Considering schnieder, read first!

Good luck, Vegas. I hope it works out, as Crete is the best of the companies you've tried to hire on with.

Janell in Salt Lake is a straight shooter. You should try to be based out of there. I don't know anyone at the Phoenix terminal.

 

I guess I should apologize.

But I won't.

As a new employee of the company and a grad of their training program, I can tell you exactly what it is like. But maybe your 3/4 of a day somehow overrides my experience.

Vegas,
Schneider may hire out of NV, but maybe they aren't hiring now. From where I am, I kind of stick out because Im in an area that Schneider doesn't even normally hire for. I know that in my state, they had no openings, outside of the one that I signed up for.
Another thing to consider is that Schneider considers Vegas to be a high theft area (ie...they had a high freight theft issue there last year), so maybe they are trying to avoid going there.
As far as your recruiter, not sure what to tell you. I applied online and got a phone call about 16 hours later. And if you do get signed on with them, try to talk to the DBL that you will work with so you can get the full version of what you will be doing.

 

Well I just got a call back from Crete and they told me that my app. has been approved.Thank god at last.I am signed up 2 go to orientation next monday. I am way excited but on the other hand I am still a little bit skepticle.I just hope that I don't get all the way over there and they take me out on a road test and fail me once Im there.Anyway I am trying to think positive.

 

You won't fail if you have confidence in yourself and know what you're doing. I assume you're going to Lincoln. How did they set that up for you? How will you get there?

 

If only this were true. Each OC that trains goes around to area hotels for the best deal. My OC did the same thing while we were there, as they took some instructors out and did some hotel shopping as a contract was about to expire with one of the 2 they were using. Green Bay might pay for the hotels, but the OC has the contract.

Well all I know is that Im grown up enough to share a room with someone for a couple of weeks. Not going to be the end of the world. As far as breakfast, they DO provide it at the hotel as far as using the hotels continental breakfast (ours had bagles, oatmeal, fruit, juice, muffins). The other hotel had cereal and other things. I guess I don't need to eat with a pinky up in the air. They also give you a stack of coupons you can use at the OC cafeteria, with food made to order. Five bucks a day...better than nothing. Dinner, you are on your own. Go out to the local quiznos or Chipolte or whatever...spend 8 bucks, yer done.

 

not only that, they have apples and bananas in the lobby that you can take!

 

Thank you ziggy!
As a 42 year old smoker( not chain but certainly to much) I guess Ill not bother with SNI. Unfortunatly I do get to puff n huffin. As most us OLD SMOKIES do.
Im not That outa shape and can certianly lift and pull that weight and more, but with all i have heard ......Im not going to Carlise just to wash out over breathin hard.
I quit smokin 63 times I quit quiting ONCE!

 

HD,
Don't let me stop you from trying Schneider, it could be a great opportunity for you. My comment (I think that you might be replying to) was towards another board member furious that they got the boot because they failed the test.

The main kicker is just a pulse thing. For you, it would be 200, minus your age...so that would be 158. Do some exercises at home and take your pulse. For Schneider, if it hits 158, your done. However, many people are on BP medication..which actually SLOWS the heart rate down! Kinda like a cheater drug I guess...but hey if it works.

Im not sure if breathing is an indicator for them or not. I mean...Christ, look at the truckers out there. A good chunk of them smoke, and many students smoke as well. I think five or 6 of us 10 that graduated smoked.

Either way, you might want to look into it more. The company that does the testing is Atlas Ergonomics.

 

Yeah Zig is right....it's actually 220 - age X .9 ....I'm 40 and my max heart rate was 162...I didn't even come close to it.