No, I don't think you did see my point. It doesn't matter who is paying for the school. You or a grant. It is still not company financed. If you are in school or have been approved YOU DO NOT NEED a pre-hire letter. Just get your CDL and you are then hirable. That school recruiter is a bit daffy. Ignore this person. There are so many carriers looking for drivers they are paying signing bonuses. Again YOU DO NOT NEED a pre-hire letter!
Pre-hire letters
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by WakeUpTheEchoes, Jan 22, 2020.
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1. Make sure you have no tickets that are not taken care of now. BIG DEAL.
2. No drugs from here forward of any kind. No smokin in the boys room. Thats the 2 biggest things that get drivers tossed out of orientation in the next job.
Get your medical card out of the way as soon as you can, chiropractors tend to be a little easier.
good luck, Oh yea numero uno, absolutely do not hit anything from here forward. Stop a million times if you don't know where something is, just don't hit it. -
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I went through the WIOA grant as well, about a decade ago.
I'm pretty sure the school you are going to will have a few companies that hire from there, and most of them should be willing to give a pre-hire letter.
At my school there was Swift, Werner, and CRST.
But a pre-hire letter is not a promise to hire.
It just means that you will be considered for employment if all other considerations line up properly.
In the end it doesn't really mean anything to anyone.WakeUpTheEchoes Thanks this. -
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Been a long time.
They were very heavy on the pre-trip inspection, with some driving and backing thrown in.
As with most schools, enough to get us to pass the DMV test and not a lot more.
They were scant in certain areas like dropping and hooking to a trailer. We only did that a couple times.
The time spent with pre-trip was actually the most helpful though.
They took the time to explain all the different systems so we understood how the truck worked and what to look out for.
And that accounted for fully half the time there.
Overall, and even looking back, I am very happy with how they did things.
Most of the learning comes after getting hired to a company and going out with the trainer/mentor.
And even that training leaves much to be learned afterwards.
After nine years out here, I still encounter new situations.
The schools job is to get your foot in the door. They did a fine job with that, and I don't remember any of my class failing to get our CDL. -
BTW, the practice tests on this site have a couple of outdated questions relating to tire checks. And I think the requirement to carry a dated certificate of HazMat training by your employer. Tire checks are required at start of trip and everytime you stop. The old requirement was for tire checks at start and then every 100 miles or 2 hours. That's not required anymore.
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