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Local CDL Driver Resume Guide (2026) Local driving is the home-daily lane. A metro bubble (30–80 miles typical), 8–12 hours on the clock, multi-stop pickup-and-delivery work, and you're in your own bed every night. The seats are at LTL city P&D...
Truck Driver Resume Guide (2026): Class, Endorsements, Route, and Freight Per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, heavy and tractor-trailer drivers earned a median of $57,440 in May 2024, employment is projected to grow 4% from 2024 to 2034, and...
Regional Driver Resume Guide (2026) Regional is the lane most experienced drivers target when OTR stops fitting and local doesn't pay enough. You run inside a defined multi-state region — the Southeast, the Midwest, the Northeast corridor, the...
Mid-Career Trucker Cover Letter Template (2026) This template is for CDL-A drivers with 3–10 years of seat time who are switching carriers, moving from OTR to regional or dedicated, or targeting a specialty seat (flatbed, reefer, tanker, auto-haul,...
CDL Class C Resume Guide (2026): Passenger, Placarded Hazmat, Specialty A Class C CDL is for vehicles that don't meet the Class A or Class B weight thresholds but carry either 16 or more passengers (including the driver), or placarded hazardous...
CDL Class B Resume Guide (2026): Straight Trucks, Dump, Bus, Delivery A Class B CDL covers single vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 26,001 lb or more, and the same vehicle towing a trailer under 10,000 lb.1 That's a narrower band...
DAC Report: Check, Dispute, and Present Honestly on Trucking Applications Editorial note: This guide covers how to check your DAC report, how to dispute inaccurate entries under your Fair Credit Reporting Act rights, and how to present your...
OTR Driver Resume Guide (2026) OTR is the default lane in trucking and the one most CDL-A drivers build their first big mileage on. Mega carriers (Schneider, Werner, JB Hunt, Knight-Swift, CR England, Prime, Stevens, Heartland, Marten, Covenant,...
Hazmat Driver Resume Guide (2026) Hazmat freight moves across nearly every segment — dry van (placarded packaged goods, lithium batteries), reefer (pharma Class 6 hazmat), flatbed (specialty industrial), and tanker (petroleum, chemical, propane,...
Trucker Cover Letter Guide (2026) Cover letters in trucking are optional at most mega-carrier OTR applications — and near-mandatory at private fleets, specialty carriers, and any seat where the pool is small and the recruiter has time to read. A...
