I need a career change

Your location will afford few options.

Please be careful !

 

http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=truck+driving+school&l=Tallahassee%2C+FL

perhaps

swift

stevens

ffe

prime

also see if any state/federal funds are available.

 

It will be best if you could come up with the training on your own. Check with the employement office in your area and see if they have the $$ to send you to school. If you do go with company paid training to get your CDL you'll have to sign a contract to work for them at a VERY CHEAP rate for at least a year. Do all you can to avoid that!

 

I suppose that all depends on your definition of decent. If we go by my definition of decent company, then the answer would be no. There are no decent companies that I know of which will cover the cost of training up front. There are lots of companies that will pay for your training, but I wouldn't call any of them decent. I'd wouldn't want to work for any of them. And I certainly wouldn't want to sign a multi year contract into endentured servitude with any of them.

As others have said, do whatever you have to do to save the cash or get a loan and pay for it yourself. Being a slave to bottom feeder company is not something I would recommend to my worst enemy.

 

IF you are or aren't collecting unemployment benefits, check you state emplyment agencies for info on the WIA Grant. Workforce Investement Act. If you are currently collecting unemployment benefits you would qualify immediately, if you aren't then they will base their decision of you past income. Might be harder to get, but you can at least try right.

You can then use this grant to pay for CDL A training at a local school. And that will give you a little more freedom as to who you can work for and you aren't locked into a contract.

If that fails, well check
FFE, Prime, Swift, Stevens, Roehl, Central Refrigerated and others.

I also read on here about a company called MCT (i think it was) That hire a lot of Florida types, and train them for CDL A (maybe someone can come along and either confirm/correct the name of the company)

 

Prime has the most extensive training program. Wouldn't recommend leasing

Schneider national also has what appears to be a pretty good program. Rather than pay right out the gate focus on which company will pprovide the best training. Avoid companies with short training programs. Being thrown to the wolves Ian never a good thing

 

Sooooo many typo. Sorry