This article was last updated Monday, January 30, 2012
Finding the best truck driving job can be difficult. Getting to all of the carriers available would take many hours of research and still you would miss some. So what about all the trucker job recruiting sites?
For the most part, as long as the site is reputable and seems to have been around for awhile, truck driving employment sites appear to be one of the best ways to secure a truck driving job and possibly the best way to find the most advantageous driver job for your particular skills and experience.
Why? Well, for one, the good sites have a relationship with many carriers in each area, state or region. They have a specific contact with the exact person who reviews driving applications for your area and they send an email directly to that person.
Second, if they provide good service and quality driver applications they have had this relationship with the carriers for a long time and the trucking companies trust the applications they send and look at them quickly.
Third, the carriers have told these sites the types of drivers and driving experience they want and the truck job sites filter the applications and send particular carriers only the applicants that match exactly what they are looking for. Even if you did your own research, you could never find out all these particulars.
In addition, the job sites have a vested interest in getting your application in front of as many carriers as possible. This can be a very good thing when searching for the best truck driving job or if you are new to the industry. If you are an old pro and want to apply to only specific trucking companies, the better sites provide a means to do just that...and you still get all the other benefits described above.
Therefore, the truck driver job sites appear to be the best way to go for:
Bottom line answer - yes, it seems the trucker job sites really are an effective way to find trucking jobs.