Tips for finding a good local job

Any input on Kimball Trucking out of Jasper, IN? I'm going to Miami to The CDL School on a pre-hire drone Schneider but met a guy who drives for Kimball and loves it.

Thanks!

 

So is $22 an hour out of the question for local?

 

True. When I see a bunch of new vehicles in a parking lot, all I see is debt.

Until last year, my personal vehicle was a 1998 Dodge with 250K on the clock, and I'm the owner of the company. I now have a 2015 Chevy that I paid cash for, partly from saving money driving the old Dodge all those years.

 

@Chinaman

 

Not familiar with Kimball, but there's many good outfits that hire new grads in Indiana and some reimburse cdl school tuition. What do you prefer; refrigerated, van, flatbed, tanker?
Here's a few that hire new grads, but let us know what else you want:
Nick Strimbu Inc. - refrigerated division; Teamsters.
Dynamic Transit - refirgerated
Tyson Foods - refrigerated
Schuster - refrigerated
Freymiller - refrigerated
Magnum Ltd. - refrigerated
Abilene Motor Express - dry van
Sodrel Transportation - regional
All the above hire new grads. If website has "experience required" then website hasn't been updated.

 

Thanks so much for all the info. Does it really matter where you get your CDL? C1 Indianapolis isn't very far from me so I'm considering just going there.

 

Most companies don't care as long as the school is 160 hrs. which I think C-1 is.
C-1 pushes certain companies; some are ok, but others aren't. Don't let the school choose where you go to work.
If you like any companies I listed, call and ask if they hire from C-1; they all probably do.

 

Thank you, sir.

 

I went there. It's a good place, but you're limited to working for one of the companies they partner with. If you jump ship within a certain period of time (like to pursue a better opportunity), the bill for the school increases. It's not like a regular school where you're free to work anywhere afterward. (However, their terms may have changed in the last 14 years.)

 

That's not good, Bob. Lol