Next Gen Trucking Association is helping companies form Next Gen committees internally. The Next Gen Committee focuses on awareness initiatives for future workforce needs and reaching the next generation on behalf of your company. Read More
The Next Gen Trucking Association is thrilled to announce that we have received a grant from Knorr-Bremse Global Care North America. With this funding, we will be able to establish a standardized curriculum for training the next generation of truck drivers. Read More
It has been right at one year since I was able to make the leap from working full-time at Ryder to Next Gen. It has been an amazing year and we are forging ahead to continue our involvement with student organizations and organizations that have influence over education. Read More
How about adding just one more New Year’s resolution to your list? Volunteer to speak to a class of middle school or high school students about the trucking industry and future career opportunities. Yes, you can do it. Read More
What do construction, the drone industry, cyber security, aviation, woodworking, and healthcare all have in common? They are ALL industries active in trying to get high school students interested in their occupations... Read More
Next Gen Trucking got to be a part of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) National Convention which had 65,000 students in attendance in Indianapolis, IN. It was a fun, inspiring week filled with conversations about hopes and dreams. Read More
If you are like DHL, chances are you have open positions you need to fill. Mike Rowe, best known for his work on the television series Dirty Jobs and founder of the mikeroweWORKS Foundation (focused on the decline in the blue-collar trades) said that for every six skilled workers who retire, only two can be backfilled. What does that mean? Read More
I was able to represent Next Gen Trucking at the National Truck Driver Championships in Indianapolis this year. It was a heartwarming, special event that left me proud to be in the trucking industry. Read More
How has it already been a year? We have made so much progress and it's exciting to think about things to come. We started as a grassroots movement of industry professionals wanting to make a difference in both trucking and the lives of young people. Many of you across our entire industry have joined our mission Read More
Next Gen (NGT) is a grassroots movement started by industry and education to help raise awareness about careers in trucking and help schools create trucking programs. July will mark our one-year anniversary and through the end of this year, companies can join as FOUNDING MEMBERS. We are Read More
I recently had the pleasure of presenting at the National Association of Publicly Funded Truck Driving School's (NAPFTDS) national convention in Phoenix, Arizona. What made this extra special is this was where I attended my very first NAPFTDS conference just six years prior. In 2016Read More
It is that time of year again, graduation time! Hopes and dreams are a near reality and futures begin to form into reality. Over 3 million high school students will enter the workforce or go on to postsecondary education. If you have not partnered with the nearest high school’s diesel tech program, there is still time to get connected.Read More
The FMCSA will open the Safe Driver Apprenticeship Pilot Program carrier application in May. NGT wants to help you be ready and we hope that the 3,000 apprenticeship spots will fill up quickly. Here is what you need to knowRead More
Have you ever considered how to market to Gen Z? The Nebraska Trucking Association along with ATRI and the University of Nebraska-Omaha put together a focus group on Zoomers—mid-to-late 1990s as starting birth years and the early 2010s as ending birth years. The title of the focus group was "What does Gen Z Think of Trucking?" Read More
At Congress’ direction, the FMCSAformally announced the establishment of the truck driver apprenticeship program that was included in last year’s $1 trillion infrastructure bill that will open the door to 18 to 21-year-old CDL drivers to operate in interstate commerce. Please join us on Tuesday, Feb 1st for an informational webinar that will review the details of the new program - Read More
The holiday season is a time of hope and renewal. We pause and reflect on our past, present, and future while enjoying time with our loved ones. As an industry, we reflect on the past year and honor all the hardworking truck drivers that have gotten us to where we are today. It is also a great time to look to the future we need to create. Read More