Little advice

If I could start over, I would not have gone to the career counselor at my cdl school. The school kept pushing Werner and Swift on all of the students making it sound like that those two companies were the only ones in this country that hired cdl school graduates. The woman that handles applications at your school....is there someone else that you can get to assist you with submitting pre-hire applications to other companies? This website alone seems to give some great advice as far as information regarding other truck companies. I don't want to sound like a lousy recruiter, but I've read that ConWay is a decent company that hires students. You have many choices. Don't be forced to drive "team" just because of one woman's assumptions about your driving abilities.


Speeding Ticket

As long as that is your only citation, you still have a chance of getting hired somewhere. Just be truthful on your app because there is a chance that it will still show up on your record.

 

I don't think there's anything barring you from applying at companies on your own - some may or may not take you with different things on your record (tons of threads on this) but you can definitely try without trusting the school lady to tell you whether or not you will get a position doing X.

I don't think one speeding ticket will be a huge issue but the only opinion that matters is the person that does the hiring at whatever company you apply for. Generally more serious accidents and whatnot would be big black marks.

Team driving is just that - you and some other random person (OK maybe not random, you might get some minimal input) driving around together. Personally I couldn't do it. Being with my trainer for 4 weeks was enough, the truck gets awful small, and he was a totally clean and decent guy too. I couldn't imagine getting stuck with someone with really terrible hygiene/habits/attitude, or anything else that might get on your nerves after awhile.

One company I would suggest taking a look at would be Squire/Knight - I know they're in Indy and SoCal but some random person told me they were starting one in TX somewhere - that could be totally wrong, but still worth a look. I'm sure a lot of people will complain about Knight (same with every company) but I think the program was top-notch. They take students with a CDL and 120 hours of schooling from an "accredited" school ("licensed" is I think more the correct term). I have no idea about their ticket/accident/citation policy.

 

screw the placement lady! its your career right? you want to drive solo?

Then fill out your own applications!



Have an accident on your record doesnt NOT mean you can only team thats just stupid, shes going to screw you both of those companies suck anyway. Do some looking around the forum and fill out applications to companys that sound like they have what you want...



American Trucker

 

if you go with Covenant get in touch with me i wil get you solo no problem, was dedicated solo 2 months off my trainer truck....just gotta know the right people to talk too Besides CRuSTy is not better than Covenant

 

I'm 21 too...


thats only going to take a few options off of the table for you, a majority of the companies that hire new drivers hire at 21, theres maybe 6 I can think of off the top of my head that require you be older then 21.

Watkins Shepard
May Trucking
Gordon
Prime
Schnider
Central Refrigerated
plenty more...



American Trucker

 

put Covenant on that list

 

Here is a link to get you started. It lists several companies in each state, in alphabetical order.

Trucking Companies - Wisconsin

I have Wis. highlighted as that's where i live. So don't be fooled, it was just what interested me. Click on the link to your state, it will give many of the trucking companies found there, though I'm sure not all.