Training after CDL

The job market for CDL holders is really bad right now -- & especially so for CDL holders with no previous experience.

Don't go into this expecting it to be an easy (or quick) hunt.

Do you want/need hometime weekly, every other week....or just whenever?

What type(s) of freight interest you the most?

Or will you take whatever...to get started?

-- L

 

An outstanding opportunity -- for the right kind of individual -- note also...NO PREVIOUS CDL experience is required:

Schneider -- tanker truck driver -- home every other week -- Pittsburgh, PA

Most likely....if accepted for this position...you would be trained for this role at their tanker training facility in Coraopolis, PA.

-- L

 

Mobile Offices & Portable Storage in Pittsburgh, PA | WillScot

 

Join our team | Schneider's Dairy
Local cdl drivers.

 

What carriers (if any) visited your class -- while you were in CDL school?

Did you not like any of them?

Were their recruiters just too much like many used car salespeople?

Were the promises/offers a bit too good to be true?

Were their answers to student questions a bit too sketchy?



-- L

 

Old Dominion Freight Line
Dominion Freight Line, Pennsylvania
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ODFL Freight Shipping near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 

Talon Logistics, Inc.
101 Kappa Drive Ridc Park
Pittsburgh, PA 15238

 

Start off in their glass group (mo money there)....then later on -- switch over to their marine division (cool freight, cool stops, cool customers):

Maverick Transportation -- Pittsburgh, PA -- hires & trains new CDL holders

Easily some of the best training for new drivers in the industry....

-- L

 

If you go long enough after CDL school you will start hearing that companies want you to take a refresher course before they hire you.
This is one reason I really advise newbies to NOT go get a CDL until they have that first employer ready to hire them. What's done is done.

EVERY company that hires puts them with a trainer for weeks or months before sending them solo. CDL school just taught you how to pass the state road test and not much else. 95% of the training at your first employer with your trainer when you share a truck.