Companies that hire new CDL holders from Nor Cal.

You might call some of the smaller companies that run the I-5 out of Oregon. A&M & Thomas & Sons are 2 that come to mind.

 

If you are currently still attending school, I would go with the company that seems to want you most and is willing to offer things you want or need (cpm, insurance, truck styles and makes, types of runs). Reputation is also very important! Hence I tend toward larger companies who have had more drivers.

 

I'm reluctant to tell you, but May Trucking will hire new students out of NorCal. They have Drop yards along the 5 and you would work out of the Brooks, OR terminal. They have great equipment, but please know they have slow trucks and low pay. Last I heard their fleet was about 1300 trucks. Check it out and you decide. I started there a long time ago and still have mixed feelings.

 

I just recalled that I meant to comment on the question about why it is so difficult to find companies who are hiring drivers in Cali. I recently read online that California is going to start enforcing their laws about companies being required to meet their emissions standards to be able to run their trucks in California. The article said companies may pull away from the state because of it. Trucks don't emit near as many emissions as they did when I was younger though. I can't even smell the diesel from most of them anymore.

 

If you’ve got a work ethic you’ve got a work ethic. I’ve seen men in their 50s dust those young kids just because you all have a much better work mentality than a lot of them. It doesn’t hurt to try. If I am a driver manager I am gonna hire the guy who wants to work regardless of age.