Need advice on which company would be better.

Have you considered being a secret agent?

Perhaps FBI?

 

Are you going in cold or do have(think you have)an account? Or are they just looking for someone to do all the scut work?

I sure wouldn't pay to learn.

 

I myself did take a simple course to answer some of the questions that I had mostly ones dealing with setting up my own Brokerage and it has proven to be helpful! However with that being said there are many that you can take that you will get raped for I took the Agent class through FBI and found it to be interesting, there are classes out there that will charge upwards of 5 grand and take 4 days to cram two weeks worth of info in your head that you wont be able to remember 40 percent of 5 days after the class is over. As far as cold calling yes I have done some of it actually a lot of it but yes I to did resort to calling on the repeat customers that I had dealt with thru the years of being on the road. I built a small customer baseto get started with only 3 shippers but hey it's a start and we all have to start somewhere. As far as where to start as an Agent that is a wide open choice there are many options some good and some not so good some offer a commission split that you can actually make a living on while not spending 16 hours a day at the desk while others pay rates that arent so hot. I know of another broker, I took his Agent, who was paying his Agent 45% and when I first come in contact with him it had been more than a month since the Agent had been paid however the Broker wasnt missing any paychecks. The average Commision rate is between 55% to 60% I personally give my agents a little more than that depending on the usual factors of experince, portable business, attitude and so on. However I tell my folks constantly and it may be something to keep in mind, Don't focus on the money put your focus on the relationship and the money will come later!" Also howmuch support will the Brokers provide that you have spoken to meaning will they be around to answer your questions pertaining to Lane Development, Rates, Equipment, Insurance and so on or will they just give you a contract and turn you loose to make the mistakes on your own and hope that you learn from them? Regardless of which way you go in your search one thing will always remain, you will never make a driver happy in this business it would not matter is the shipper was paying 10 bucks a mile and you were only taking a penny a mile for your self they will still swear that you are taking to much and the rate is actually much higher than what you are trying to move it for! You will hear it everyday, "oh you need to come up on that rate I know you have already discounted it by 30%!" Rates are what they are the shippers are only going to pay so much and we have to attempt to move it and still make a little off of it but the drivers will never be happy either way! I wish you the best of luck in your journey into this business!

 

Mr Massey let me have an e-mail address and I will send you something to get started with!

 

John your info has been sent!