The world’s largest package delivery company has reported they plan on hiring 25,000 new drivers in the next five years due to the baby boomer generation of drivers retiring.
These UPS career opportunities will be emerging in the next five years as tons of their drivers begin the retirement process and leave countless routes to be picked up by new drivers. The UPS system is also known as a good company to work for; they promote from within, make in the $70s annually and was listed as one of the Best Places to Work by the Human Rights Campaign as well as 50 Best Places to Launch a Career by Business Week.
Becoming a driver for UPS isn’t as easy as filling out an application and showing a driver’s license. Usually, a beginning career at UPS begins at the package sorter level and has its workers work up the ladder to delivery training. However, because of the huge increase in job availability, they are looking to hire outside the company.
A UPS career involves virtual training programs, video game like machines and a physical test that includes carrying a 10-pound box over a greased-down runway. These tests take place at a testing facility at Integrad. Integrad is a training center right outside of Washington, D.C. where UPS career hopefuls sign in and train hard. Only 10% of the 1,629 trainees have actually passed the training.
However hard the training for this career might be, the availability of these jobs opens up many career opportunities for young adults in a recession looking for a job. The UPS Company pays $74,000 a year. This beats most middle entry jobs, much less the entry level jobs many people are looking at. The recession has made getting a job harder and harder; which makes this the perfect time for a huge amount of jobs to open up.