not sure what the right next step should be - anyone else from Michigan?

Hey everyone. This is my first post. I am glad to be here.

I started out working a security job. My buddies wife has her cdl-a and was driving for panther going out three weeks at a time. She was having difficulty finding a good partner so it came up that I should get my cdl and drive with her. I went and got the books from the sec of state and started studying. Within a month I had my permit.

I went up north (where she lived) when she was back from a run and she trained me for my skills test. I passed on my first try.

I never went to school or paid for any training. I just took the tests and was able to pay for them and pass on my own, so far at least.

I have my cdl-b license with an air breaks endorsement. Currently, its the only endorsement I have.

After I put in my two weeks notice at my security job thinking I would be leaving with my buddies wife immediately -- She quits. She no longer wants to be gone for weeks at a time and is trying to find something local. So now, I am not working. And, I have to try and find a job with no experience and no partner to get me in.

Most of all, it seems that not going to school may have given me a disadvantage because of the experience you can prove from being in school and job placement.

I have been applying for jobs for the past two weeks on my own. I read on this forum that construction companies might be a good place to start.

Is school bus driving also a good place to get experience?
But then I have to get the endorsements and take another skills test. Sorta running short on cash for this.

I am not sure what my next step should be. Is there a better route I should be taking?

Where would you suggest I try and apply for a job with my cdl-b?

Thanks for reading

 

Ok great thank you. I will go to warehouses too. Anything at this point really would be good for me.

I made a resume and I feel like it is where it should be as far as applying for a pizza place or a security job; that being where all of my experience is.

I don't have anything to put on my resume pertaining to a cdl except that I actually have it. No school or training to speak of. No job yet for experience. I submit it with my applications for cdl jobs. But, I know its not what they want to see for hiring.

 

Thank you for this suggestion. I will look into the colleges around here offering the CDLA program. I do want to go to college. I was thinking of going for a mechanic cert.

 

My buddies wife drove otr, she has a class a but was driving a straight truck. A class b was what she told me I would need to drive with her. So that is what I went to get.
You are right, I am thinking about getting my class a.
My buddies family recently moved back down to oakland county, but he was living up north in Alba, michigan.

Really, at this point. I would just like to find a job using my cdl for anything. I am done working security, y'know? If I have to go back, ok. But I really want to pursue this.