Just finished my first week of CDL class at a local technical school here in Maine. I'm looking for insight on what my options are as far as work opportunities go.
The issue I'm running into (that I feel justifies the creation of this thread in spite of the 10million others like it) is that I live in Maine. What I mean is most of the larger companies who hire and train new drivers do not recruit from this far north. Only mega carrier I've seen recruiting at my school is schneider and they want us to do 12days out 2 days off all in the Massachusetts region (not really what I'm looking for).
What I'm looking for is;
1. OTR away from north east, home time up here is less important than getting away from north east. Strong preference on west of the Mississippi. Two or three months out west, one week home time in Maine would be ideal.
2. Training, this is a starter company so pay is less important than high quality training. I'm perfectly happy to make a little less now if it means I'm making an investment in my skill set.
3. Class-A long haul driving. I'm hearing a lot about local class-B stuff in my school but that's the opposite of what I'm looking for. I want that wide open highway thing and verifiable class-A experience for the resume.
I had been looking at Roehl a while back because I heard they have one of the best training programs, but they don't recruit this far north.
Bison might be an option but I'll have to get my passport and make it crystal clear to them I don't want one of their N.E. routes.
Who else can you all recommend I look into? Thank you for any and all advice.
Inb4: paging @Chinatown
Who Hires New Maine Drivers?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by renrat, Dec 8, 2023.
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Given the current very tight CDL job market for new(er) drivers -- Schneider might just be the ticket you need to get started right now.
The job market is simply too bad for you to be picky -- with no previous experience.
Schneider is where I started out; with them, I ran the eastern half of the US -- you could certainly do a lot worse (& many beginning drivers have -- stay away from TransAm!!!
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