Want to avoid the 'Starter' companies...

So right out of school I went to a company that was highly recommended by one of my instructors. I wasted 3 weeks waiting for what my recruiter said was my trainer. During phone calls he insisted I was the only one waiting and they'd have my trainer soon. I called every other day and his speech got more and more loose. On the third week he slipped that there might be someone else waiting for a trainer, and he thinks a guy like me coming right out of school has a better chance of getting a job than an experienced driver since I won't have any bad habits learned from other companies.

Fast forward to the weekend before Training. I call to check up on everything and he said I'm good to go for orientation. Huh? He said it's a week long orientation and they'll pay me $100. Um ok, then I'll start training, right? "Well, your group (group?) will be taken to a facility for a series of random tests and you'll take turns driving. As the week progresses several will be eliminated from the group and by the end you and one other qualified student will be set up with your trainers." How big of a group? "A little over a dozen, but you don't need to worry. You're very qualified." All he knows about me is the basics on my resume and the fact I just graduated.

I couldn't have ran away any faster.

So, I've been looking at local $15-18/hr jobs to get my experience (around town delivery driver stuff), but I'm still itching to run long-haul. How do I get into long haul without settling for a starter company?

 

Spokane, willing to travel anywhere in the Northwest for a decent job.

 

System/TWT