newbie looking to get on with averitt

I'm about to make the move into the industry. Want to start school next month. I've been researching companies, and it sounds like Averitt is a good one. I live in northern Oklahoma and would like to be a regional driver out of Tulsa. Haven't talked to a recruiter yet.

What's the hiring process like, and should I start the process before committing to a driving school?

 

They accept grads of that school. On another thread I got the advice to talk with my preferred company to basically get pre-hired before school. Obviously on the condition that I do well. Anyone ever dealt with that process before?

 

Thanks for all the info everyone. Really appreciated.

 

Yea, thanks, jarhead! Good luck to you too. I submitted my info to them this past weekend, but haven't got a call from a recruiter yet. So apparently they won't pay for school with a year commitment (at least I haven't seen any info on that), but they will reimburse later on up to a certain amount. I have been checking their available positions for the past few weeks and they seem to change quite a bit. I'm thinking that by the time I go to school next month and graduate a month later, there will be other positions available and the ones posted now will probably be gone. Then, take into consideration that I'm a total newbie and will most likely have about a month and a half of OTR training...who knows what they'll have by the time I get assigned a rig.

 

So I got my CDL permit today. Got pre-enrolled and have an appointment scheduled for HazMat/TWIC. I'm scheduled to start CDL school in about 3 weeks on May 27th. I did get a call from an Averitt recruiter last week. Not much was said on that call, but I will be submitting an application and talking with them more in the next few weeks. I've talked to a couple other companies and plan to keep that trend going. At this point, Averitt would be my first pick, but I am keeping my options open.