It is time to add up all your numbers and get ready for tax filing. Did you know that some job hunting expenses can be counted as tax deductions? The IRS has a list of what may be deductible, and it is worth checking into if you have expenses related to a job search. It has to be in the same line of work, though.  If you are a graduate of ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Training School, those job search expenses are part of your benefits.

This is because there is a lifetime, nationwide employment assistance for ATS grads. That’s a huge benefit because sometimes you have to relocate and find work in another part of the country, and who knows when that will happen? You can’t know the future, but you can know that you will have help finding a job in your field.

There is another benefit of being a graduate of ATS — free access to the Total Resources Network, a site specifically for those in the skilled trades industries. Those two benefits may not be tax deductions since they are free for graduates, but they are available as long as you need them, and worth a whole lot more than one year’s tax filing.

Here are the job listings for this week — hope there is one that catches your eye!

FRANKLIN, WI — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — hiring crane operators and riggers

SOMERS, WI  — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

DE FOREST, WI  — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

SARASOTA, FL — hiring heavy equipment operators

DORCHESTER, MA — hiring heavy equipment operators

HOUSTON, TX — hiring mobile crane operators

BEAVER DAM, WI  — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

BRISTOL, WI — hiring heavy equipment operators

LA CROSSE, WI  — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

NEENAH, WI  — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

WILLISTON, ND  — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

GOLDEN, CO — hiring heavy equipment operators

There’s only one job listing this week:

VERNAL, UT — hiring crane operators and riggers

Sometimes jobs are a little scarce, but for a heavy equipment operator, there are many opportunities in your community to pick up a side job in the winter. This is the time of year when local road departments need extra drivers, and local businesses need someone to plow the parking lot after a storm. Crane operators and riggers can often find some work in their own area, too.

Local Networking Can Find Local Temporary Work

How does one find a job that isn’t posted anywhere? By keeping an eye out for potential ways to offer your services and networking. The more equipment you know how to operate safely, the better chance you have of finding someone who needs your skills. It may be temporary work, but when you are looking for employment, temporary work pays the bills.

Networking is one of those “soft skills” that really are essential when looking for a job. That’s why the Employment Assistance department at ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Training School works with every student on things like networking. They have a huge database of job leads because employers trust ATS training, but a local gig may not be advertised to anyone outside the community.

ATS offers lifetime career services to graduates and in addition to the Employment Assistance department, there’s also free access to the top networking site in the skilled trades industries, Total Resources Network. Asking around for temporary work is a good thing when you are job hunting, but getting help from professionals who have years of experience finding jobs for ATS graduates is even better.

Happy New Year! It’s the beginning of a year and it could be the beginning of a career in one of the skilled trades industries if you have the required training from a nationally recognized facility like ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Training School. Our Employment Assistance Department is contacted all the time by employers looking for qualified graduates. Here’s the latest list:

HIBBING, MN — hiring heavy equipment operators

KILLDEER, ND — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

OCONOMOWOC, WI — hiring heavy equipment operators

RICE LAKE, WI — hiring heavy equipment operators

COLUMBUS, WI — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

MANISTIQUE, MI — hiring heavy equipment operators

BELLEVILLE, WI — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

GRIMES, IA — hiring heavy equipment operators

SHREVEPORT, LA — hiring mobile crane operators

SPRINGFIELD, MO — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

If you don’t see what you are looking for here, ATS graduates are also able to access the Total Resources Network site for free, for life. That’s a great site for networking with other professionals, posting your resume, researching companies and job openings, and exploring the potential in the skilled trades industries.

There are many fields that require a skilled operator who knows how to use the big machinery needed for that industry. Getting your training at ATS is the first step in a career that can take you anywhere you want to go.

There are many things to be selective about when deciding on a training school for something as important as heavy equipment operator skills. It isn’t enough just to be skilled, for instance. Most employers are very particular about things like certification because their insurance company demands it. But as good as a heavy equipment operator training school is, if these four things aren’t part of the Employment Assistance program, you are going to be missing out on a lot of potential career options:

