Obtaining A Job - My Personal Situation

TMC is a mediocre company, If you feel associated because the owner is former military go for it. These days practically every company is military friendly.

 

Obtaining a job is the easy part. Keeping a job is the hard part. With the Peee Poor training from the CDL schools. You are only given a few chances to mess up. Depending on how much your mess up cost the company. If you get fired as a rookie good luck getting another job in a timely manner. This industry has no job security. So keep that in the back of your mind and have a plan B. All that Resume stuff nobody cares about. All they want to know is can you get from point A to point B in a timely manner in rain, sleet, and snow.

 

Well maybe you can recommend a better starting company for him to get into seeing as that will be his best options. It's said over and over again that new drivers have to start somewhere, and tmc is one of those places. Mediocre doesn't mean it's horrible, and speaking to several drivers recently who are with tmc all have nothing but good things to say.

 

Already have. re-read the thread.

 

I think that your nerves are eating you up a little. Your resume sounds Impeccable my friend. You will have a very hard time deciding where to go because every training comp will give you a shot. First things first if there is a tech college in your area see what they have to say. If you want flexibility with your options you may need to go to a non company affiliated school and get pre hires while you are training. Once you get your class a Call recruiters survey drivers.important qs may be: how many miles per week on avg? Cents per miles? Am I getting paid for deadhead (practical miles?) Do company offer reasonable climate control options while parked (apu). how much will insurance cost? Etc. As far as where to go. Thats up to you. I guess put the big ones on standby (swift, cr, prime werner, crst) and apply to companies that have very few complaints on here and.

 

Good luck to you!

 

Let's get two things straight here. First, nothing the military has is "perfectly good" especially the airplanes. Can't count the times a jump was scratched because the plane was broke. Second, the 101st doesn't jump out of airplanes any more. Just kidding around, but it is the truth.

Now that we cleared that up, OP, you won't have trouble getting a job. I had a break in service where I drove for 8 years or so. If you were an 88M then they will waive experience requirements at some companies. If you can document your driving time it might help though. Get your 348s and 346s rounded up for proof. A memo from your current command may help as well.

Once you get into the school, the companies will be tripping over each other to hire you. Do your research on them and search this forum extensively.

My last duty station was with 5th SFG(A) around the corner from you. In the process of retiring out of Europe now and looking to go back on the road. It's been so long I have to go back through school. Are you a Rakkasan?

Take care and all the best. Hooah!

 

.gov driving will never be converted to civilian tt driving experience. They will trip over the FOD
to know you can follow "management"

 

Not so Shaggy, I have had companies tell me they would take my military driving experience into account. It just depends on the company. And if you are an 88M military truck driver, it can be be credited to you for experience. Again, it just depends on the company.

 

The company can tell you the moon is purple and get hired, DMV still tells you have zero CDL, sure get a waiver, I hope every state does this, Mine does. we are both correct