Student looking for career!

Trucking is an exercise in patience. You will get nowhere fast trying to rush the gates. There ARE good companies to be a new driver with, there are a lot of OK companies, and a few really bad ones. The truth is almost everybody spends the first year not making tons of money, but you're never gonna make stacks o cash hauling peoples crap anyway. There's a ton of good advice here, whether or not you take it is up to you.

 

You will notice that most, if not all of the negative and discouraging comments are coming from people who don't have enough sense to realize that the OP was posting in the oilfield forum.

Don't let the old scrooges discourage you from a career where you will likely make more money in your first year than they make in their 20th year. Thats why they are all piling it on. They are probably the first in line to complain about young people being lazy...yet when we have a young man trying to do something with his life, they all pile on to discredit.

Do your research, there are plenty of oilfield driving jobs that can be had with no experience. It IS possible to be hired via online applications.... I was...and I know others who were. Stay positive, continue the search.

 

I thought it was posted in the questions from new drivers forum.

 

It is posted in the new drivers forum.....lol

now who is the moron...

 

And the thread goes deathly quiet as we await the answer.....

 

"My only problem is that I don't have the money to just up and knock on doors"

To any new driver - if you want to success in this industry, learn how to communicate.

Communications is 9/10s of the job you will get outside of moving that truck down the road. You will communicate with the company you may work for, the dispatcher, the safety officer and especially that customer who pays your wages.

To communicate, it takes the use of a phone, an email being sent or your presence at some place to introduce yourself, to ask questions and to learn <<<--- as a new driver.

IF you are not willing to do that, then you will never be a success in this industry.

 

ohseven, one thing to keep in mind is that every contact you have with any company, email, pbone, or in person should be considered as an interview. just conduct yourself as such and you will do well! good luck!

 

This is going to sound utterly stupid to you old-timers, but I learned the exact same lesson driving my school bus!! :smt119

At first, I was always behind a few minutes, and felt like I had to push-push-push to catch up; then, one day, I was a tad ahead, and lost more time waiting for the actual stop time to arrive; and I still ended up where I needed to be by the end of the runs.

So I relaxed, drove easy and slow, and aLOT more smoothly. And it all came to me, instead of me trying to force more time out of every move.