Questions from new drivers is where you need to go. It gives a great packing list, what to expect etc. Elsewhere in this forum.
txbluerose, I just finished Swift Academy - San Antonio today. If you have questions start a thread or join in on Gold Miner's "Diary of a New Swift Driver" at: http://www.thetruckersreport.com/truckingindustryforum/swift/161004-diary-of-a-new-swift-driver.html or send me a PM. You are in for a great experience with a group of exceptional instructors. I highly recommend you pick up (or download) a copy of the Commercial Drivers Handbook from DPS and start reading. Read it over and over again. If there's something you don't understand, put a question mark in the margin. Your DPS written test will cover what is in that publication and over your first week Mr. Calloway will make sure you know and clearly understand every detail. Read the threads here and especially pay attention to what the frequent posters who are Swift drivers have to say. Best luck to you. Frank
Don't you think that if someone had something questionable in their past that they tried to hide from an employer, the person in question would know about it? Then, when Swift finds out about it, they claim ignorance. Your best bet, answer every single question candidly and clearly. If it's asked, don't leave it out. If you're unsure about something, ask your recruiter.
Originally Posted by Bigarmin88 I apply for Swift few months ago but I got a job offer from a local o/o and took that job instead.Now i'm thinking about Swift again but I would hate to sit in oreintation for 3 days so they can just send me home.I read a lot of stories of people going to oreintation only to be send home without being told why. I have to agree with Injun. Everyone that got cut from my class 6 years ago was told exactly why they were being sent home. Even my son got sent home and he had been hiding something from his old man, and did not think Swift would find out about it, well they did, 2 days into the school. I was in the area so I stopped by to get him. LOL, they weren't going to let him go with me because he was no longer with Swift, but I had him as an approved rider at the time, so I called my DM at the time. She said get him now and go fast to the house cuz she wasn't sure what his status would be either. By the time Swift decided, he was already at home for almost 24 hours. LOL...sorry for the off topic, but chuckle about that a lot.
I would do that, but I have already put in my notice at my current job and have everything set up for the 19th..I think Ill still be around though on the 2nd should be my last week, that is unless I do have to go to gary for the road portion..
Injun here is a bad experiance for you i went to orintation 3 days then went with a mentor and had to come home for a family emergency son got a bad head injury i got home called swift back and they told me i had been terminated the mentor showed me how to send email to dm and we did that now they say they did not get the text on com i later found out the mentor told them i got off the truck under a load he lied and this is a little bit of swifts crap so i will be goieng to us express maynot be much better but maybe i can get an honest mentor and better dm than dieanna she will not even talk to me
