CDL Completion Certificate

If you guys don't know, I went & got my CDL training through Swift. I signed their contract agree to pay back the $4,400 if I quit early. Well I did end up quitting. I quit for personal reasons, not the company, they were great. I'm currently with Schneider Bulk & I'm loving it so far & the pay is decent for me as a new CDL holder. When I left Swift some companies would not hire me due to this contract with Swift. I don't actually have my CDL certificate of completion until I pay the money back. Schneider did not care about this contract which I'm glad they didn't. So my question is once I get my one year of experience will companies want to hire me or will they still look at it as I'm under contract with Swift. Also I know some companies say they hire recent grads but you have to have you certificate to bring in which I do not have. I'm wondering if the companies that I see that say they hire with 6 months recent CDL experience or 1 year recent CDL experience still consider me without having the actual certificate since by that I'm have experience. Or do most companies actually want to SEE your certificate to make sure you actually graduated from a school? Or is that just only important to companies when they hire someone fresh out of school with no experience so they can verify they have been trained by a certified school? & before someone thinks I just skipped out on the bill with Swift that's not the case. I'm currently on a payment plan with them. Thanks for the replies guys!

 

Payments go to Swift

 

No I have my Actual CDL. I was only trying to get the certificate only if it really mattered to other companies. If it doesn't then it's only a piece of paper at that point.

 

Woooow really??? That's CRAZY! Lol man he got off lucky!