Getting Tired of The Bait and Switch and then the trck school LIE

Where are you located? Maybe try Old Dominion as I know they hire new drivers but you need a doubles and hazmat endorsement. As far as cooking your resume you can put anything you want but when they call to verify then what?

 

If there are millions of experienced drivers looking for work then they must be blind, or retired. Look, trucking has been good to me. It has paid my bills and bought many of my toys. No regrets for me.

 

Now your learning grasshopper.. Proceed accordingly.

 

Get on the "Questions From New Drivers" thread and also list your state and nearest city & we may be able to help find what you're looking for.

 

Well first thing is first. You can start getting out of the starter companies with just 6 months experience.
Second, If you have someone offering you 37cpm right out of the box that really isn't a bad rate for a noobie.

 

Thing is he wants to be home everyday. The bait and switch that gets tons of people into the industry and not getting the job they want. There are tons of OTR drivers with experience who would like to be home everyday as well. Fudging is only going to make your problems worse, and driving buses will not count as experience. Either you get lucky like some of the guys on here and find that great company who hires rookies locally. Or you put on your big boy OTR pants and stay out a couple of weeks at a time. The local companies have tons of applications. These schools are recruiting for OTR that is where the need is, and because many can't hack it. Or the school and on the job training sucks. These guy's tear up something and nobody want's to give them a job.

Also even if you fudge a 2 year Resume. The driving test will probably give you away. Faster then them finding out you have fake references. I think you may need to pull the trigger quick on an OTR gig, because some after a few months out of school and you haven't driven a class A will want a refresher course. So back to school or to a bottom feeding OTR company that will probably pay less then what you are getting driving the buses.

Also if you don't live near a big city. Then it's really going to be hard to get local. Even with 2 years otr. You may only get a sub par local job. Keep your record clean and the sky is the limit. Or look for another career, because what you see is what you get.

 

You have to pay your dues...your a newbie...I been trucking 5 years and im still a newbie...get some years under your belt before you try to get a local gig...you can easily type a resume up but if they run dac reports or mvr thdy will know u made it up

 

I also got my CDL last Sept. Hit the oilfields! I'm home every night and have two days off each week! I get $.50 cents per mile empty or full and also a commission on the number of barrels I haul each load/day.

Not what I want but I'm taking home about 3.5k each month...it's slowly getting better though.