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Today, the auto shipping industry is rife with some very interesting career opportunities. The industry includes many various positions and the career opportunities are infinite. The industry is looking for full time and part time employees to fulfill a wide variety of job duties. As in all industries, they are constantly on the lookout for devoted, motivated, hard working and qualified people to fill many challenging and cutting edge positions in every corner of the business. While the auto shipping industry is rather new on the scene, it is quite advanced and continuously reinventing itself. Little wonder there are so many promising career opportunities here offering advancement even to the new, inexperienced jobseeker.

Auto shipping jobs are advertised in the same manner as many others, through classified ads, car dealers and online recruiting sites. The industry has many positions to fill whether of a general or specific nature in shipping of multiple or single vehicles, customized shipping or standard, vintage, collectible, customized or sports cars or any other vehicle that requires shipping. In modern times, people are ever on the move. Available jobs in the industry include auto mover truck drivers, shipping dispatchers, the ubiquitous customer service representatives, car haulers, commercial drivers, military vehicle shipping positions, truck fleet mangers and mechanic positions too numerous to mention, ranging from absolute beginner through to the most experienced and expert, and there is still more.

Obviously, the industry hires truck drivers. In the auto shipping industry, however, this job is much more complicated and demanding of responsibility as the driver loads and unloads the vehicles, makes an inspection of all vehicles prior to delivery, communicates with the customers at pick up and drop off on top of the many miles of long distance driving over roads in all sorts of disrepair and possible inclement weather. All the time hauling valuable cargo which must be delivered punctually to many different destinations. The vehicles must be picked up and unloaded in varying states and across borders making each trip very lengthy, possibly many weeks to conclude. This is hard work. Not nearly the same as driving the local ice cream truck, but far more interesting and certainly far more remunerative.

The dispatcher is really a travel agent who takes orders and relays the customers requirements to the trucking company. The dispatcher is the go-between person who ensures that the pick up, delivery, transportation time, and cost of same have been made crystal clear to the truck driver and the customer. The dispatcher/travel agent is involved with the customer in the planning of the vehicle’s trip demanding sharply honed organizational skills. One truck may be loaded with vehicles, each one going to a different destination. It is easy to see the need for intricate planning of optimum cost/time effective customer service with the resources available to the company while allowing the company to turn a profit on top of all that. This is not the job for the person with a wandering mind, or the daydreamer. It requires focus and organization.

The client service representative does not have to get into the vehicle trip planning business, but this person must courteously deal with exacting customers and provide them with all the pertinent, detailed information required, to include quotes by phone or email. Then his duty is to place orders with the dispatcher, who then liaisons with the company.

It is quite possibly the diesel mechanic that is the most critical piece of the whole picture in the auto shipping industry. There can be no auto transport company without the services of such an employee. One of the mechanic’s most crucial responsibilities is to thoroughly inspect and ensure the safety of all the trucks traveling under his jurisdiction. The job has high demands and requirements and is regarded with much respect and paid accordingly.

Finally, the auto processor performs the processing of customer cars between the different company terminals.

Companies often offer certified courses in some or all of the basic positions. Training for other positions can be done at community colleges, vocational schools, or even on the job.

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