Last spring, a new college graduate sent me a Linkedin “connection” request. As soon as I responded, he followed up with a friendly note formally introducing himself and asked if I knew about any job opportunities in his area. He gained his moving experience (and industry interest) while working with his Dad for three summers. [...]
Anyone familiar with Chicago knows how navigating around America's third-largest city in a car can easily become a logistical nightmare – even on a good day. It's even worse when you're trying to move into or out of the downtown metro area in a moving truck. Population density, traffic congestion, road-construction and heavily enforced city [...]
ICC Household Goods Movers Enforcement Action Results in 23 Arrests for Illegal Activity News from the Illinois Commerce Commission May 2, 2012 – Illinois Commerce Commission’s police officers, working with state and local police, in one week in April, arrested 23 people operating illegally as household goods movers, issuing administrative and court citations for violations [...]
National Moving Month arrived on Tuesday. For some van line agents, their first official notice of planned booking and pricing restrictions arrived the same day. This is due to the increase volume of confirmed new order registrations that are already exceeding 2011 tonnage levels all across the country. While it might be a coincidence that [...]
The moving and storage pros at Atlas World Group have been conducting research on corporate relocation issues on an annual basis for the last four and a half decades. The just released 45th Annual Corporate Relocation Survey marks a new milestone. It's the tenth year the study has been conducted via the Internet. Fortunately, those [...]
A new bill (AB 2118) introduced to the California State Assembly by member Betsy Butler would prohibit “a household goods carrier from engaging, or attempting to engage, in the business of the transportation of used household goods and personal effects, by motor vehicle over any public highway in the state, including advertising, soliciting, offering, or [...]
It was the first time I'd noticed my wife paying attention to my butt so intently for awhile. As she watched me dress for work, however, the deep frown showing in her sun-drenched reflection in the mirror suggested she didn't really approve of what she saw. “What's wrong with your leg”, she asked casually. “Nuthin'”, [...]
Don't be fooled by Mother Nature. May is still National Moving Month, the official start of the household goods industry's peak moving season. Professional relocation product and service suppliers throughout the moving industry recognize the period between Cinco De Mayo and Labor Day as the traditional “busy period” in the U.S. Despite this year's mild [...]
Either the entire household goods moving industry isn't explaining the problems well enough … or someone in the military isn't listening! Take the poll and share your thoughts! To make the discussion about the problems with the current DPS system more open and transparent, use the Disqus comment field below. Then, to follow the [...]
And who’s REALLY moving you? QUESTION: Our daughter's boyfriend is being transferred and she plans to quit her job and go with him. My problem is we can't find any information about the company assigned to move them. How can we find out if they should be worried about being ripped off by their mover? [...]
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