Trying to decide who to drive for!!!

Best of luck to you.

 

If I had to pick a company to start out with. It would be one that keeps me within my loccal or regioal area.

 

Most companies will still make you go to a school before they hire you....
Just having a cdl without experience makes it difficult to insure you.
You can get a grant for the school through your state, or pay for your own 3 week school.
It opens up a lot of options, and quite a few companies will reimburse your tuition costs over the 1st 18months of employment.
Another options would be to become a LTL or foodservice dock worker, and let them bring you on as a driver trainee.

 

You may want to look into YRC. They have a program set to train on there equipment. So once released you will be doing LTL not OTR

 

Be Leary of YRC...appears they might be in a bit of a bind.....

 

You'll do just fine. Any worthwhile achievement takes determination. Just keep the end goal in mind and the rest will take care of itself. You got this, man!!

 

Well first of congrats on passing all of your exams. I would recommend going to a school to get your training and then pick your place of employment. Number one you are not bound to just one company because you owe them. Second a lot of these companies would prefer schooling because to them yes you have the license but you have never stepped foot inside of a semi before. Third you can try local companies but majority of them want that OTR experience and it's very hard to get a local job. A lot of LTL companies are very selective and would prefer to promote or advance from within. I would stay away from YRC because they are union based and I'm not saying all unions are bad. Just not a gig for me. I applied to SEF for a driver apprentice program. That would be great because it's local and that's what you want to search for but again they are very selective and I don't know what your finance situation is and if you can wait forever to get a phone call. Now if you could get something regional or dedicated that would be great. Home every week and sometimes better pay. But depending on the company they will not count that as OTR experience. At the end of the day you need to make the best decision on what's best for you. And that's all that really matters. Put applications everywhere in and talk to these companies or recruiters. You will either like what they say or don't. But at least it will help you make a better decision by talking to them.