Hiring areas never include me

I'm about to finish up my initial eight-month contract with CRST. When it's over, I'll be a newbie with eight months experience and a clean record (don't jinx it). I'll be hirable except for one little problem. Nobody hires from Detroit. I'm willing to travel wherever for work, but I can't relocate my family. Our roots are here (seven generations deep in my case) and we have a good life already built. Who hires in our area?

 

Have you checked with Jack Cooper Transport?

 

You might also check Con-Way Truckload. They have a yard in the Detroit area.

 

Crete Carrier

Midwest Regional - Detroit, MI

http://m.cretecarrierjobs.com/job/midwest-regional-detroit-mi

Crete Carrier Corporation has openings in their Midwest Regional fleet. Drivers will primarily run in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. This fleet was designed to allow our drivers more home time, and drivers can expect to be on the road for up to three days. Our Midwest Regional fleet drivers will be paid daily.

 

Crete Carrier

Michigan Truck Driving Jobs

http://m.cretecarrierjobs.com/job/choose-crete-carrier-your-truck-driving-job-michigan

Crete Carrier, a 48 state carrier, hauls general commodities and is hiring Company Drivers, Owner Operators and Team Drivers. Depending on your location, drivers stay out anywhere from 6 to 45 days at a time. Crete Carrier home time policy allows a driver 1 day off for every 6 days out. Typically, we haul freight east of the Rocky Mountains. Drivers are required to have a class A CDL from the state they reside in and a Hazmat Endorsement. We currently have openings for Dedicated, Home Weekly and National Fleets.

 

Quick search of CareerBuilder.com shows 340 truck driver jobs in the Detroit area, including Conway Freight and ABF Freight. Ryder Logistics has 102 truck driver positions. You are right, nobody hires from Detroit.

 

Watkins & Shepard
NTB
Corrigan Moving Systems
J.B. Hunt Intermodal
Trimac Transportation
Melton Truck Lines
R.E. West
JBS Carriers
Whiteline Express
Maverick Transportation
BNSF Railway Company truck driver
George Campbell & Sons
WEL
US Foods
PSC Environmental Services
Clean Harbors
Climate Express

Take a real close look at Watkins & Shepard.

 

The OP may not be well trained in the whole research process. He did choose CRST you know...

 

Are you close to Taylor, MI? If so, Watkins & Shepard has a terminal there. You're in their hiring area.

 

Any reason you aren't sticking with CRST longer? You are just now at the point where you can make decent money with them.Who is not hiring out of Detroit? Seems like that would be a good area to be based out of.