Driving School - Out of Pocket VS Gov't Assistance...

Any gov't bonus paid for hiring will be applied whether or not the applicant received assistance.

And if you qualify for assistance, why wouldn't you use it?
Especially if it increased you chance of a hire!?

But, I don't really think it would.

 

Im in a W.i.a. Cdl class right now its not even really a question Pay $3,800 out of pocket and maybe know how to drive after I get pushed through a class...

 

I have to be honest and say that I haven't hear of a preference for students who were in a program on Govt assistance. I went through my training using a state grant which paid 100% of my schooling. There were others in my class that paid the full amount themselves. I didn't see any kind of favoritism either way by employers. If you are able to get your training and have no out-of-pocket expense then by all means do so! Its a huge benefit to not have to pay that large lump sum for your CDL. Keep that money in the bank and have it for when you are hired on with a company and out with a trainer making next to nothing while training.

 

i called the secretary at the school i was cdl trained at she says no trucking company has ever asked if a student was sponsered or self paid. That said the longer courses usually offered at community colleges produced my knowledgable drivers then what i did at Smith and Soloman they really only taught me how to pass the cdl test at NJ DMV

 

who's gonna know HOW you paid for school unless you tell them.

 

I'm almost finished w/my school. Half paid by me, half by the state thru a grant. In all the times I've spoken w/recruiters over the phone...that's never been asked or been an issue. They are more worried about what driving school you've been thru, not how it's been/being paid for. In all probability, I will most likely qualify to get what I paid out of pocket back from whatever company I get on with...tuition reimbursement. Choose carefully, research thoroughly whatever school you decide to go with-unless you hire on w/a company that will train you.

Best of luck!

 

Whether a student pays out of pocket or gets government grant for school is not the factor to which a company will get a tax break for hiring you. It depends on what the student's household income or military status for company to get tax break for hiring you.