Tips for finding a good local job

Old Dominion might hire from C-1. Their linehaul division is good; terminal to terminal drop & hook loads. Don't do the P&D division; it's all city driving doing pickup & delivery all day, every day.

 

Bob is right, unless things have changed. Ask lots of questions and shop around. Better to start your career with a top notch company.

 

So I'm guessing going to the CDL School in Miami isn't a good idea?

 

What's the name of the school?

 

The reason I went there was there was no money required up front, no credit check, and they included the hotel cost in the loan. All I needed was to get there and pay for the drug test. It's a good option for broke folks!

By the way, I didn't work for one of their carriers. I went elsewhere for better money and paid the penalty. It was totally worth it.

 

Smart move. Some companies will reimburse the tuition to you anyway.

 

Then again, some people like daylight hours and $28 per hour. I wouldn’t recommend P&D to a rookie, though. Too many tricky places to go where a new driver could easily get into trouble.

 

Lol by your standards I have had ####ty paying jobs for decades. I have a 1990 Honda Civic that I paid $500 for and just bought a 1994 Dodge 1500 4x4 for $700. I could care less about impressing someone at a stop light that I will never meet. Hell even my T600 is a 1993. So everything that I drive is over 20 years old and no I did not buy any of them new.

 

Are all the drivers at your company driving a pos? Probably not. Generally a rule of thumb is just that, a rule of thumb. Not a hard writen rule.