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In this episode of the BulkLoads Podcast, guest Todd Vettel from Trucker Force explores solutions to the Midwest's driver shortage, highlighting the CDL Academy's success with a 95% pass rate, the integration of legal immigrants, and the vital role of faith in his initiatives. The conversation gets into enhancing training standards and leveraging international recruitment for industry growth.
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What is "How This Midwest CDL School Can Help Solve Your Bulk Hauler Driver Shortage" about?
In this episode of the BulkLoads Podcast, guest Todd Vettel from Trucker Force explores solutions to the Midwest's driver shortage, highlighting the CDL Academy's success with a 95% pass rate, the integration of legal immigrants, and the vital role of faith in his initiatives.
What topics does this episode cover?
This episode covers Founder started CDL school, expanded to trucking., Always wanted military; joined Marines; settled Nebraska., Military to grain superintendent, then global security., Exploring scooters coffee franchising; trucking lineage involved., Family-oriented workers pursuing American dream values., First German student arrived; managing many nationalities., Driver shortage mitigated by skilled South African drivers., and IWS CDL Academy trains bulk haul drivers., and more. Use the chapter timestamps to jump to any section.
How long is this episode?
This episode runs about 51 min, and was released Oct 25, 2024.
Where can I listen to "How This Midwest CDL School Can Help Solve Your Bulk Hauler Driver Shortage"?
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