new driver

Go through a private school.

When a company has leverage over you, you're essentially their slave.

 

Private school probably best in your situation for a local job.
Choose a school from this registry:
Training Provider Registry

 

Praxair / Linde
Local - Home every day
Signal Hill, CA / Santa Ana, CA

• 2 years driving experience OR have completed a course of instruction from a truck driver training school that operates equipment similar to Linde's.
• Need hazmat endorsement. Need CDL-A
• Delivery to all types of Industrial, Service, Educational and Medical customers
• Don’t wait, fill out an application right from your phone today!
• Can apply while in cdl school.

 

My advice is to research exactly where you want to work in the next year or two. Find out what their hiring requirements are, and get the experience necessary to find yourself there. Most quality outfits will not hire right out of school.

You’re first year or two is gonna pretty much suck, regardless of whether you go to school or contract up with Prime or something.

Look forward.

 

And of course, Chinatown can give you good options.

 

Praxair /Linde also has Cryogenic tankers and need 12 - 24 mos. experience first. This job pays well over $100G per year. Living in California, probably reach $140G soon.

 

Sometimes J.B. Hunt bends their hiring rules a little and hires a new cdl school grad.
Contact the company after you're enrolled in school.
Pre-qualify online at DriveJBHunt.com.

• Averages projected at $80,000
• Home daily with consistent time off

 

Robertson's Ready Mix Home | Concrete & Aggregate …

 

Don’t know how important it is to you but some company sponsored programs do not teach you on a manual.. may not be a big deal for you but I figure if you’re gonna learn to drive truck may as well learn to drive all of them just Incase a gig requires it.
The pro for a company paid training is that they pay for it upfront.
The con for a company paid training is that they pay for it up front.. before you sign a contract with make sure you read the terms and make sure you aren’t signing a non compete offer for if you were to you leave..they usually don’t but you never know if you never read it. Look for the terms that state how long you must work there and how much you must repay if you were to leave early.. I went with Schneider and had a 1 year contract, that I had to repay 100% (around $4k)if I didn’t pass their hiring process after, 75%if I made it 3 months, 66% after six months , 33% after 9 and we were square after a year…if you go that route I highly advise you to save the money it would take you to buy out your contract in the event that you need to move to something better that should be priority #1..Always think you should stay with your first company until you become a good truck driver. When you’re good at tripplaning and can spit back expected hours of service when you’d be done with your load to keep yourself rolling. can get parked at the truck stop without panic, can communicate with dispatch the receiver and the shipper to smooth pickups and drops out. Can take care of a truck… don’t need to wrench on stuff but know how to diagnose and communicate that to get it in for maintenance. It’s more than just holding a steering wheel if you want to get paid.
The con for paying for it is just that.
The pro is that you can go to whatever company that you want that’ll hire you…