Julian Dean, 00:00:01: Hey, this is Julian with Trucker Job USA. And what we're going to talk about today is the application rates of people trying to enter truck driving school, to obtain their CDL class a and due to the pandemic, people are realizing that, "Hey, if I want to maximize my earning potential and have a short school certification turnaround time, then the trucking industry is the industry to go into."
And I've been preaching this for years because, you know, there are not that many places in America's industries where you can attain a license, a CDL class, a license in this case, and earn a decent amount of money, you know? Cause when you look at the cost of tuition with college, I mean it's outpaced the cost.
The cost of college tuition has outpaced the inflation. I think it's up 200% increase in college tuition and they're teaching college the exact same way that they taught it, you know, 50, a hundred years ago.

Julian Dean, 00:01:13: So you know what? The trucking industry is a very unique industry because it crosses so many markets from retailers to frag sanding. I mean that the markets are endless that are inside of the trucking industry. It's a recession-proof industry as well. You know, not to say that the industry can not be impacted because it can be.

But what I'm saying is that America runs on trucking.
America runs on trucking.
If everything that you have in your home comes in on a truck, essentially everything. Amazon would not be the company that it is now if it was not for CDL class A tractor-trailer company trucks. The same thing with Walmart. Walmart, Target, I mean, you name all these big companies, Apple, all of these companies will not be who they presently are if it was not for the trucking industry, shipping everything around. Logistics.

Julian Dean, 00:02:16: So now, you know, back to the point. It's a very smart move for people to go into the trucking industry because demand is only going to keep going up because more people are ordering from the internet.
And what does that mean? That means more truck deliveries. That's exactly what it means. So, the trucking industry is changing. You know, you hear the talks of people say, "we're going to have robots controlling the truck" and it's, yeah. And I'm looking at it like, hey, it doesn't matter if they have a robot controlling a truck or driving a truck, there's always going to be a human inside of that truck. Cause, cause you can only imagine that would expose a company to, if, let's say this computer is malfunctioning and you know, causes a lot of damage to somebody or property.

Julian Dean, 00:03:13: I mean the liability would be, uh, these companies would expose themselves to so much liability that it wouldn't even be funny. So when you hear about the industry changing to that point, it's, I think there's a lot of unfounded fear that people are experiencing. Um, the other thing too, when you look at the application rates that people are in, the schools can't even take the demand. Like it's just too many applications coming in right now because people are saying, hey, I need a skill and I need to make a decent amount of money because hey, I have a family. Definitely understood.

And the trucking industry is one of those time battle-tested industries that is not going anywhere. You cannot outsource truckers to China. You can outsource truckers with robots. The other thing is when