Getting a job

Your chances are excellent. Get all the endorsements; they're money in the bank.
If you have a cdl school class start date, submit applications now; don't wait.

There's a list of companies that will hire you on your other thread:
First year
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by mnmbjc, Oct 10, 2017.

 

China's right you have an excellent chance, your work history is stable.

 

You can make more money doing side work
With your maintenance skills, with no where near
The headache and harassment that comes with
Driving these trucks.

Don't do it. The good ole days out here are gone.
Do you want work with a camera staring right in
Your face 12 hours a day.
Away from home for weeks on end.

Don't do it. It ain't worth it anymore.

 

Man, I hear ya there!

 

Dude, I will be frank with you, I have a small fleet, when I look for drivers, I get about 100 apps at a time and filter them down. Most of my hiring lately has been word of mouth through my drivers.

BUT when I want to have something done around the homestead or my dad's place, I can not find good help, I waste more time looking for someone to just do simple things, like do plaster work (he has plaster walls) or a clean up of a floor to remove the old 50's tile and put down new stuff than I do looking for a driver.

 

@Ray Strack in Michigan

 

Right now you make your own rules,hours,work,
And you can charge whatever you want.

On the road your job and life and pay are at the mercy of everyone Around you. Don't do it.
I would trade places with you in a heartbeat.

Stop reading this forum. Your dreaming of something
That ain't there anymore. What's left of it is being
Taken away everyday. The freedom.
None of us in our right mind would want our kids
To do what we do.

Most of the drivers out here ain't got two nickels
To rub together. The starting pay is less than it was
When I started 20 years ago.

This job is not a challenge,it's survival.
Almost everything is out of your control.
Accidents,road rage,dot inspections,red light cameras,
Random back road inspections,blown tires,
Breakdowns in blizzards,wasted hours waiting at
Loading docks,dot physical,sleep apnea,etc,etc,

You want to put up with all this and live in a truck for
35,000 a year starting out,if you're lucky.
I would strongly advise you to find a family member
Or a friend who drives and ride with them for a couple
Weeks before you jump into this.
That's just my opinion.

 

Dot requires your 10-year job history regardless of whether it was a driving Type job or not. Lots of companies will be perfectly willing to hire you at a reduced rate right out of truck driving school.