Looking for job

My school does not do job placement. Normally recruiters are sent out to talk to the students but at this time company's aren't sending them out so the school gave us a list of company's that have hired their students and wed sites for job searching. I'm learning this is not a good time of the year for looking for a job as a graduate and with the economy the way it is isn't helping.

 

I've been calling trucking company's for the past week and none of them are making any sense. I went through a very good and intense training from experienced drivers not just to learn how to drive a truck but how to be a good, safe and responsible truck driver. All I need is a week OTR with a trainer and they will see how well I was trained and how well I'll do for their company. Unfortunately they all have a bad taste from students that were not properly trained and are very hesitant to hiring someone that was trained else were.

 

I was told the same thing by one of the trucking company's I called, Not enough freight coming out of MI. My question is, Isn't there freight coming out of Canada, wouldn't that make MI a good spot for drivers. I live not far from I94, the main run between Detroit and Chicago and there are a butt load of trucks running all day all night both directions. Can't I get on one of those runs. I see Canadian trucks running all the time.

 

Makes no scene, most trucking company's still train you with or with out a CDL so they can see for them selves that you know what your doing. If they won't work with you than probably not a good company to work for.