Is OTR required to gain experience?

Sure, local will hire you, if there's any jobs available.
You might like communicating with:
@Nahbrown & @econnor65 both retired military.
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I'm from Greenbrier, but been gone awhile, so kinda lost track of local work around that area.

 

Most local companies will not consider hiring a newbie. They want experienced drivers and it's more or less recommended to do OTR. I have spoken to evvery.local.company on my area and they all said the same. They want drivers with OTR experience.

 

Be sure to list your military experience as driving big trucks. Some companies accept that as experience from military veterans.

 

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Believe both ABF and FedEx Freight have apprenticeship programs. With the current Freight market, not sure if they are currently offering positions...


Something to look into though.

 

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