The Take-Your-Kid-to-Work Day is quite popular, and having a Take-Your-Spouse-to-Work Day could be big too. This is exactly what Mike Shire experienced about the business his wife opened in 2006. Mike is the VP of Business Development with Worldwide Relocation Specialists, Inc. Lisette, who was managing a freight forward business for 6 years decided to open her own business in 2006 – an employee relocation firm. Mike didn’t know anything about employee relocation, but his wife did and the Family owned business flourished well.

Migration: Slowing Down People or Places?   Many reasons have been cited for the decline in the inter-state decline of migration recently, as noticed by different Moving company locations. Some of the most quoted reasons include larger number of dual-income couples who are unable to find new jobs for both in a new place and […]

“[It is] my fault I didn’t do more research on software for moving companies, I just purchased www.moverworx.net. Oh… my… Sebastian a sales person was so good on his sales speech [that] he mentioned about many great futures… but forgot to mention [the] most important things. [The]Truck Module is unavailable for the $100 a month, you have to pay [an] extra $50 a month (and truck module is most important thing). When you book, you have to see which trucks are available and which crew are available. Oh…. do you want to get support via phone[?] You have to pay extra. Oh… do you want extra user[s] on a system[?] You have to pay extra… sound[s] like [this] company only cares about money and how to get more and more from [their] clients- So I am saying bye bye to Moverworx!!!“.

As an owner of a moving business owner, you have had to put out constant fires. By fires, I mean both minor and major issues that needed attention in your company. By putting out these ‘fires’ you have had a helping hand in decreasing stress, tension, animosity and more between office staff, movers, customers and accounts. When your business is operating at full capacity and movers are coming down the tube faster than you can handle them, it can be easy to put a Band-Aid on something that needs stiches. In fact, is in our nature to simply patch things up and get them to operate at the capacity we need them without giving it a second thought, but this can cause what are called ‘landmine’ moments.

How the Immigration Reform Affects Your Moving Company The affects of the November 2012 election may have started appearing in the form of immigration reforms. This could be of significant importance to AMSA members, especially those who have many seasonal workers as drivers who require the H-2B visa. One of the main reasons is that […]

How Companies are Still Filling Empty Cabs? Part-1 According to the American Trucking Association (ATA)’s report towards the end of 2012, almost 90% of the for-hire truckload carriers are finding it difficult to get drivers that meet the requirements of the Department of Transportation (DOT). At present the shortage of drivers is estimated to be […]