ATA Unveils Website Dedicated to Hiring Veterans

American Trucking Associations has unveiled a veterans hiring website as part of its commitment on behalf of the trucking industry to hire100,000 veterans over the next two years. 

The website provides motor carriers with information about how to develop strong military recruiting programs, attend on-base recruiting events and take advantage of government programs that will pay the wages of new employees while they are in training. 

It also provides motor carriers with an opportunity to publicly commit to hiring a specific number of veterans. 

To help match motor carriers and veterans, ATA partnered with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Hiring Our Heroes program and its trucking track partner, FASTPORT.  ATA hosted webinars with FASTPORT and the U.S. Department of Labor that provide in-depth walk-throughs of the tools and programs; those webinars are archived on ATA’s website.

The trade federation said that veterans can make great truck drivers and mechanics and can fill other critical positions within motor carriers. It said they also can be excellent candidates for future independent businesspeople owning and operating their own trucks, or for joining the management ranks within a trucking company.