recent grads need help!!!!!!!!!!!

Well; for one 2 months on a training truck results in zilch for exp. Who do you think will hire you with no exp solo and not enough stick time to upgrade to solo?

 

Unfortunately Truck Driving is one career where EXPERIENCE counts period. Hate to tell you this but 2 months is nothing! You say you are comfortable now. Comfortable? Not a word in truck lingo! EXPERIENCED! Now that gets their attention. Look at the ads in any mag at truck stops, talk to drivers from small companies(not the big carriers) Fleet owners looking for drivers and the one thing they will all tell you is " 2 years experience REQUIRED". There are companies who require less BUT they are not going to pay you the top cpm. I got lucky after I got out of school and drove for a carrier, never got home for any time, got paid about .11cpm but kept looking. Found a small company close to home. The owner hired me at 20% of gross for 90 days, then I went to 25% gross plus 2% safety and delivery bonus and stayed there for almost 3 years. Stay where you are BUT keep looking. The really good jobs in this industry are not advertised for the most part because they don't have to. Comfortable just don't get it. Sorry.

 

Step; that is 2 months on a trainer truck not solo.

 

This is a partial list of companies that are hiring in the Carolinas, maybe some of them have terminals near you.

Please Note:
The following companies were simply furnished to me upon request.

Experienced drivers as well as recent graduates.


The "More Particular" ones, will NOT work w/ a Felony 10yrs. or multiple MVR Violations.

1. Covenant Transport, Inc. Hiring-more particular

2. USA Truck, hiring students for normal freight

3. US Xpress, Charlotte area is good-still hiring

4. Star Transportation, Inc. Still hiring students

5. H.O. Wolding, Charlotte is a good freight area-still hiring

6. TMC, looking for drivers

7. Roehl , still hiring, more particular

8. Colonial, still hiring

9. WilTrans, Training own drivers

10. CT Transport, Still Hiring

Arrow, Still hiring, Charlotte area is good

12. CRST, still hiring students

CSE -

Covenant

CRST

G&P trucking

H.O.Wolding

McElroy truck lines

Metropolitan trucking

ROHEL

SWIFT

TMC

TRANS AM

Werner Ent.


I still love me some Howard Transportation of N. Mississippi,new students...

Coastal Transportation of N. Ga, new students...

I also have found that local vendors/distributors will hire new students, more particular, (Pepsi, Budweiser...).


Local Construction Companies, Less Particular, NC and SC:

Rea Construction

Boggs Construction

Shaw Energy Contractors


You will have to search and research (Homework).

Try a Google search of trucking companies in your area
As well as this link on this site

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/truckingindustryforum/trucking-jobs/

Best to you

 

Wait until you drive a full Winter season with heavy blinding snow and black ice then tell us your comfortable!

 

if you could even get hired by another company, with 2 month's "experience," you will still be considered a student, and have to go through their training program. the last thing you want now is a resume showing that your worked for a company for 2 months and then quit. you do that, and you'll be out of work for a loooooooooooong time.

 

Stick with your current company for at least 6 months. You really don't want a your resume to show you worked for a company for 2 months and quit. Don't want to get tagged as a driver that hops from company to company. Too many moves in a short period of time will get you a seat at home.

 

howard transport out of meridian miss. Was one of my favorite companies but never ran west of the miss. River.....

Btw great info.

 

As long as your Werner trainer doesn't start crapping himself -you will be ok. =Don't use your Pilot fuel points on the giant burritos.