Relying on your school for a Job?

I am taking just the Truck driver as I already have my Cdl and mostly need the endorsements and the shifting studies. SO the class will be 4 weeks long with the extern-ship to follow. I drove a straight truck and pulled a 34 foot backhoe trailer,also drove water trucks, some have told me the longer trailers are easier to back up than the short ones. I hope that is true. Once I get that double clutch down I should be good to go. Went by there Friday with my kids and checked out the location and trucks in the yard. Seems like a decent place and so far they have been pretty nice. Just was a little disappointed with the ad I saw this morning in the paper. They never mentioned they recruited for those other companies and never offered me those apps. Thats okay now with the help of my new friends on the forums I know how to handle that.

 

OK guys and Gals I will have to keep that in mind regarding the floating, clutching etc.. The other thing I see on here are some of the people saying you need to watch the speed and rpm's to shift at the correct time. Is that true? I think you should be able to hear it in engine and tranny that is is time to change gears, you know that feeling you get just before a summer rain, the smell in the air LOL!

The only reason I am waiting until July is I am going to spend a little family time with the kids now that they are our of school. We are going camping in the white mountains for a week and do some fishing. I know that once I am in this program we have a hard road ahead as far as quality family time for at least a year.

I am ( later on ) considering O/O but will not make that choice until I have done my year or there abouts. Hopefully the economy will level out and perhaps the fuel prices will lower. The way I see it on here that is what is making it the hardest for O/O. Sounds like there is plenty of freight if you are willing to work.

Anyway I am looking forward to this new career thanks so much for all your insight and I am sure there will be more when I return. Thanks

 

Wow thanks I did find a few companies that I wasn't aware of in the Phoenix area. Some of them actually say they will consider new graduates. Thanks for the input and good suggestions.
Still need admins to let me know where I can start my thread regarding school and training. Thanks again all I'm glad you are here!