Where to go after graduating from a school

My opinion is this:

You need to research all the companies that hire new drivers. Then, you need to find the company that is the best fit for your needs. You need to sit down and look at what is important to you and your family(if you have one). After you make a decision and get out on your own follow the rules and protect your license and DAC report.

 

It is best to decide on a few companies that interest you and hire grads. Ask what schools they prefer to hire from. You could also check out 2 additional websites. www.CreteCarrierJobs.com/student-driver then click on "browse schools" and enter your state.
.Another website is www.SchneiderJobs.com/company-drivers/driving-school-programs then page down to "finding a driving school" and select your state and click "go". Those 2 are just a starting point. There are other places to investigate.
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First checkout the companies. Then checkout the schools. You do not want to graduate from a school only to find out that your preferred company does not approve or hire from that school.

 

Just a thought, instead of going to Texas for cheap school, checkout Prime. If you stay a year you owe 0 for training. They seem to have a decent reputation from what I have read. I'm planning on training with them around March or April...

 

In my research so far I agree that prime is decent and central refrigerator seems like a decent choice at least for a starter company. I personally have central refrigerator at the top of my list.

 

Look at Navajo. 48 state carrier.

Someone else mentioned Crete Carrier; they are also good. They have 3 divisions; dry van/refrigerated/flatbed.

Fairchild Freight hauls produce mostly from Southwest to Alaska.

 

If you are coming to Texas for training you might want to look into two company that come to mind that have terminals in this state and hire students right out of school. Swift and Roehl. Roehl has a Texas Regional based out of Dallas.

 

Stay local! I went straight to construction after school and am getting my experience working banker hours and weekends off. OTR just isn't in the cards for me now. I would check with companies like Roehl and Conway truckload (not LTL) bc they didn't honor my school... And living in California as well there aren't many flatbed companies like maverick and tmc that would hire us west coasters.

 

Most quality companies won't ask you to run illegally. I was once with a company that didn't care & they got caught and were forced to install elogs within 60 days or be shut down. They have maybe 2000 trucks. I was depressed, that is until my pay actually went up due to better time management.

 

System Transport would hire you, but not local, just regional or OTR. They have California terminals.