According to a recent article, the Department of Workforce Services is partnering with the Arkansas Trucking Association and ASU-Newport to provide job seekers with truck driver jobs.
Approximately 300 drivers are needed at four Arkansas companies: Stallion Transportation Group, Tyson Foods, Willis Shaw Express and Maverick USA.
The Director of Driver Training for Maverick told KATV.com, “The lifestyle of a truck driver is very unique to probably any other career in the us because of the amount of responsibility we have. The average professional truck driver makes 160 decisions going down the road and not a lot of people realize that and that’s per mile.” (more…)