Women In Trucking Blog

This year, we’d like to share our hopes for the coming year with eight ways to support the Women In Trucking Association mission to increase the percentage of women employed …

64% of applicants wouldn’t respond to a job posting with a poorly written or confusing job title. And 60% find jargon to be annoying. Writing effective job descriptions is a …

High-deductible health plans are replacing many traditional health plans, SHRM's 2019 Employee Benefits survey shows. This year, 59 percent of employers offered a HDHP linked to a savings/spending account, and …

Recently, J.B. Hunt’s GROW hosted the inaugural Trucks are for Girls event in Fayetteville, Ark. The event was powered by the Women In Trucking Association through their Girl Scout Transportation …

This is a question I often hear when people learn that I’ve written a book that empowers women and that I speak at many women’s conferences. To be clear, I …

Each year the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) asks drivers and carriers about their top concerns. As you can imagine, the drivers list differs from the trucking companies’ list, but …

Did you attend the WIT Accelerate! Conference this year? I was a first-time attendee, thrilled for the opportunity to speak at one of your breakout sessions. I arrived early enough …

Few people in the transportation industry would argue with the statement that professional driving can be a very unhealthy occupation. Physically, the long hours sitting behind the wheel, lack of …

Self-insured health plans traditionally have been more popular with larger companies, with 250 or more employees. With rising healthcare costs and ACA fees for fully insured plans, self-insured (a.k.a. self-funded, …

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright once said, “There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.” In this age of social media which …