Student Driver Wants to Work at KLLM!

Any hints at how I can increase my chances of a job offer to drive for KLLM?

I'm a student driver starting driving school at a community college on Monday, 28 Nov. I'll graduate 23 Dec.

I have a clean background - no criminal history.

Only one ticket in the past 5 years. Speeding on my motorcycle - 85 in a 70 zone issued 26 Dec 2008. I'm told that it should "drop off" by 26 Dec this year.

No accidents ever.

I've passed the Tanker, Doubles and Triples, and Hazmat endorsement tests in addition to all of the standard CDL permit tests. Hoping the Hazmat background check will be complete by the time I graduate.

If so, I'll have a CDL with Tanker, Doubles and Triples and Hazmat endorsements at graduation.

My passport is being renewed now and I should have a current passport in hand by graduation.

Only credentials that I know of that I'll be lacking is a TWIC and FAST. TWIC should be easy after Hazmat background check is completed/reported and Hazmat endorsement granted. I'll have to travel a couple hours from my home to get a TWIC card, or I would have already applied. But I found out that the background checks are the same for both TWIC and Hazmat, so I'm waiting for the Hazmat to come back so I can maybe save a little time/money on the TWIC.

I have submitted an application via the KLLM website.

What more can I do/provide to them to increase my chances of an offer from them?

 

No, but I'm not putting all my eggs in one basket and getting my heart set on one place.

I have my 4 top choices, so far as: Roehl, KLLM, Conway, Stevens in no particular order.

I hope that I'll get an offer from all of them and have to decide among them.

Not sure which one I'd pick at this point, any suggestions? Anyone that I should add to the list to complete the "Top 5"?

 

I hear that Watkins-Shepard is great and they're less than 20 miles from my home. But I heard that they don't start you out with a trainer and that scares me a little. I want to ride/drive with someone with experience for awhile and have them "show me the ropes".

I went to their site early on and liked what I saw, but someone said that they haven't updated their site to show that they no longer have a school, etc. So, I'm wondering what else there is out of date.

Please do tell me more about them and your experience with them and dispel the rumors!

 

That's right! It was you who told me that there are no trainers there!

Thanks.

I just really don't want to hop in a truck and hit the road by myself right out of school. I'm sure they wouldn't let me out in their equipment if they didn't think I could handle it. But I really want someone to show me the ropes instead of having to try to pick things up on my own and potentially developing bad habits due to not knowing any better.

Maybe after I get some experience somewhere with a trainer, huh?

That is, unless you have room in your truck for a roomie for a couple of months!