TransMarkets Technologies LLC, a software and e-commerce provider for the trucking industry, and Chattanooga State, have established InCab University, the first and only accredited college education program specifically designed to allow truck drivers to continue their education while driving. InCab University will offer drivers access to Chattanooga States online class library by developing a special network for drivers to receive education and classes over any Internet-enabled personal computer or InCab device.

City ponders turnover fix 
A city official believes oil companies get a bonus when they hire city of Longview-trained employees.

GREDA: The Mangieri era begins 
The Galesburg Regional Economic Development Association (GREDA), is funded by a combination of tax dollars and private business contributions and most recently spent millions to create the still-empty Logistics Park Galesburg. The move away from the so-far fruitless quest for manufacturers toward this new direction was the brainchild of former GREDA president Eric Voyles who resigned this past

Driver Shortage Hinders J.B. Hunt 
The smart people at J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. will continue to have less than impressive financial results if nationwide freight demand continues to decline, said Donald Broughton, a trucking industry analyst with St. Louis-based A.G. Edwards & Sons.

Truck drivers from India to take U.S. jobs? 
An American company is recruiting long-haul truck drivers from India with the goal of placing them with U.S. trucking firms. The Teamsters Union strongly opposes the plan by Gagan Global LLC of Garnerville, N.Y.

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Teaching in China: Where to Go?
A breakdown of the main teaching opportunities available in China.

Your Resume: Should You List It?
Just how much information should you provide on your resume? Should it be highly detailed or should some information be left off and included only on a job application?

Do’s And Don’ts Of Career Change
Changing Careers? Avoid costly mistakes by following this comprehensive guide to career change do’s and don’ts!

Characteristics of a Professional… Are You Serious about Your Job?
“I wish my people were more professional,” executives and managers often commiserate to me. Even with those who don’t voice it, that unspoken yearning often hovers just-under-the-surface of their conversation.

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Depression and Procrastination: Twins in the Job Search
My definition of procrastination is that a person delays and delays actions that are required by a job or actions necessary to accomplish something in everyday life.

Depression is a mental state that “almost freezes” a person into no action at all.

What do the two have in common? I think that procrastination is often a temporary trait, …
Author: Marilyn Tellez
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Change Your Career, Change Your Life
Lots of times I see and talk to people who are tired, bored and burnt out of their current jobs. I’m not sure what causes this dis- satisfaction. One reason, though, that I’ve thought about is that the work they are doing is not their life passion. Or, if it was, something in the person has changed or the passion needs to be re-kindled.

One of the best ways to re-kindle a work passion is to celebrate all of one’s accomplishments from a lifetime. Even the young adult has many tasks that have been done, which encourage passion in work. …
Author: Marilyn Tellez
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Instrument Technicians and Dual Trade Electricians - Highly Requested Professions in Present
Specialized manual labor is becoming scarcer nowadays, generating a severe workforce crisis among companies that require specialized manual laborers. Due to the pronounced gaps in specialized manual workforce fields, a lot of major industrial companies are interested in hiring a wide range of certified manual workers in present.

Top 10 Job Interview Questions with Tips on How to Answer
Every question has its own purpose. The interviewer cannot just ask you about anything and everything. Every question asked is used to differentiate your skills, and personality from other candidates. There is actually no correct answer to any interview questions. It just depends on how you answer them. Companies have their own standing with regards to the answers you have given them. They want to determine if you can offer something to their goals.

Put Up or Shut Up
Remember when I mentioned about shippers treating drivers like crap in the previous post? These two signs were at our latest pickup. Between the New York attitude and these signs it didn’t put me in a very good mood. Then…

Don’t Get Stuck on Tough Interview Questions
A job interview is not as difficult as a beginner may anticipate. It is common to be nervous to begin with but the interviewer will save the tough interview questions for the middle or end of the actual interview. They do not begin the interview with these questions because they want you to have the opportunity to relax a little bit so that you are able to produce well thought out answers.

What Does It Take To Become A CPA?
Do you really know what it takes to be a CPA? This article shows you how to break into this lucrative career!

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Turbulence on the ground
Houston Chronicle - Bataineh says he was flying to Atlanta for a new truck-driving job. He says the shoes had not been “gutted out,” but that he simply had removed the insoles because the shoes were old and worn. He added that he told the screeners he had taped the

Pinched at the Pump
LA Times - Godino, an Apple Valley resident whose truck driving job is based in Buena Park, signed up for extra shifts and financial counseling, and his wife went back to work to add income. But he has fallen further behind. With his gas cards maxed out, Godino

Man loses job, put on terror list after airport incident
KLTV - The 31-year-old was flying to Atlanta for a truck-driving job on June 26th when airport screeners stopped him. A Transportation Security Agency report obtained by the Houston Chronicle says screeners were concerned about Bataineh’s laptop, an alarm

Man loses job, put on terror list after airport incident
Pioneer Press - Mohamed Ahwar Bataineh, 31, was flying to Atlanta for a truck-driving job on June 26 when airport screeners stopped him at the security checkpoint. A Transportation Security Agency report, obtained by the Houston Chronicle , said Bataineh shook his

War Blog
Front Page - Mohamed Ahwar Bataineh, 31, was flying to Atlanta for a truck-driving job on June 26 when airport screeners stopped him at the security checkpoint. Here’s the first red flag. Everyone who has brought a laptop with them on a plane knows it has to be

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Graphic Artist Salaries
Artists are considered to be poorly paid, but with the turnaround in the media and the explosion of dotcom companies, graphic artists are fast becoming hot commodities and are earning big money. Most traditional graphic artists created print products such as packaging, promotional displays, marketing brochures or books, designed logos for products and businesses, or worked on the visual designs of annual reports and other corporate propaganda. However, modern graphic artists are steadily entering into the lucrative and fast-evolving profession of web design to earn quick riches.

Nonprofit Jobs
Ellen is graduating in Fall 2006 and has plans to work with a non-profit organization and, in her words, “contribute to the community and at same time enjoy an informal work environment.” There are others like her wanting to have full-time employment, volunteer opportunities or a fellowship in any leading non-profit organization. To them, salary is not a criterion, but should be sufficient to cover essential needs. Similarly, a job position could be account or administrative assistants, fund raising or volunteer, and part- or full-time work identifying with their skills and studies.

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You Are Lucky in Your Career!
Just for fun let’s you and I, reader, consider that you are satisifed with your current career.

It’s good to find out why. You have a good boss, good hours, good benefits and have a great chance of being promoted soon. You are lucky and fortunate. What are you doing for yourself that this good fate will continue? Are you preparing yourself for that promotion? How?

One thing you might consider is to informally poll your co-workers about your performance. No, this does not mean that you set up a questionnaire about “how you’re …
Author: Marilyn Tellez
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Rejection Got You Down in the Job Search?
It’s true, no one wants to be ignored or rejected in any situation. The job search/interview rejection is painful.

If you have been looking for a job for some time, each refusal to hire you makes you feel angry and power- less.

5. Talk to lots of people, send …
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