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  1. claymosby

    claymosby Bobtail Member

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    Hello Everyone. Student driver just a bit over halfway through a 7 week course at Western Pacific Truck School in Sacramento. Found myself laid off in May with no job opportunities around. After some work with the unemployment office found I qualified for funding for trucking school. Looking forward to the challenges with a good bit of nervousness, hope I can get my backing skills up to acceptable levels in the next few weeks.
    Currently have pre-hire letters from 4 places, will need to make a choice before too long.
    Any tips and/or advice will be gratefully accepted.
     
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  3. d o g

    d o g Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Welcome, clay. Good luck with the new career. The experienced drivers here at TTR have thousands of years of experience when you add them all together, so you've found a great place to help you with the transition.
     
  4. claymosby

    claymosby Bobtail Member

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    In a terrible quandry at the moment. Have several pre-hire letters, Swift, Covenant and Werner, verbal pre-hire from May. and an application at Gordon. Ruled out Covenant as they only hire teams out of California. But it seems the more research I do, the less sure I am about which direction to go. How did you folks go about reaching a decision?:biggrin_2556:
     
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    Lilbit Road Train Member

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    Welcome to the party!
     
  6. Gears

    Gears Trucker Forum STAFF - Gone, But Not Forgotten.

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    Congrats on the new career and best of luck your way.

    Welcome!
     
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