Do all new drivers go OTR?

I went to Clark State Community College for my training. It was top notch.
Schneider had a reimbursement program but at the rate they were "reimbursing" it would have taken three years. Just a bit of bait and switch if you ask me. I was mislead by recruiters on that or ill informed on the process, either way that was a strike against them.

 

Probably some good local jobs available that don't advertise, such as Holland in Charlotte. It's a teamsters union outfit with good benefits.
Let us know when you start school and we'll try to help you find something. @Numb probably has some good leads.

 

Not to mention who you know if it applies.

 

There are CDL holders that have never even packed a bag. I learned that during the year I worked locally in Nashville for Dr. Pepper Snapple Group. Of the entire fleet, only me and one other guy had OTR experience. I applaud local guys. Over the road for me is to much better. I don't feel as worn out at the end of the day. To me local work is not what it's cracked up to be but it's whatever works best for you individually

 

I started out "locally" I'm home every day or every other day.

 

It is possible to get your license and start working locally with no OTR experience. It depends on how big of a city you live in and how much research you do. You can't do everything online, live a small town, and expect to find local work as a rookie.

 

Is Dr. Pepper Snapple Group part of Coca-Cola?

 

I agree with that in part but offer a explaination.

I delivered bulk cement to TBH Concrete in Westminster Md out of Blue Circle in Canton Baltimore for several months off and on, no trouble at all. I should have thought about why they were not too social in that trailer but eh...

Some time later in life I show up at their downtown office in the rain surrounded by a bunch of lowboy trailers and macks stored on two sides of this building. For a interview. Do you know that the VP sat there and told me that I am overqualified with my blessed Class A? I waved to the 18 wheelers branded with the oval TBH on every door outside his windows and then looked him over getting ready to call his BS.

What I should have known long before that day was this Yankee was actually discriminating against my hearing. Which was not a issue at all. He did not want it.

Fast forward decades, we have a ready mix here in Arkansas called Razorback. They were pleased to find work for me of all sorts. They were actually once a construction company prior to Ready mix work and I have been treated to a cornucopia of opportunities to do different things there. We even did routine radio work as well. On the job, off the job etc. No problems. (Thank you Boomer...) but considering the stuffy Yankees back home, they shore missed out on a good worker. Ultimately they handed me a CAT 936 and point to the rock and sand, one of this two of that up the chute. That for me was a little bit of heaven. Found something I enjoy very much, playtime. Not worktime no matter how hot it got.

Long stories short, anyone can do anything if given half a chance. Snobbies Yankee excluded.

 

Check out local trucking jobs on Craigslist for your area. Sometimes there's quite a few. It don't hurt to call and see, although if one seems at all promising i'd go talk to the guy in person. That has got me a long ways

 

No they are on there own. Coke distributes Dr Pepper though in some areas.

Their big brands are Dr Pepper, Snapple, and 7up