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Where did the graduates from the various truck driver training schools go to after passing their programs and receive their new licenses?
With visiting various truck training schools and visit their websites, interesting to read and see all those smiling faces after they went through the different truck programs.
Why is there any shortage of truck drivers for long haul, regional or local?
Did they move onto another part of the transportation industry or leave after a short time for better job employment?
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I worked for a local OTR company for two years after school, then finally had enough of driving his POS truck that he refused to fix. Two weeks later he had it in the shop getting everything fixed. I guess he figured as long as I kept putting the keys in it he didn't have to do anything.
Now in a 2004 Coronado hauling produce. Still problems, but the money is much better....most of the time....and an '04 Coronado beats a 96 Volvo any day of the week.
A lot of people get some experience and move into something local. Nature of the beast I guess. OTR is a hard road to drive.

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An over abundence of intelligent folks.

Good guess.
Most folks after a rude awakening find the sacrifice is not worth the reward.
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I agree. I can't believe I lasted over nine years before I moved on.
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That's about right. Most newbies really don't have a clue what driving is like and after they start they quickly find out it isn't the least bit what they thought it would be and they move on. Trucking has around a 130 percent average turnover rate. Many if not the majority of that is newbies. Some of whom jump jobs quickly but the majority just quit. It is to bad for them because many end up with a large loan to pay off and no way to pay it.

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With experience comes knowledge. When it comes to the Trucking Industry, knowledge translates to finding out all you heard prior to school isn't as advertised. Many will enter a vocation on the word of someone who just happens to fall into a position that suits them. That does not mean it suits everyone they talk to. You can not know for certain until you have jumped through all the hoops and find yourself in the driver’s seat. This is when you find out if your friend knew you as well as they thought or your recruiter was all shine.
Many will enter school able to sift through the gloss and decide for themselves if this vocation is something to go forward with or not. Basically, the more independent your nature is, the better your chances this IS the vocation for you. Of course it helps if your family is supportive should you have that consideration as well.

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Independant? In a vocation that controls every mode of your life?
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The vast majority went to training companies and became OTR drivers.
Training companies are those transport outfits that will take on a newbie and send them out with a driver-trainer for a few weeks.
OTR in Canada means you will be crossing the border into the States with every load you have.
A very few may have gotten very luck and obtained a local job, but you cannot count on that happening unless you have some good contacts.

The websites are marketing tools, don't believe all the hype.
The staff at the trucking schools will certainly show you a "good time" when you visit, again more marketing hype... don't believe it all. They want you to part with your money for the course fee.

I haven't seen any recent statistics, but there is probadly less a shortage for regional and local drivers than there are for long haul. The reasoning for that is that many long haul drivers will take regional / local positions in order to have more home time.

Stuffs mentioned in an earlier post about the high percentage of driver turnover.
Many leave because they didn't have a clue of what the job was all about before they entered into the industry, and as someone else also posted you really won't find out until you are in the driver's seat rolling down the road doing the job.
I've been there and done that. I drove for a little over a year doing the OTR / cross-border thing. The actual job was very different than what I thought it would be. I hated living inside the truck and being gone from home for weeks at a time. For me it turned the life I once had upside down and into something completely different. However, there are some who enjoy being OTR... having long since paid their dues and being in a comfortable position today.
I gave it up because I have other options that I enjoy better which leverage the extensive background I have in other areas. For me, trucking was a complete departure from anything I had done before.