Truck driving jobs in Florida

by

Andrew Mathias

Are you a skilled truck driver looking for truck driving jobs in Florida? Maybe you just graduated from one of the many truck driving schools all around the country. Are you finding employment hard to get, especially in today\’s economic climate? Ask anyone trying to find a truck driving job in Florida what they are finding out. There isn\’t much out there.

Even if you do happen to get one of the available truck driving jobs in Florida that are out there right now, the cost of living in Florida has gone up to the point that you may find it hard to even live on the salary you do get. Anyone who is looking to start a career in this field, or has lost a job in their field of choice knows this routine. You\’re willing to wait patiently a few weeks or even a few months to see if \”something opens up\”. But the reality soon hits you AND your wallet. As many unemployed folks have found out, just like I did, that position isn\’t coming. Weeks turn into months. Months turn quickly into a year and still nothing materializes! Oh man, my unemployment checks are running out! It\’s expected that truck driving jobs will be available. The pay though, is not as good as it was years ago. I sure hope you or your family are independently wealthy. Then the low pay won\’t bother you in the least. More than likely you\’re part of the 99% of Americans that actually need to make a decent salary. This is especially true if you are a new owner operator. You may be out of luck for some time to come. If you are actively searching for truck driving jobs in Florida, and you\’re an new driver, it\’s even tougher for you. Why won\’t anyone hire me? Almost all local trucking companies won\’t touch you. Insurance companies won\’t cover a new driver with less than a year\’s on the road experience. You will more than likely have to go over the road (which means cross country) to get experience. That comes with it\’s own headaches. Most companies now want you to lease a truck from them. They make you all kinds of promises about earnings. \”Run 3000 miles and you can make $900 a week!\”. That\’s what they told me. I did it you see. Most make you agree to lease that truck 6 months minimum. Very few, a little less lease time. You sign the paperwork. Off you go! I\’m going to make great money! Problem is, your truck doesn\’t roll, you don\’t make money. I was averaging 1700 miles a week. You may do better. Or worse. The thing is, with that lease, you pay the fuel; the maintenance of that truck; the tolls; the insurance. Everything is on you that is part of that truck as though you owned it, but you don\’t. Your renting it from the company you work for! It\’s a total win, win for them. They get their freight from point a to point b and get paid for that. They get paid an inflated price for the truck they\’re renting to you. They don\’t have the costs associated with owning that truck even though they are the owners because you lease it from them. Also consider that if you want to make money, you can\’t go home every day if you\’re over the road . You can\’t go home evey weekend. You really can\’t go home every couple of weeks. Why? You won\’t get loads because you can\’t be counted on. You don\’t get loads, you don\’t get miles. You don\’t get miles, you don\’t get money. Prepare to stay out five to seven weeks at a stretch. Plan on only two, maybe three days at home. If you have kids, good luck! Get the picture? Seasoned owner operators today aren\’t getting paid what they use to per mile either because of the glut of new guys who are hungrily leasing to \”make the big bucks!\”. Walk away from the lease, like I saw many guys do, and your still on the hook for that monthly payment for the duration of the deal you gladly signed. If you \’ve put in the time and are fortunate enough to find a local truck driving job in Florida, rare is the one that pays well. Most pay just above minimum wage. You\’ll be required to put in long hours. Just think, you\’re rolling around towns where drivers are more concerned about their texts, or cellphone calls, or their makeup than what\’s actually going on in front of them. Here you are in a 10,000 to 80,000 pound vehicle which takes a minimum of 10 feet to stop if your going slow for slightly more than what a teenager makes at the local burger joint. Sounds like something everyone would want to do! Alternatives to truck driving jobs in Florida There are options available to you. Ever consider starting you own business? Many people will never even consider their own business. They think they can\’t start one because they don\’t have much money to invest into it. Or they\’re missing an idea that they think will be \”the one big thing\” in terms of something they could sell or offer. If you are one of the out-of-work masses today, you\’ve probably realized that times are definitely tough. Many ex-employees have sworn that they will never again work for a \”boss\” or another company because they lost all the illusions of security that they once thought they had and this was a very painful reality check… that all one really has to rely on is their own ability and that it\’s not the smartest thing to rely on others, tax dollars, appropriations, or the government for your long-term livelihood. I know! I was laid off twice in one year!! Today there are many home-business opportunities which charge very little to get started and which can be very rewarding and personally rewarding. With the internet available as a tool for promotion there have never been so many options for making money from home. From affiliate marketing to selling your own products, to online trading, to network marketing for residual income, the options are so many that it\’s almost overwhelming. The point to take away here is that starting you own home business isn\’t the nightmare most people think it is and doesn\’t have quite the sizable barriers that it once did. Remember that you can do your home-based business on a part time basis. Also remember that you get out what you put in. Once it\’s set up it can pretty much run itself, which will give you what every human being on the planet wants. Freedom and especially time, to do what you want to do instead of doing what the boss says to do. You no longer have to compete for the limited number of truck driving jobs in Florida.

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