Employment Prospects
Employers
Truck dispatchers work in local and regional trucking, transportation, and freight companies. They are employed by companies such as United Parcel Service, FedEx, YRC Freight, XPO Logistics, JB Hunt Transport Services, Schneider National, Roadway Moving, and Crete Carrier Corporation, to name just a few.
Starting Out
Many trucking companies train dispatchers while they are on the job. They also provide dispatch manuals for dispatchers to study and use as reference for the work. Dispatchers may start out in other departments of the trucking company before moving into dispatch. In large trucking companies with a dispatch team, entry may be as a junior or assistant dispatcher.
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