A Midwest Truck Driving School Podcast

YOU WANT A STABLE CAREER THAT PAYS WELL.
BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START.

Built in the Midwest sits down with the people behind the trades — truck drivers, linemen, heavy equipment operators, and the employers who hire them. Real conversations about what the work is actually like.

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E{emum} | The Future of Heavy Equipment Operation Is Insane

Donnie walked into the largest heavy equipment show in North America and watched someone operate a real excavator in Germany — from a console in Las Vegas. That moment changed how he thinks about what’s coming for the industry. And what he’s bringing back to his students. WHAT WE GET INTO The ConExpo experience —...
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E{emum} | The True Cost of Being an Owner Operator in Trucking

Andrew Krueger got his start hauling freight in box trucks around Chicago in his early twenties. A decade and a half later, he’s running his own trucks, hiring his own drivers, and filing for his own motor carrier authority — and he’s doing it from the Upper Peninsula. Then the company he’d been leased to...
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E{emum} | The Real Reason Truck Drivers Fail (It’s Not What You Think)

A driver clears $90K his first year. Another one with the same CDL is stuck at $55K and frustrated about it. Bill Oglesby has watched hundreds of students come through Midwest Truck Driving School. He can spot the difference between those two drivers before they ever leave the building. This week, he breaks down what...
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E{emum} | What a Schneider Recruiter Learned from Talking to Thousands of Drivers

Jillian Garcia never planned on a career in trucking. She was a self-described introvert who’d spent years in childcare and the restaurant industry before a temp agency placed her at Schneider. Ten years later, she’s a Senior Territory Recruiter covering Wisconsin and Upper Michigan — and she’s talked to more drivers than most people will...
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E{emum} | From the Marines to MO Valley: Mason’s Veteran Story

Join us as we dive into an engaging chat with Mason, who reveals his unexpected journey from military life to pursuing a career in the trades. He candidly shares how his decision to join the Marines at a young age sparked a series of life events, leading him to discover his true passion for hands-on...
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E{emum} | Your Career Decision Defines Your Entire Life

How much did you actually know before you made your career decision? Not what you thought you knew. What did you really understand about the work, the pay, the day-to-day — before you committed years of your life and thousands of dollars to it? Most people don’t have a good answer. And the ones who...
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WHAT DO THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK WISH THEY KNEW BEFORE THEY STARTED?

Built in the Midwest is where we have real conversations about careers in the skilled trades — with the people who do the work and the people who hire for it.

We talk about how people got started. What the work is actually like. What employers are looking for. The hard days, the turning points, and the things nobody told them before they got started.

Hosted from Escanaba, Michigan by Midwest Truck Driving School.

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