When to apply?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Ian2175, Apr 12, 2018.

  1. Ian2175

    Ian2175 Bobtail Member

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    I just started cdl school at a local community college in Atlanta. it is an 11 week course. My question is when should I start apply to jobs?I have a passport, Twic, and have an appointment next week to do the background for the hazmat. I either want to do tankers or LTL. Thanks for any advice!
     
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  3. IluvCATS

    IluvCATS Road Train Member

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    Start looking now. I did it like that. Get ideas of companies you might like then come back on here and search them so you can read the good and the bad from real drivers. Don’t settle for the first company that acts excited to talk to you.
     
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  4. WesternPlains

    WesternPlains Road Train Member

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    Start now. I had a job offer before my class started.
     
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  5. IluvCATS

    IluvCATS Road Train Member

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    He’s not talking about getting a “job” at the CDL school sweeping and taking out the garbage, etc. :)
     
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  6. Chinatown

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    Those posts are correct; start applying right now.
    Tankers or LTL; good choices and fat paychecks.
    Old Dominion Freight Lines
    Trimac Transportation
    McKenzie Tank Lines
    Gemini Transport - owned by Love's Truck Stops
    Schneider Bulk
    CTL Transportation
    Airgas
    Service Transport - www.svtn.com
    Superior-Carriers
    Tidewater Transit
    WW Transport
    All the above hire new cdl graduates, even if the website has "experience required"; they all do, so apply.
     
  7. WesternPlains

    WesternPlains Road Train Member

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    I’m not either.
    By the time my class graduated. I had a dozen job offers.
    I accepted my present position, 2 weeks before graduation.
     
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  8. WesternPlains

    WesternPlains Road Train Member

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    Where do you get this stuff from?
     
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  9. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    What stuff?
     
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    WesternPlains Road Train Member

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    That stuff.
     
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  11. Chinatown

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    Probably cause you have a dog in your avatar and he has a cat; there's bound to be friction.
     
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