Have CDL but no experience

Where is your location?
Schneider might pay for refresher course. Your location determines which companies can get you started.
Do you want long haul or local or regional?

 

Tampa is a decent area for trucking jobs.
Foodservice companies will hire you starting as a "driver helper" or "driver associate" which is the same. You're trained OJT with an experienced driver delivering to places such as fast food establishments, or restaurants, etc.
Sygma Network
Reinhart Foodservice
McLane Foodservice
Some companies look at each applicant and decide if the company can use them at all, or send them through some type refresher training.
Here's a few companies that hire in your area and some may put you right on the road OJT for awhile and some may put you through a formal inhouse refresher, then on the road with a trainer. Many companies bend their hiring criteria that's on the websites, for a high quality applicant. Try these and keep us posted and we'll get you moving soon.
Abilene Motor Express - hires all over Florida & runs coast to coast dry van & refrigerated.
Vero Logistics - coast to coast refrigerated based in Margate,FL.
Titan Transfer - dry van, nice trucks with APU. Has inhouse cdl training and refresher.
Florida Beauty Express - teams to California hauling live plants. Sometimes, Miami to California, to New York, back to Miami. One benefit they have that's unusual is unlimited time off between each run, without fear of losing your job. One new cdl grad posted his first weeks paycheck was a little over $1700.00 and it's fast paced, delivering multi-stop live plant loads.
Milan Express - dry van. Used to have their own cdl school, but no longer do. Maybe have some type of refresher course.
Freymiller - coast to coast refrigerated trucking. Apply for "Restore Program" which is inhouse refresher.
Indian River Transport - based in Tampa. Need 12 mos. experience, but something to consider for later if you decide you need a change.

 

China you posts are always helpful also. And you have great knowledge of the US trucking companies. Who do you work for? Thanks

 

Don't have to work now. Drift between Las Vegas and Beijing. Last job was pulling tankers 48 states and loved the OTR life.

 

screw a refresher course dude. What kind of agriculture products are being harvested in Florida right now? Go apply with these companies hauling tomatoes or grapes or garlic, whatever they're harvesting. You'll get all the experience you need, and that can be the beginning of a beautiful career. Also, you'll never lay over with agriculture products. They need to go from the field to the cannery immediately, no time to sit for 10 hours. You'll max out your HOS on the daily, but you'll be in your own bed every night.

 

Lots of companies out there willing to give you a go especially if your ex- military, check out some of the larger company web sites for openings for driver training opportunities.

 

CCC, Arnold, cypress/sunbelt, wiley sanders

 

Who "hasn't" @Chinatown worked for?!? He's got a pretty huge resume, broskey!!! Bigger than mine, bigger than most. We are lucky to have him here, for sure.