CAREER TRAINING RESOURCES

Helpful Information About Truck Driving Careers

Check out this selection of articles below to learn more about career choices and how to prepare for in-demand job opportunities.

  • image of CDS truck with student driver, a text banner at the bottom reads "truck drivers feeling effect of gas shortage" and WDBJ7 news logo

    Truck Drivers in High Demand: WDBJ7

    CDS Tractor Trailer Training in the News

    Our Roanoke Training Center made the news with WDBJ7 for a story focused on the in-demand need of truck drivers in Roanoke, Virginia, and surrounding areas. Due to the recent Colonial Pipeline shut down, gas prices continue to increase, but still, trucking companies are short of drivers needed to get the job done. Steve Patton, […]

  • image of two red semi trucks driving down interstate

    Virginia is For Lovers

    What To Love About Trucking and CDS

    Roses are red, violets are blue and CDS Tractor Trailer Training is crazy about YOU. We’re happy you chose to invest in your trucking career with CDS to obtain your CDL. One day you get the chance to be out on the road loving your new career. On this special Valentine’s Day blog, we took […]

  • woman truck driver speaking on radio while driving

    Roanoke Training Center Helps Women Truck Drivers

    Why Enter Trucking Industry?

    In a year where millions of people are out of work due to the pandemic, CDS Tractor Trailer Training in Roanoke, Virginia, is helping individuals get into the trucking industry. Although many people choose to enter the truck driving world, CDS has most recently been trying to advertise and target women to get into the […]

  • graphic of red text that reads "semi-truck cooking" and blue text underneath with text that reads "how to get started!" and a red semi in the bottom right corner

    Semi Truck Cooking– How to Get Started

    Why Cook in your Truck?

    Truck drivers have long faced the problem of a living a “less than perfect” lifestyle when it comes to health, and who could blame them? After a 10-12 hour shift of driving sometimes drivers just want something quick and easy. Unfortunately, the words quick and easy are not usually followed by healthy. Fast food and […]

  • graphic of red and blue chevrons pointing up and text that reads "VA Ready Program getting the people of Virginia back to work!"

    What is the VA Ready Program?

    Virginia Ready Initiative for VA Residents

    COVID-19 took our country by surprise, leaving many Americans out of work by no fault of their own. The people of our great state of Virginia were hit hard and we decided to do something about it. We have partnered with the Virginia Community College System and Virginia’s FastForward Workforce Credential Grant Program to offer […]

  • image of CDS semis parked on range, a blue overlay at the top with text that reads "Rookie Driver Mistakes"

    Rookie Truck Driver Mistakes

    Things to Avoid Your First Year Driving

    Entering trucking has the unique factor that it is not just a career change for most, but an entire lifestyle change. From the food you eat to where you rest your head at night, many jobs in the industry require a complete 180-degree turn from your life after obtaining your CDL. It is a life […]

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