1. Job Leads as long as you need them — ATS offers employment assistance for a lifetime and maintains an extensive database of employers who want to hire ATS graduates. That database is available whenever you need it, and the employment assistance personnel are prepared to help. No worries about relocating because the graduate is the customer here and we work with over 4,000 employers nationwide.
2. Networking Website free for all graduates — the Total Resources Network is a site used by thousands of employers and industry professionals to connect with qualified job seekers. ATS grads can post applications and search for jobs by industry or location with no fees. That means no restrictions of office hours or time zones — you can get off any shift, come home, and job hunt.
3. Career Counseling that really is personal — ATS starts working with students from the first week of training and develops an employment package tailored to the industries and locations the student is interested in. This package includes a list of potential employers and information helping them find that first job. There’s the follow-up, too, to make sure things are going well.
4. Soft Skills Training for the job seeking process — it isn’t enough to have the knowledge and skills to run heavy equipment. You also have to get through networking, application procedures, and interviews. ATS instructors are all experienced as business owners, construction site foremen, and superintendents so they can help students see what employers look for.

Look at all the job listings this week! Most of them are for heavy equipment operators in states where it snows — that probably means a big paycheck for someone who knows how to do snow removal. There are a couple of Class-A CDL truck driving positions open, and a mobile crane operator who is needed, too. Every week there’s a new potential for a career if you have the appropriate training from a nationally recognized school like ATS.

The Employment Assistance you get at ATS starts when you start as a student and stays available for a lifetime. That’s pretty impressive, but it’s a natural outcome of the reputation for solid training here. When you need to relocate, your skills make it easier to find a job in the new place.

WATFORD CITY, ND — Hiring heavy equipment operators

OWATONNA, MN — Hiring Class-A CDL Truck drivers 

COLUMBUS, WI — Hiring Class-A CDL Truck drivers

MONROE, MI — Hiring mobile crane operators

NICHOLASVILLE, KY — Hiring heavy equipment operators

BLOOMINGTON, IL — Hiring heavy equipment operators

WEST FARGO, ND — Hiring heavy equipment operators

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Hiring heavy equipment operators

TOMAH, WI — Hiring heavy equipment operators

MIDDLEBURY, IN — Hiring heavy equipment operators

One of the best things about ATS, after you graduate, is the Employment Assistance Website you’ll have access to. Total Resources Network is all it says in the name: a complete resource and networking site for the skilled trades industries.

The skilled trades industries usually will have openings all year, because the need is always going to be there for someone who has both the skills and the certifications to do the job. As the baby boomer generation retires, many more jobs open up. The need for new skilled heavy equipment operators doesn’t look like it’s going away.

Did you know you can post your skills and qualifications on the Total Resources Network and look for openings that match your training and experience?

This job site brings together employers needing personnel, job seekers looking for work, and the training providers who make the job seeker qualified to do the job. The database can be searched by location as well as other criteria. The long-term safety and sustainability of the skilled trades industries depend on all three groups being able to rely on each other, and this site is one way it happens.

This Week’s Job List

GREEN BAY, WI — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

BROWNSVILLE, WI — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

MAUSTON, WI — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

NEENAH, WI — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

TORRINGTON, CT — hiring heavy equipment operators

BURNSVILLE, MN — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

AMHERST, WI — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

TOMAH, WI — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

ASHLAND, WI — hiring heavy equipment operators

IRVING, TX — hiring crane operators

Every graduate of ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Training School is given personal career counseling by the Employment Assistance department, and that assistance is there for life. This list has job openings all over the country, but the job list you’d get as a graduate would be exactly what you are looking for, where you are hoping to be.

This week there are job listings for crane operators, CDL Class-A truck drivers, and heavy equipment operators. The jobs are scattered all over the country from top to bottom. Each one of these openings could be filled by a graduate of ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Training School because that graduate would have the knowledge, skills, and certifications needed to qualify.

Every one of our graduates walks out to their future with a list of job possibilities custom-picked by the results of individual career counseling and Employment Assistance that is available for a lifetime of skilled professionals.

BELFIELD, ND — hiring crane operators

KENNETT, MO — hiring CDL Class-A truck drivers

HOUSTON, TX — hiring crane operators

MIAMI, FL — hiring crane operators

LAKEVILLE, MN — hiring crane operators

BATON ROUGE, LA — hiring heavy equipment operators

DURHAM, NC — hiring crane operators

HOUSTON, TX — hiring crane operators

OLATHE, KS — hiring CDL Class-A truck drivers

NEW AUBURN, WI — hiring heavy equipment operators

BRANSON, MO — hiring CDL Class-A truck drivers

STREETSBORO, OH — hiring heavy equipment operators

SUSQUEHANNA, PA — hiring CDL Class-A truck drivers

If none of these openings is where you are looking for work, take the time to look through the offerings available at the Total Resources Network, a resource made available to our graduates and a great place to find the employment leads, networking, and related career avenues you may need.

