Student graduate out of Miami. Who’s hiring out of FL?

The Schneider driver just showed a bank statement, pay stub with new Nevada address and was then given a Nevada CDL. I think both the pay stub & bank statement were on his cell phone that he showed the DMV. No problems.
You should probably be prepared to do the same with your cell phone.
Used to be everything had to be on paper, but now I guess it's the modern age.

 

This is going to be a loooongshot: Dot Foods. They’ve long had a shortage of Miami-based drivers. I believe CDS is the only opportunity. What that entails is trailers are shuttled to Miami, from Vidalia, and the Miami-based drivers do the deliveries. Everything is unloaded by the drivers, some of it is fingerprinted and some of it is already separated and palletized. The positive aspects are deliveries are to a dock (no ramping) and most drivers have dedicated customers they regularly deliver to (creates working relationships). Dot pays drivers for every single aspect of their on-duty time, which results in excess of $100K per year. Don’t hold me to this, but, I believe the Miami drivers are home every night. Bilingual is essential. They do have inward facing AI cameras. The biggest hangup is going to be your lack of experience, combined with where you went to CDL school (they don’t accept every school). You will need to submit an application and see what happens. The hiring process is fairly lengthy, so be patient.

Dot Transportation

 

That's an excellent lead! Dot Foods Transportation hires new cdl school grads.
Apply for a position at that terminal, even if you don't think you'll be hired.

 

There’s only two states that I’m aware of that won’t honor your brand new CDL. MA and IL will make you retake the skills test.

You need to get away from Miami or just get a job driving a crap truck for one of the Cubans down there. Ain’t no fluffin way anyone with a brain is going to let you park your truck in Miami. It’ll be stolen eventually almost guaranteed.

The only truck stop down there is pure crap. Chances of even getting a paid spot is slim to none. If you do get one it’ll be a blind sided back with no room to maneuver.

I stayed there once when I used to do multi stop loads in Miami. Absolute sketch crap hole and overpriced parking.

Move to Lakeland, Ocala area or just find a job driving an ice cream truck in Miami area

 

If you transfer CDL to another state, usually you just have to re-take the HazMat test, get a new pic. HazMat doesn't transfer between states, as far as I know. All other endorsements for truck are usually good for life of the CDL and renew automatically as you renew the CDL. HazMat is the only endorsement with hassles factory-installed.

 

In any zoned large city and most medium and small cities, the zoning ordinances decide if you can park commercial vehicles outside zoned commercial areas, not the landowner. That's to say you can have a backyard big enough to park an aircraft carrier and that doesn't matter to the city zoning enforcement officers.

NEWBIES ALWAYS THINK PARKING A TRUCK AT HOME IS ONLY A MATTER OF THE SIZE OF THE YARD. It's not. ALL kinds of city laws and regulations, and HOAs when applicable, decide for you if you can park a truck or trailer in a non-commercial area.

Most non-Floridians think FL is crawling with Cubans; it's not. There are Cuban neighborhoods like around 8th Street, and some expensive neighborhoods. BTW, Cubans in America are the best. Cubans are more like the royalty of South Florida. When I lived in Ft Lauderdale, if I found myself in a Cuban store, restaurant, neighborhood, I could relax. I jokingly say Cubans are like the Marine Corp of Hispanics. No better friend and no worse enemy. They are tied with the Irish and Italians for hospitality. I knew some of the Hermanos al Rescate pilots and mechanics at the airports I worked at. Awesome.

 

@Chinatown Pritchett doesn’t hire much below Ocala FL, north central Florida. There’s opportunities in the panhandle as well as Jax, and around Palatka which is interior central Florida. I’ve been here 13 years and I see you reference them often for Florida employment, figured this might help you moving forward as far as recommending them in the future. I don’t recruit for them by any means, but would answer questions if need be.