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b'Welcome to episode number 104 of Warehouse and Operations as a Career, the Podcast where we talk about the many Career opportunities within Operations. This week we hit our two year mark, our 2nd anniversary if you will. If you\\u2019re a long time listener you\\u2019ll know we enjoy talking about our experiences and don\\u2019t mind sharing them along with our thoughts and yes, probably a few to many opinions about the Positions, Equipment and Opportunities within this great industry! Our goal is to help everyone that\\u2019s interested in getting and keeping a light industrial job and advancing within their company with the tools, keywords and planning that we implemented and used during our careers. Through reaching out to knowledgeable experts & those performing the tasks on a daily basis and researching your questions and thoughts I hope we help each one of our listeners in one way or another! We started this podcast as a way to introduce young job seekers to the fields of warehousing and transportation, a field that can pay very well, and a field that you can take care of your families with and retire from! I\\u2019d like to sincerely thank each of you for checking in with us each week, I\\u2019d of never dreamed a weekly discussion on Operations would reach so many different countries, states, cities and individuals! And I\\u2019d like to take my hat off to each of our guest over the last 2 years, each one having volunteered time to share their experiences with us and that really believes in our industry as much as I do! Keep those questions, comments and suggestions coming in, we love putting the show together each week, heck I learn something new from every guest and show myself, keep thirsting for knowledge and we\\u2019ll keep tracking down answers.
\\nWell, next week starts year 3 and I\\u2019m super excited! We\\u2019re already planning & putting some shows together on 3PL\\u2019s, Logistics & the supply chain, and of course a lot more on Safety. We\\u2019ll be speaking with a couple of equipment manufactures too, learning where they believe the industry is heading and what our equipment is going to be like in the future! I recon that\\u2019s enough of what\\u2019s ahead I\\u2019ll get back to the present so thanks for being here and as they say on with the show!
\\nLet\\u2019s talk a little about transportation. We\\u2019ve had a couple of questions about Route driving and local Delivery drivers, quite possibly the most strenuous and stressful position I know of.
\\nIf you google the words route driver Google pulls up 210,000,000 results in 0.51 seconds, got to love the internet don\\u2019t we?
\\n What is a route driver? Careers.stateuniversity.com says
\\nRoute delivery drivers are truck drivers who sell and deliver goods along local routes. They may sell retail goods and services or wholesale products. Their specific duties vary according to their industries, the policies of their employers, and their role in sales.
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\\nRoute Delivery Driver Job Description, Career as a Route Delivery ...
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\\nI\\u2019ll include their URL in today\\u2019s show notes along with several articles I looked up. Their site is pretty informative, check it out if you have a few minute!
\\n http://careers.stateuniversity.com/pages/785/Route-Delivery-Driver.html#ixzz5REL96SWF
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\\nI think the Transportation world is a great career choice, and there\\u2019s so much room for growth and advancement. We\\u2019ve talked about all the supply chain and logistics offerings on a couple of episodes, all around it\\u2019s just a great field!
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\\nEmployers typically are going to seek out individuals of at least 25 years old and a high school graduate, but I know many drivers that possess various degrees too. You\\u2019d be surprised how many independent operators have taken their business degrees on the road and are doing very well for themselves!
\\nI believe one of the easiest ways to become a driver is for us to get into a good company, one our research has showed us will offer a long-term ...'