Is it even possible to get a job if someone goes to their own CDL school?

Mention the company name. No smearing, you wasted your time on them. Now its time for them to face the truth. The truth is they want to sell schooling not hire drivers.

You are employable.

It is true most companies want to sell their schooling much more then they need drivers. With more time behind the wheel, you should get a better education at a community college and better chance of keeping a career. I assume that is what is important to you?

This time of year no one is hot to hire! No one! People that are getting hired only because they bought into some company school. Buy the time you make it through a community collage program in a few months, there will be more hiring. If you apply yourself you should have no problem getting on somewhere and your tuition reimbursed.

 

Companies want applicants to have some experience OR have recently graduated an approved CDL school. If you have a CDL and a clean driving record some company will hire you. But, each trucking company has their own requirements so they decide what they want from applicants to hire them. If you have little or no CDL experience but you have a certificate of completion/graduation from PTDI CDL school or accredited community college you are qualified. Individual companies may generally hire from a particular CDL school and not others. Keep applying you will get hired.

 

The reason they offer in-house school and training is because it locks you into working for them at a cheap pay rate for a certain period of time. They end up making a lot more money at that cheap rate than what their school and training cost them. Get your CDL the way you're planning, then there are decent training companies like Magnum that will train a licensed but inexperienced driver.

 

The reason you haven't heard back is because he's a recruiter. They get paid to get bodies in the door if you're not getting in the door then it's a waste of time for him. I know it sounds like they don't care but some of these recruiters are commission based

 

Pay for your own schooling is the best way to get started . A certified school will look better on applications and best of all you wont be stuck in a cdl mills contract .

 

I went to a local Jr. College for my CDL school.
I had a great job, two weeks before graduation. We're in the hiring process right now. I should start about the 8th.
9 offers for jobs.
I think they understand when something is 25 years old. You've stayed clean all this time. Everybody makes mistakes.

 

Dozens of companies will hire you from a community college cdl school. Where is your location, so we can give you a few names of companies to apply with that hire new cdl school graduates.

 

So before you pay for any training do some research into which companies in your area will hire you that way your not paying out $5000 with out some kind of guarantee that you'll get hired.

 

If you got a CDL today. Looking for a guarantee for a job is like looking for a guarantee on a Toyota.