I am being turned down more than I thought I would...

As Mustard said, you can't really be picky right now. There's a lot of drivers with lots of experience looking for jobs so for these companies the pool of drivers is much bigger and it's them that have become picky. I'd get the mindset right now that whatever company you end up at you'll be there for a solid year no matter what and expect to be out for 4-6 weeks at a time. Once you get a solid year in with a clean record, then you may want to start looking around. I'd actually suggest two years but that's easier said than done, I know!

At any rate, we all have to start somewhere and the newbies just kinda have to suck it up for a while. Hell, I was in the Navy on subs and have 21 months underwater. I figured I could be out on the road for a month at a time with a cell phone and a new city to see every day.

GL

 

I've had same experience as you with Werner. Before giving my school $5K I got pre-hire. During school got 3 calls and 3 postcards from them.
After getting my CDL I called Rod about orientation. He looked at my app and first words out of his mouth was "oh, I see your last job was Nov 07." Explained had 3 operations, was in Michigan where IT sector is terrible, and faxed him documentation from unemployment office. When I called back a few days later, said his review committee turned me down.

They should have reviewed my app before giiving me the pre-hire- then I wouldn't have lost $5K.

btw, got a call at 8:30pm last night from Rod, asking if I started school. He totally didn't recall that he told me I got rejected couple weeks ago.

 

Personally I wouldn't be picky but I also wouldn't sacrifice myself either. Plus the more job hopping you do the harder and harder it will be to get a job.

 

Hey Mike' I live in Toledo also. I went to Trainco for my testing, I didnt use them for the classes. However, I am aware that they have "lifelong employment help" if you take their classes.... Why arent you taking advantage of that?

 

How's that working out for ya?

 

Congrats Mike...so like wulfman said hows BTC treating ya?