Growing Our Own: How one State Association Is Setting The Example For Developing Truckings Workforce

Taking The Hire Road

Mark Colson, President & CEO of the Alabama Trucking Association, brings an infectious passion and energy to his job leading a state trucking association. In this episode of Taking the Hire Road, Colson joins guest host Leah Shaver to discuss the vital importance of workforce development in trucking, how fleets and the industry at large can cultivate and create the next generation of professional drivers, examples of how he’s tackling this issue within his state, and how everyone in the industry can show appreciation and love for those behind the wheel safely delivering freight every day.

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