Exploring Considerations For The S Corp Election
In this edition of the Trucker CFO Podcast, we'll be focusing on the key considerations that are a part of the business entity formation process while we look in detail at the S-Corp Election. You'll be hearing from the Trucker CFO, Colton Lawrence, Colton will also be joined on the podcast by Robert Hazen, a member of the team at Trucker CFO. Greg Thompson, the Executive Producer for PodWheels Powered By RadioNemo, will be asking questions and Greg will serve as a tour guide...
Invisible Truck
You would think that as large as trucks are compared to cars, everyone on the road would see them. While many might see you in a truck, a lot of the other motorists seem to be blind to trucks....
Covid Continuance for Expediters
As we've seen over the past two and a half years, since COVID-19 became a consistency in daily life, the transportation industry has been hailed, in many cases, as a breeding ground for heroes. Along with the frontline hospital and medical workers who have been doing their best to keep us healthy, truckers, and especially expediters, were pressed to the forefront of the COVID battleground.
Since it appears that we are definitely going to have to make do with living in a COVD ...
Women in Trucking, with Ellen Voie: Q&A
The following Q&A session between Expediters Online and Ellen Voie of Women In Trucking focuses on the organization's fledgling days, the mission embarked upon, and the state of current affairs within a company that has shown tremendous growth and influence over the past 15 years.
Expediters Online: Ellen, thank you so much for taking the time to talk with me today about Women In Trucking and all that you and your organization bring to the transportation industry. As with...
Making Mental Health a Priority
Driving a commercial vehicle can certainly be a lonely job, and it can be all too easy for mental health hurdles and challenges to creep up on a driver as the miles roll by. Extended time away from family and friends, long periods without human interaction, and other circumstances can be detrimental to anyone's psyche.
With renewed emphasis being placed on folks and their mental health these days, here are some ways drivers can help maintain their own mental health while over...
Reaching Younger Drivers
Gone are the days of starting a job out of school, building it into a career, and finishing off one's working life with the same company or organization only to ride off into the sunset of retirement. That all seems like a pipedream anymore, and with good reason. Companies, in general, seem more willing to hire a youngster in at lower pay and then try to keep them at arm's length when it comes to raises or promotions. Why would someone want to stay in an environment like that...
Be a Utility Infielder
When getting started in a new job a lot of people take the route of just wanting to learn the role they were hired for. If you're hired to answer phones, you'd make sure to learn that role and then that's it. If you're brought into a company to process paperwork, or maybe you're a sales or tech specialist, then that's what you do. Focus on the task at hand.
But some folks out there excel at more than just one thing, which makes them more indispensable than the ones who are o...
Infrastructure Improvements
Recently, The U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced plans to use $7.3 billion to help prepare the nation's infrastructure for the continuing assault of climate change. While this is just the beginning of some semblance of infrastructure assistance and addressing the needs of our transportation systems, the hope is that there will be more to come in terms of infrastructure attention.
What is the Purpose?
The FHWA has reveal...
Loose Lips, Lose Shipments
It is no secret that in today's society, people really like to brag about themselves. You cannot open social media without seeing someone trying to get their "fifteen minutes of fame", even if it is only one 30 second video at a time....
Military Vets Can Find Work as Truck Drivers
Now, you can add military veterans to the list of potential truck driving hopefuls thanks to the Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety Training (CMVOST) grant program.
The CMVOST grant program is being funded by a $3.1 million award from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) through the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), and the grants are part of the Biden-Harris administration's trillion-dollar Trucking Action Plan (TAP), which had been announce...