All-State Career????

Discussion in 'Trucking Schools and CDL Training Forum' started by greentrainee, Feb 7, 2008.

  1. greentrainee

    greentrainee Bobtail Member

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    I just went out to All-State Career (Pittsburgh Location) and am ready to hand over $5,500.00 for their 4 Week CDL Course is this a mistake? Are there other good options for me in my area right now. One thing that concerns me is that I have a white collar Federal Felony and I am just coming home... While the recruiter didn't promise me employment placement she did make it clear that I should be employable is this true? Are their other training options within company training programs for former felons? Looking for all the help:biggrin_2551: and advise out there!:biggrin_2551:
     
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  3. soon2betrucking

    soon2betrucking Road Train Member

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    Hey Green, Im in All state Career over in Philly, im paying close to $9,000 and thats a 6month course.. 5,500 for 4 weeks with a fed. fel is a pretty big gamble based in the facts shown at my school with folks that have felony's here, they are having a hard time with employment, if your just coming home you may want to persue a nother career, im an internet junkie as some would call it, i do major research for fellow classmates that dont have internet access, that have felonies, and most companies will hire you if your charges were more then 5-10 years ago. if yours is just recent, i would put in the back burner till you do your own internet searches looking for companies that would hire you. its as simple as this :
    They Dont Trust You. they dont care what your charges where. and this " white collar fed. fel." doesnt sound very good.
    However, as i stated above, im just a student still in school, and im just giving you facts based on the way i see it EVERYDAY at my school.
    hopefuly others would be able to assist you hear on this site.
    But please, dont make the mistake of spending all that money to be able to NOT get a job.
    Best of luck to you and your search, remeber, the reqruitor will tell you what ever sounds good's to you to get you there, cause when you sign that paper, he/she gets paid, and you get screwed in the end, and they dont care.
     
  4. canyonero

    canyonero Bobtail Member

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    I am an allstate career student ,i never drove a truck b4 ,i have to admit that my learning experience was fantastic i had Will Whitaker as my instructor a smart professional with a nice sens of humor kind of guy , also has otr experience he would show you how to get out of trouble using your head and improvise .i finished the class room and now i am in the range .so far i think that the $9000 is a good investment ,many compnies would reumburse tuition and, as a trucker i will probly make money in no time . if i takes 6 months to help me be a pro ...so be it
     
  5. RickG

    RickG Road Train Member

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    When you get a job earning good money then you can say what a good investment it is . There are a lot of graduates out there unable to find work as well as over 100,000 experienced drivers .
     
  6. canyonero

    canyonero Bobtail Member

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    RickG where do you get your facts from ? post a link please
    at my school 90 % of the guys who graduate are employed and some guys have job offers left and right
     
  7. soon2betrucking

    soon2betrucking Road Train Member

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    rickg, id like to no about the info as well,
    i went to all state, 6 months, and all but 1 who graduated my school are all driving,
    i landed a job where i cleared over 44k my first year, 22 years old. and i only travled to 10 states. :biggrin_2554:....
    yeah its getting harder to get a job in the industry, and even harder for people to get jobs right out of school, but compaies are out there still takin on people, but not as many as thier were last year.
    good luck to you with school.
     
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