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tors, the goal is to create a movement support 100,000 veterans sets a tremen- to worsen in the future.
across America in hundreds of com- dous example for others to follow,” said ATRI’s analysis of U.S. Census
munities where veterans and military Eric Eversole, vice president at the U.S. Bureau data found that the trucking
families return every day. Since the Chamber of Commerce and executive industry is disproportionately depen-
Hiring 500,000 Heroes initiative with director of Hiring Our Heroes. dent on employees 45 years of age or
Capital One was launched in March of older, many of whom will retire in the
2012, more than 1,700 companies have atrI reSearcH docUMentS next 10-20 years. Complicating this is
committed to hire 585,000 veterans and aLarMIng trendS a sharp decrease over the past 20 years
military spouses. To date, there have
been 369,000 confirmed hires.
“It is rare in business and in life to
find an opportunity that is a win-win
for all involved, but that’s what Hiring
Our Heroes is – a win for those veter-
ans returning from service looking to
transition to civilian life and a win for
the trucking industry which is desper-
ate to find dedicated, hard-working The American Transportation in the number of younger drivers that
and safety-minded people to fill many Research Institute (ATRI), the trucking make up the industry, particularly those
thousands of open positions as drivers industry’s not-for-profit research organi- 35 and under.
or technicians,” said ATA Chairman zation, released a white paper highlight- “The average age of our current
Duane Long, chairman of Longistics, ing a challenging future for the trucking driver workforce is 52, and we’re notic-
Raleigh, N.C. industry based on demographic data and ing fewer and fewer younger individuals
“A strong trucking industry is crit- a dramatic shift in the age of the indus- applying for jobs in recent years,” said
ical to the growth of our country and try’s driver workforce. The analysis offers Keith Tuttle, Founder, Motor Carrier
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