Becomming a Freight Broker

All you have learn to become a brocker ..never says truth.. if u keep bs many drivers may get reach

 

Huh ....

 

As a broker the only thing relevant is the ability to get customers and trucks. When you have a choice of hiring between a degree and experience, you usually choose experience.

 

Obviously not from Alabama....

 

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How you start? Where do you study?

 

You get a job at a freight brokerage. Right now they are definitely hiring. Generally this means signing a non-compete. Then you work there for a couple to a few years and learn the ropes completely... Then you go sit out your non-compete and come back as a freight agent for one of the better small brokerages.

This is a career not easy money. It's very rewarding financially if you put in the effort, but be aware that it's a lot of effort. You're going to feel like your soul is leaking out of your ears from cold calling and you'll never have a moment without something hanging over your head again. If you can cope with that you're 75% of the way there. The rest is talent and you have it or you don't.

EDIT: If I had it all to do over again I'm not even sure I wouldn't be selling solar panels or working in the waste management industry (in a similar role to the one I'm in now as a freight broker). There are a LOT of jobs that are very similar to freight broker out there. B2B sales is a really good career path.

Also no one cares about your degree at all. They want you to be the kind of person who gets #### done. They want you to be likable but not a massive people pleaser because people pleasers tend to be really bad at giving people bad news, and in this business bad news does not age well. They want to hear about you being a hard worker. Being a truck driver for 6 years is a good sign for that if nothing else. If I were them I'd be trying to figure out exactly how introverted you are (because you made it so long as a truck driver), and figuring out if you'll be able to pick up the phone a hundred+ times a day without losing your mind.