Career Change From Dallas

Stevens Driving Academy | Dallas CDL Training

 

Dry van, great company with a terminal in Sunnyvale (just east of Dallas).

Apprenticeship Program | JRayl Transport

 

Raider might be an option for you.
Raider Express – Investing In Your Future

 

CrewNeck....

Schneider veteran here....

I would largely echo the info given in post #5 above -- the CDL job market (especially for new/inexperienced drivers) is REAL-LY BAD right now.

Normally -- you could be choosey, for your first gig.

Now, however...you may simply have to take whatever you can get, in order to start that first CDL job....& accumulate some experience.

On the plus side:

• Texas is probably one of the better (best?) places to look for a CDL job
• Texas offers an incredible variety of freight types

On the minus side:

• The mostly-unchecked influx of illegal immigrants at the once-upon-a-time so-called "border"....will eventually threaten your pay &/or job security -- unless you choose freight types wisely.
• Trucking involves A LOT OF HOURS. Shifts are routinely 12 - 14 hours long....day after day after day after day.....You may eventually make good money. But you will indeed earn every penny of it.

Old Dominion is a great employment suggestion.

But whether or not they are hiring -- & whether or not they will hire YOU (vs all your competition) -- is yet a whole other conversation.

-- L