Phone interview with recruiter...weird

Today I spoke with a recruiter from Wilson Logistics. I did a short form app online over the weekend and go the call this morning. At the moment, I am trying to secure pre-hire letters. I have a school that has approved me for enrollment. I am paying for the school through WIOA. The person at the school with whom I have spoken and interviewed (not sure of her title) told me to try to get at least one pre-hire letter.
Fast forward again to this morning. Speaking with the recruiter, she asked me if I have any driving experience. I told her no, that I trying to obtain a pre-hire letter before attending a trucking school. She said Wilson Logistics doesn’t do pre-hire letters but they do have a school of their own. I told her that I am not interested in SIGNING a commitment to one specific company for an extended length of time. Her response is that Driver’s fist starting in the industry should stay with one company 3-5 years and that in the future I probably should not say that I am not willing to commit long-term. Now, she twisted my words because I said SIGN a commitment. A whole world of difference from verbally committing oneself. When a recruiter asks about my interest in a school that the company has or offers a company-paid training option, how do I turn that down without sounding like I am cutting at the first opportunity? My reason for not wanting to go the route of company-paid training is because greater than 50% of first-year truck drivers do not last past the first few months. Life happens, and I don’t want unforeseen or uncontrollable circumstances to end up leading me to owe a trucking company $7000 that I can’t afford. So, feedback on how to answer that question is appreciated.

 

"Thanks for the offer, I'll take that into consideration and let you know if I decide to go that route.,"

See how easy that was?

 

Wilson Logistics doesn't hire new cdl school grads, except from their own cdl school.
If you graduate from a school other than Wilson Logistics, you must get 18 mos or 24 mos experience before Wilson Logistics will hire you.
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Same with Millis Transfer; must have 12 mos experience if you didn't graduate from their in-house cdl school. Millis hires felons.
Millis Transfer trains in Burleson, Texas. Classes are held Monday through Friday with a maximum of six students per class.
Millis Transfer
www.millistransfer.com

 

Well, that makes a ton of sense.

 

Awesome. Much appreciated.

 

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Wilson does hire qualified recent graduates. They need to have graduated within 60 days however and not driven for another company since graduating. For drivers with experience they require only 12 months experience.

 

I believe RE West trains and doesn’t require a commitment.

I’m sure the school you’re considering has companies that hire from them one of them should give you a prehire letter. The letter doesn’t mean you have to work for them.

 

Here’s what will help you decipher a recruiter’s statement:

Recruiter = commissioned salesperson.

They get paid if they put meat in the seat.

 

Stop looking for pre hire letters and dont care what anyone thinks these people will sell you a dream to get you into the seat and they dont care how you feel when you get bent over the recruiter got mad cause they couldn't trick you into going to their school

 

Recruiters will slap you into the drivers seat and move on to the next 10 sheeple she or he has lined up panting at gold nuggets every mile.

Recruiter = Devil. Or something equally bad.