 mph speed limit and are on elogs. I am not advocating to drive in an illegal manner,as in falsifying logs and/or run excessive speeds,but service still sells and to provide expedited service,one must be have the ability to actually "go" when and where needed.Finding that niche customer or three,specializing perhaps in that which they need transferred will provide a steady and profitable relationship. A rather simple concept that has been lost somehow in all the mega fleet dumb down of the driver. No fellow forum members,I will not rant again on the hand holding and absolute control most "drivers" function under while piloting those non trucks. I thought about it however.

Best of luck to you OP. You provide actual service and you will prosper, all while done legally.Ahh. The simplicity of it all is refreshing-

 

Not really. It isn't always about the degree but the discipline behind it to getting that degree that sometimes matters more. A lot of people with degrees don't make a lot of money for a number of reasons - I had this discussion with a doc over at U of M this morning. I stated that because people don't understand how to select a career field, an education path and then when they land a job they fail to apply more than just their knowledge in gaining leverage within the company to move forward, they get stuck and move into another career field. I see this at U of M health systems, I seen it in the past at my former company and knowing what it takes to get ahead, I have tried to teach those things to others - which those who have listened have advanced.

I fully agree that a higher education isn't an automatic high paying job, there is more to it than that.