RELO Roundtable…a gathering place

Designed to fill employment needs in the relocation nicheAre you in the market for an experienced household goods or special products salesperson?  How about a responsible claims adjuster, experienced operations or warehouse manager. local crew chief, or a hardworking, tenured independent owner-operator? Perhaps you're one of the disenfranchised or downsized employees, or hungry van operators [...]

Move for Hunger is among only 25 U.S. charities chosen to compete for grants ranging from $125,000 to $1 million through the American Giving Awards, a Celebrity Tribute to Community Heroes presented by Chase. Winners will be selected based on the public's votes on Facebook and at Chase.com.  Move For Hunger is a 501 (c)(3) [...]

During a recent Twitter #movechat, I posted a link to a comprehensive little tool that can be used by anyone shopping for quality moving services. The next day there were several requests for permission to use it in the in-box. A few came from industry; some from potential customers.  With this new Moving Cost Estimate [...]

  Why would you need Personal Bed Bug Detector when moving? Bed bugs are small, flat insects that feed primarily on the blood of sleeping people and animals. The adults are reddish-brown, shaped like a flattened oval, and wingless. Their nymphs are translucent, lighter in color than the parents but become browner as they reach [...]

The Mover, a brand new independent monthly magazine published in the UK for the moving industry, is now open for business. The first issue hit the street today! The niche periodical is the brainchild of Steve Jordan – a well-known veteran in the business with nearly 40 years under his belt dealing with both domestic [...]

Movers still waiting for answers from military brassListen up if you're one of the few members of the domestic and international moving industry fortunate enough to be represented at the Department of Defense's Personal Property Forum (PPF) slated for Thursday, April 7, 2010 in Dallas, Texas. The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) has [...]

Customers searching for household goods carriers SMS data see new alertsToday is the deadline that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) committed to have made changes to their new Safety Measurement System (SMS) public website to address concerns regarding the display of information on a commercial motor carriers’ safety performance. SMS is the cornerstone [...]

Pictures taken of customers’ residence, property could be potentially dangerousGlance through some of the latest online advertising and popular social media options being used to attract and engage new customers and clients and you'll probably see lots of personal photos of happy, enthusiastic relocation product or service users. It's the popular new way that small [...]

Competing consumer-oriented properties face-off onlineOnce again the popular 'consumer oriented' anti-mover venue, MovingSCAM (MS) is under attack. It appears, however, that the latest assault might be a retaliatory maneuver in the unregulated world of consumer complaint review boards. MS is a virtual courtroom of sorts. The lay operators and occasional industry contributors investigate, vet, and [...]

Veterans who've lost their homes to a short sale or face the prospect of losing their deed-in-lieu (DIL) of foreclosure can now receive up to $1,500 in relocation assistance. For over 15 years, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has paid incentives to mortgage servicers who participate in successful alternatives to foreclosure. Beginning in 2008, [...]