Having read the other two replies to your comment, it sounds like you are the one who hasn’t gone out of his way to find opportunities. Sorry you’ve had a rough time, but maybe it’s your attitude? Just a thought.
Hey you are guessing way too much... I am retired and will be conducting a type of working retirement in Thailand teaching English as a Foreign Language and operating a small business.. Not a lot of bucks - but I can live well in Thailand.
Also - beyond the trucking industry, I find American Business and Industry to be just blowing smoke about not finding qualified employees - mainly as an excuse to import foreigners - H-1B programs, etc. On Fox Business News I hear carping of this nature all the time ... And NOT ONCE have I seen a feature about a corporation having a training program hiring Americans to fill jobs in the Engineering and Computer Tech Fields or another significan job field. The reply post about the trucking company that did just this is admirable... BUT it is the extreme exception. In reviewing job ads on Monster.com, Careerbuilder.com I have seen NO ADS offering company paid training aside from introductory job orientation. It is a total LIE that American Corporations cannot find qualified and savvy people that have the potential to be trained to hold a job in a very high level. American corporations however are willing to hire foreigners under various immigration programs - Because they can pay them 60% of the competiting wage that Americans want and deserve. Soon - next year I suspect there will be a wholesale import of Mexicans and Central Americans to take trucking jobs - at lower wages.