If you are looking into being a heavy equipment operator, it means you have seen the potential for making a living in this skilled trade. But that potential is really reduced if the training program you choose just throws information at you, hands you a piece of paper saying you graduated, and disappears into oblivion.

ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Training School does just the opposite with our students and graduates. In fact, there are two life-long resources for ATS grads if they need them: Employment Assistance and the placement website, Total Resources Network.

Employment Assistance

From the time you enter ATS for class, there’s employment assistance available. Every student is interviewed and given personal career counseling, including soft skills training for interviews and resumes, etc. By the time a student graduates, a customized packet of potential job information has been compiled and will be given to that grad.

This packet is made up of job leads that are in the industries and geographic locations the graduate is interested in and if more help is needed they can always contact us for more leads. Always. This is a lifetime, nationwide service for ATS students and graduates. We keep a database of constantly updated employer information for job leads and are always ready to help.

Total Resources Network

The placement website, Total Resources Network, isn’t just a list of possible openings. This is a site for professionals in the skilled trades industries to connect and develop their networks. Along with that database of job leads, there are ways for ATS grads to post their resumes and applications and find matches for their unique credentials and interests.

Employers can access the site and look at those postings to contact the people they are interested in hiring. Personnel, jobs, and training are interconnected and effective. It’s one of the reasons ATS is able to say we provide lifetime employment assistance and support.

This week, there are a lot of jobs on the list and many different types of jobs on that list. Many trucking companies look specifically for graduates of Diesel Truck Truck Driver Training School.

It’s the same way with ATS: Our reputation for professional training gives our grads extra appeal to employers. Contact our Employment Assistance department or the job site at Total Resources Network for more information.

NEENAH, WI. SWIFT ENTERPRISES HIRED DDS GRAD

OMAHA, NE. WERNER ENTERPRISES HIRED DDS GRAD

AMHERST, WI. H.O.WOLDING HIRED DDS GRAD

BROWNSVILLE, WI hiring heavy equipment operators

MADISON, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

CHILTON, WI hiring heavy equipment operators

FERRYSBURG, MI hiring heavy equipment operators

BATON ROUGE, LA hiring heavy equipment operators

RIVER FALLS, WI hiring heavy equipment operators

NEW RICHMOND, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

PARDEEVILLE, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

LANSING, MI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

NEW ULM, MN hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

MADISON, IL hiring heavy equipment operators

VAN BUREN, AR hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

THE WOODLANDS, TX hiring heavy equipment operators

HOLLAND, MI hiring heavy equipment operators

SPARTA, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

SUPERIOR, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

BIRMINGHAM, AL hiring heavy equipment operators

EAU CLAIRE, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

BISMARCK, ND hiring heavy equipment operators

STURTEVANT, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

DEFOREST, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

HOUSTON, TX hiring crane operators and riggers

MIDDLE BURY, IN hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

MIDDLETON, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

STITZER, WI hiring heavy equipment operators

GREEN LAKE, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

JANESVILLE, WI, hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

When you have graduated from ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Training School, you aren’t left to find jobs all by yourself. ATS helps with your job search. We make sure that students get the skills they need for the training program they choose, but also the skills and support they need to stay employed.

Here’s how:

Employment Assistance

From the moment you join ATS as a student, you have access to the best Employment Assistance in the heavy equipment industry. It starts with a personal interview to help figure out your career goals and the areas you are interested in working. All this information is used to create a custom packet for you at graduation that includes possible employers and jobs in the geographic area you want to live in, along with other helpful information about your skills and training to use when you apply.

The application process is also part of our career services training. Most heavy equipment operators would cheerfully admit they aren’t so great at the office-y part of the employment search, like resume writing and interviews. We help you get ready for that by teaching the “soft skills” you need to get through the hiring process and on the job site operating big machinery.

The Job Search Website

There’s more help available to our graduates in the form of The Job Site, Total Resources Network. This is a great way to keep in touch with what’s happening in your specialty, connect with employers or potential employers, post your resume and look for jobs. You can filter the database for location or other criteria and it’s pretty much one of the best tools you have in your job search.

As a graduate of ATS you can access this database at any time. If circumstances require you to change locations, you can find a new job in the new town. It’s one of the proofs we have to assure you that you won’t be left alone to find employment by yourself because we are committed to keeping our students and graduates successful.