Many of us use social media on a regular basis within our daily lives. How many of us use it to help improve the way we work? Oh sure you're on Facebook to see what your friends are up to and how the grandkids are growing. You use YouTube to watch all those popular episodes [...]
Welcome to my first blog post. As I ponder what I should write about, I received another concern regarding the new collision avoidance technology currently on our new equipment. Sounds like something good to write about… I would first like to explain how the system works, as there has been some confusion between the two [...]
I hear and read a lot about communication and the speed that we communicate in this day and age, but I often wonder if faster communication is really better communication. At times, the speed of communication is no doubt important, in an emergency of any kind the faster we share information the better for everyone [...]
Firstly I would like to welcome everyone to the Challenger Blog! We look forward to sharing interesting articles, stories and thoughts on various parts of the Transportation Industry with you via this medium. My name is Geoff Topping and I am the Director of Recruiting and Retention here at Challenger and my contribution to our [...]
There are a million things going on at any given moment of the day around you. If we look internally we could add another thousand items that you may be thinking of. Now I don't know the actual numbers but I do know one thing, distracted driving numbers are up. In fact recently I was [...]
Challenger Motor Freight Inc is one of the best managed companies in Ontario and is expanding their social media presence with a new blog and updated network. On the blog you will find information on how to improve your career, company information, and opportunities available with the carrier. Additional expansion items include a company newsletter [...]
We have all had training over the years in our respected industries, by our employers and what we call on the job, but how much of that have we used or continue to use today. Often when attending seminars or classes we hear the information but do we really take things a step further and put that [...]
Technology is all around us and for many of us it has become part of our lives. Think about it, with all the hubbub about smart phones, latest cameras and so on we assume all of us are using the latest phones and line up at the mall every time a new edition is released. [...]
When working with new students coming into the transportation industry, I talk a lot about looking at companies and evaluating opportunities. Those that may be coming into a new career from other industries often try to evaluate transportation companies based on the dollar amount paid. That may be how you move ahead in other industries, [...]
Here we go again, it happened just the other night. I am trying to relax from a long day and on the television is a news show called 20/20. Normally the show is good but this one seemed a little too dramatic. The shows focus was on "Hell Highways" and some of the problems that [...]