Getting into the industry

The only contract you would sign would be to pay for the school, not for any set time working for a company. You would always be free to leave a company at any time, but if they put you through their school you would still have the obligation to pay for it if you left too soon.
With Swift you pay the debt over the first year, then they pay you back over the second year. So if you stay for 2 years you end up getting it for free.

If you can go to a private school and have it paid for through the WIA program, that would be best. That way you are not obligated to pay anything back and you can use the schools job placement program, which gives you many more choices.

 

I think I just said that.

 

Yep, best course is the private school paid for by WIA. Get all the endorsements, TWIC, passport so you will have more job opportunities. There's no contracts to sign with trucking companies doing it this way.

 

If at all possible, try not to have any trucking company paying for your schooling, which would result in you having to pay it back.

 

+1 on the endorsements, many top o the line jobs are becoming available because of the aging workforce, they will train a new guy with the necessary endorsements. a friend of mine in michigan is going thru the prehire process at cassens right now because he is willing to go to canada, and obtain a fast card for the border. he told me everyone else in the class just wanted to hold a steering wheel and live in the truck for months at a time, so no extra credentials for them, which in the long run will bite you in the ###.

 

Why would you use a company to get a CDL if you can get it free from your state?