Profile For Victor P.

I guess my numbers will be bigger because i am doing teams, looking forward to learning new things, i guess we might be doing from 4,000 miles minimum the recruiters talk about 5,000. the money seems right! and of course i plan to take plenty of pictures of new places, i haven't seen snow in 24 years living in florida, and i want to learn about putting on chains, never used that in new york city, but some taxi drivers did use it during heavy snow storms, seems like all the instructors at the school were against using chains!

Sounds great, I will be looking at these posts regularly now, i want to establish myself at my new company, us xpress come nov 11 Jesus permitting, I know when i drove a taxi in new york city, talking to the dispatcher respectfully, was the key to making money

Occasionally people ask me how I am able to consistently get the miles I have fortunately been able to achieve week after week. We all perform the same job yet some just don't seem to achieve the same results. Granted as a rookie their are so many other factors that will come into play. Over time those skills will come to you and become second nature. If they don't your career will most likely be short lived.

So what gives you the best advantage and opportunities after you achieve driving perfection. Communication! This little gem seems to a long way in ones career. Of course there is certainly a right and wrong way of being able to communicate with others.

The object of effectively communicating can be tricky at times. The first thing you should remember is not to let negative emotions get in between you and what you are trying to reflect. So many times while at the truck stops or terminals I hear drivers talking about how they told off their fleet manager or the receiver. Then usually I ask them how long they've been at the truck stop only to find out they've been there for a day or two. My reply "kinda stinks huh" in turn they tell me yeah my fleet manager told me there are no loads right now. Mind you we both work for the same company, I just arrived and my fleet manager already has me on a preplan out of there.

Second, stay in contact tell them your status as your going along " Hey JW I am a couple hours away from my 90 we sure are making good time" or " JW this window looks pretty tight would you please take another look at it". Here I informed him of my concern and left the ball in his court without just telling him I'm going to be late.

A big mistake some people make is perhaps communicating to much. Listen your fleet managers time is just as important as yours, remember he may have 100 people on his board. If everyone bombarded him with messages all day he wouldn't get much done. So how much you contact him in short is a balancing act keep them informed but by no means pester them. I've waited 4 or 5 hours before he got back to me. I try not to contact my fleet manager in the morning. We all know how annoying it can be when everyone is trying to do our jobs when everybody is pulling you into different directions. Of course if it's an emergency that theory goes right out the window.

I get frustrated at times, we all do. There are times I want to just read people the riot act. When I find myself in that situation I have found that it's better for me to just chill for a while. Sometimes it takes me a day to calm down. After I gain my composure I carefully craft my concerns. A trick I found that works for me is to write down what I was going to say in the heat of the moment and compare it what I ultimately said. Sometimes I just say to myself wow I was going to say that.

Many of these tips apply to when you are trying to verbally communicate as well. Problems happen all to often because we have to be able to think about what we will say quicker.

In my past profession I had to give speeches quite often. Many of these speeches had a question and answer portion at the end. At first it was almost comical how these Q&A portions went. Why? I wasn't prepared for some of the questions that were presented to me. Even though I knew the answer somehow it at times sounded argumentative or like I didn't know what the heck I was talking about.

The solution for me was to have a canned greeting when I go into the shippers and receivers always talking with a positive attitude. Taking note of what types of questions that are occasionally asked while at the window and having a positive answer to give them in return. Most places have the same questions it's easy to have canned responses with a positive vibe that comes across. Even if they are having a miserable day, they will respond better when you have the answer in a more confident way.

Well I have bloviated way too much I'm sure so be positive and communicate.

Are there any sabbath keepers out there who went to a company sponsored school? And if so how did that work for you? Thank you.

i was curious about this also, i rather work all i can from monday to saturday, and have sunday off, and besides the new york giants look great now with a new quarterback! i pray i get a understanding partner for my 6 months team driving, but if i work it right, the 70 will always be done by saturday night! :p Jesus permitting right? I guess there is always a nearby assembly of God church or a spanish pentecostal church around in this great country of ours, but even a quiet baptist church is better than no church right? i am in my last week of school for tampa truck driving school, passed the offset backing and the pre trip inspection on saturday, i am walking around like "chester from gunsmoke! :p "