Robert, a laid off truck driver, gave me a call. His wife
had found Brooke Transportation Training blog while helping her man in his
search for a new career. She gave
Robert the number. Robert called me to ask me a lot of questions about our
freight brokers classes. We had a great talk. Here is his story:
“I’ve been a truck driver for 19 years. For the past 6 years I have been a
contract driver for the post office driving a route between distribution
centers in Virginia. The post
office stopped my route in March.
This is the first time in my life I have been laid off. The first time I have applied for unemployment.
I could get another truck driving job but I would most likely have had to
move. With my post office route my
wife and I were able to move out to some acreage and buy some ponies. As a freight broker I will be able to
work out of my ranch, take care of my ponies and be with my family.
I found the freight broker online training course through my
local community college’s partnership with the online education company (Ed2go)
that administers the course written by Brooke Training. I researched it online. It was perfect. I could do all my work from home. I have 6 months to complete the course
but my plan is to finish in 2 months, get started and still have 4 months I can
go back and review some of the things in the course.
And I won’t even have to pay for the course. My unemployment contact gave me a grant
application. If approved I won’t
have to pay anything back.
Ideally I want to be an independent freight broker but realistically
I know I’ll need to be an agent for an established freight broker. They’ll help me with cash flow,
legalities and other expenses. It
is a low cost business to start.
It is a little scary, but I’m looking forward to my new
career“
Ready for a change this year? Take our course live or online. Education is empowering. To view our online freight broker training course click: http://www.ed2go.com/career/training-programs/freight-broker-training or join us for the live course in Dallas, California,
North Carolina or Florida www.transportationtraining.com.
Moving forward,
Jeff Roach
www.transportationtraining.com
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