Newbie needs some help A.S.A.P.!!!!!

dizzles, you will hear some on this board saying YOU CAN get a local job, but the real fact of the matter is, you were told by a member, "chompi" that it can be next to impossible at this time. he as a former o/o knows the job situation, as i (as a driver/instructor) know the situation.

when you hear guys saying , "sure, i work at coke, i work at Pepsi, i work at maverick, i work here, i work there"......you gotta remember that jobs TODAY ARE HARD TO COME BY, and NOT too many drivers are quitting daily, as yet someone else posted, which is total hogwash.....

what are your chances, in a realistic light, that YOU WILL BE in the right place at the right time....??

you have better odds at hitting the lottery......

you may have to just "suck it up" and go OTR for a while, to GAIN experience so that YOU CAN GET a more localized job near your home at a later time.

as for Rohel, the recruiter that came to my school also said, you must go to work right away, otherwise, after not working for 60 days, Rohel REQUIRES a student go back to school for the WHOLE COURSE all over again.....

now, they do train students as well i was told, BUT, for this you need to inquire with them. they might mean only those that have NEVER BEEN to a school in the first place......if i could remember what the recruiter said to my students regarding that, i'd tell you here and now.

in the end, for what you want, you'll have to prove yourself, above all others applying for such a job as you want, to be home more often.

the numbers of unemployed drivers right now are still high....and you simply cannot believe that getting the job YOU WANT right away, just isn't going to happen.....

 

I am in agreement with Chompi and Rerun about the job situation. Go to school and go OTR if you heart is set on truck driving. See if you can get finance from a local community college. I know the following companies have terminals within Georgia:

Central Refrigerated: Conley GA
Swift: Decatur GA
US Xpress Enterprises: Tunnel Hill GA
Schneider National: Atlanta GA
Werner Enterprises: Atlanta GA

If you heart is set on home time; you picked the wrong profession. Go work for Walmart or another retail chain where you work 40hrs and get home daily. I live in FL and was told i'd have to stay out 4-5 weeks before getting home. I know this is not what you want to hear but it is the truth and you need to do your time before you can get a dedicated run or local.

KH

 

you are most certainly welcomed....

 

I don't believe that anyone is telling Dizzles that it is going to be "a walk in the park" to get what he wants. It is going to be #### hard to do, and he is going to have to be lucky enough to actually BE in the right place at the right time. And one thing is certain, if he does not at least TRY, he won't stand any chance at all.

I agree that his best bet to getting hired, is to go back through school all over again, but we all know that even THAT is not a guarantee that he will be hired on with a company that he can live with for a year or so. But I also know that strange things happen in this life, and if you don't try, you can't succeed.

Dizzles, one of the things you need to do, is to set up a "tickler file" on your computer. Detail where you have applied and when, and who you talked to and what type of response you have gotten. Then set alarms at appropriate times to remind you to do follow up.

What you are doing here is becoming a "professional salesman." Only the product you have to sell, is yourself. Go into your interviews well prepared and dressed appropriately. If you have a six foot hair growing out of your nose, trim it off before you go. Doesn't hurt to keep a change of clothes in the car with you, for those times when you pour pancake syrup down the front of your shirt, just prior to an interview. (Don't ask me how I know about that one.)

The biggest thing of all, is to keep knocking on doors and keep your confidence up. And you have to be willing to roll with the way things are. If that means returning to school, and then a year or so of OTR so be it.

 

That flatbed might be a good gig! Good luck!