Pre-hire letters

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  1. Jan 22, 2020 #21
    WakeUpTheEchoes

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    Oooo...Look at the cute, cuddly bear...

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  3. Jan 22, 2020 #22
    WakeUpTheEchoes

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    Sounds like a great plan :)) Between all of your leads provided to me, and my own dogged researching, there has got to be at least one company willing to give a dude a shot.
     
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  4. Jan 22, 2020 #23
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    What type of Truck driving job are you looking for? Dry Van, Flatbed, or Refrigerated?
     
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  5. Jan 22, 2020 #24
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    Leaning toward refrigerated, but I qualify for all endorsements, so I will get, doubles, tanker, hazmat. With that, tanker is a possibility. The only one that I have ruled out is flatbed because I am short with a lower back that has seen better days
     
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  7. Jan 22, 2020 #25
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    You want pre-hires so you know that there are trucking companies willing to hire graduates of the training company you are paying to train you.

    If you do not get pre-hires, then you might get a truck driving school certificate that will only be worth using for toilet paper.

    Ask the school what companies hire their graduates, and apply to those companies.
     
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  8. Jan 22, 2020 #26
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    That can happen even with pre-hires because pre-hire letters are not any kind of guarantee for employment. More like a promise to consider.
     
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  9. Jan 23, 2020 #27
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    Yes, it CAN happen, but if you get a prehire after you tell a trucking company where you are getting your initial training, you can be fairly confident that the school is worth paying for.
     
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  10. Jan 23, 2020 #28
    WakeUpTheEchoes

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    I am going to a school in the Dallas/Ft Worth area. I am not applying to easily 150+ companies. Yeah, that is the number of companies that hire out of this trucking school. Not a bad suggestion for someone in a smaller town, but doesn’t really work in an area like Dallas.
     
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  11. Jan 23, 2020 #29
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    Dude, in Dallas/Ft Worth pre-hire letters don’t mean anything because there are 10+ other schools in the area from which the companies all hire. You are thinking of this from the perspective of small market, small company. I am looking at being one of 150 applicants in the same area who all graduated from an approved trucking school. I am not discounting your opinion and suggestion, it just isn’t the approach for me. Thank you.
     
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  12. Jan 23, 2020 #30
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    Have you spoken to ANY trucking companies who have specifically stated they hire from the school?

    Not all companies will hire from all training schools. In fact, there are quite a few training schools out there who can't get their students hired by anyone.

    Don't give money to a school unless you know #### well that at least one large trucking company hires their graduates.
     
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