Seminars, orientations, and coventions

[carstea]

Hello, I live if Boise Idaho, and would like to attend either an expediter's convention, a seminar, or an orientation (I guess some of the company's give orientations to expediting seems I read a bit about FedEx offering a good orientation program). Anyway it seems like all these opportunities are held east of the Mississippi. Does anyone know of any that take place out west maybe in Boise, Salt Lake City, Portland Oregon, Seattle, etc., if so could you please provide what you know about the dates and places and times or if there is a website containing all this information?

Thanks

 

[ATeam]

The best web site for expediting info is right here...www.expeditersonline.com

The FedEx CC orientation you refer to (I think) is for new contractors coming on board. It's not a public event.

When my wife and I were researching our career change into expediting we found the Lousiville truck show and this web site to be the most valuable resources. It's called the Mid America Trucking Show. It's held in March each year in Louisville, KY. All the epxediting companies are there. All the truck, sleeper, and equipment suppliers are there too. If you are seriously looking into expediting, a trip to the truck show would be worth the time and money. You can visit face to face with recruiters and drivers all day long. You can receive sample contracts. You can see the latest and greatest expediting trucks and toys.

See also this link. Info about a Landstar/EO seminar that is available to the public.

http://www.expeditersonline.com/artman/publish/article_001629.html

Subscribe to EO's e-mail newsletter "The HotShot" to receive info on such seminars as they are scheduled.

And from home, consider doing what my wife and I did. We invested a whole bunch of hours reading the EO fourms. We read every single post in every forum going back two years. We noted the issues. We researched terms we did not understand. We asked questions as you just did. When we got to the truck show, the recruiters we talked to all said we'd done our homework and were impressed with the industry knowledge we posessed.

We gained that knowledge right here in the EO forums. Time spent here will be time well spent.

 

[davekc]

You are in a tough part of the country in regards to expediting. Your best bet is to see if you can make plans to attend ExpediteExpo in Woodhaven Mich. I believe it is the 6-8 of August. You can visit all the companies at the same time. The only other place maybe in July in Iowa. There is a truck show there but I am not sure if any expedite companies will attend. Keep reading info on here as well.
Good luck
Davekc