1 year from CDL school

So far, the company that has shown the greatest interest in me has been a small company out of Grand Rapids, MI called Sweet Express. Recruiter told me that I am on a waiting list for a trainer with an automatic, since I have an automatic only restriction. The recruiter really seems straight forward without trying to sell me all kinds of pie-in-the-sky nonsense.

 

Update:
I said that I was going to put in about 30 applications and see what comes of those. I use the Driver Pulse app for all of my applications and I just counted 42 (plus one for Schneider through their website because Schneider isn't available through Driver Pulse). If I can't secure a job driving a truck with one of those 43 companies, I am officially retiring from trucking.
Just to let anyone know who is following or who has happened along this thread...
I am currently outside the US for personal leisure and not scheduled to return until next month. I can't make or receive US calls at the moment, so I won't actually have any solid information regarding being hired or 43 denials until I get back to the US to make the phone calls to those companies. Once I have a solid answer, and I am hopefully headed to orientation somewhere, I will post a message providing the details.

 

I was going through posts and responding to ones to which I had yet to respond, then realized I had already given this one a response. I didn't see a way to delete, so I edited with explanation.

 

I will keep that in mind, but I will note that most of the companies with which I am applying don't have terminals near where I live. They hire out of my area because those companies have drop yards in DFW. There are probably 5 companies out of the 43 where there is a terminal near me to which I can pay a visit. If none of the companies to which I have applied online work out, my one last hope is a street in Dallas, TX (Irving Blvd) where there are several trucking companies. These are small outfits that don't have websites and online applications. If the 43 companies decline me and none of these small outfits will touch me, I am retiring from trucking.