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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;marmonman, post: 2364674, member: 36371&quot;]Don&#039;t go to the web to apply!!</p><p>&nbsp;Go to the terminal you would want to work out of and go inside and ask for the person in charge of hiring !</p><p><br /></p><p>I know that I am an old crusty jerk-off but this new breed of truck driver needs to get off their ### and go see these places and people in PERSON not on line or on the phone .</p><p><br /></p><p>Trucking as a whole is still an old boy profession.</p><p>&nbsp;You need to come see me and talk to me in person if you want to go to work for me is the real attitude of most of your good companies.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can show allot more about yourself in person that on paper if you have nothing other to put on paper what school you went to.</p><p>&nbsp;You have to sale yourself to these companies .</p><p>&nbsp;So put on a clean outfit that looks nice and get out there and tell these companies why they would be a better company with you working for and with them .</p><p><br /></p><p>The first thing you need to know is you have to earn everything in trucking !</p><p>&nbsp;We don&#039;t owe anything just because you were to in your class! </p><p>You and 2000 other people were top ion their class as well today !</p><p><br /></p><p>We in the industry don&#039;t even owe you a chance to show us what you can do.</p><p>You need to earn that also. </p><p><br /></p><p>So go out there and show us all that have earned the the chance to show us you belong in our group of real truck drivers. </p><p><br /></p><p>I know I have earned my way to where I am today and I expect you to do the same. </p><p><br /></p><p>I hate to see this attitude that I have to be treated and live like a slave so I can get my experience.</p><p>&nbsp;You don&#039;t have to do that!!</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I have earned a good living for my family for over 30 years driving a truck .</p><p>&nbsp;I have never worked anywhere that had more than 50 trucks . </p><p>Heck I own my truck and I still wont work for a big outfit .</p><p><br /></p><p>I know that it easier to go to a mega carrier than it is to go to a small outfit .</p><p>I think you are going to do this for less than 5 years then I guess it don&#039;t matter how you do it .</p><p><br /></p><p>If you plan on doing this long term then do yourself a favor and really take your time and try your best to stay away from the mega boys.</p><p>&nbsp;All they want is meat in the seat .</p><p>&nbsp;They don&#039;t care if last a week or a year there are more where you came from .</p><p><br /></p><p>OK i am done preaching for now LOL I will go back to drooling in my paper road atlas<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies-vb/roundies/biggrin_25523.gif" class="mceSmilie" alt=":biggrin_25523:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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