{"id":1532,"date":"2017-07-06T13:55:55","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T20:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/?p=1532"},"modified":"2018-01-30T12:01:16","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T19:01:16","slug":"what-is-a-pre-hire-letter-for-truck-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/what-is-a-pre-hire-letter-for-truck-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Pre-Hire Letter for Truck Drivers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite the recent report by the Department of Labor that the unemployment rate is at an all-time low, there is a trucker shortage in the United States. For those interested in the trucking industry, the demand is high for drivers. Whether you have just obtained your Commercial Driver\u2019s License (CDL) or are currently enrolled in a truck driving school<\/a>, you will want to receive pre-hire letters to help you quickly find a truck driving job.<\/p>\n

What is a Pre-Hire Letter?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

For those with current financial responsibilities, leaving one profession for another can be a big risk. What if you\u2019re not qualified? What if the business that said they wanted you changes their mind? Well, nothing will give you more peace of mind than a pre-hire letter from one of the nation\u2019s reputable carriers.<\/p>\n

A pre-hire letter is an invitation from a trucking company for you to attend the company\u2019s orientation\u2014usually free of charge! This visit typically allows you to see behind-the- scenes, meet some of the staff and current drivers, and generally become acquainted with the nuts and bolts of the trucking company.<\/p>\n

How Do I Get a Pre-Hire Letter for Truck Driving?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

To be qualified, all you have to do is fill out an application over the phone, at job fairs, or online. The trucking company then thoroughly checks your driving record, criminal background, and work history. If they like what they see, you can start looking for pre-hire letters in the mail.<\/p>\n

And we do mean \u201cpre-hire letters\u201d in plural\u2026 because you don\u2019t want just one, you want them all. The more you receive, the wider your range of options to get a job after getting your CDL<\/a>. Having multiple letters also means you can compare what trucking companies have in common and where they differ.<\/p>\n

Do your research and think about what matters most to you, then try to find the trucking company that comes closest to your demands. Know your demands for salary and home time<\/a>. Some trucking companies may not have the number of miles or types of loads you want to haul, so you should get lots of pre-hire letters and look closely at each employer.<\/p>\n

What is Trucking Company Orientation?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

If you receive a pre-hire letter from a carrier, then you may choose to visit their orientation. A trucking company\u2019s orientation gives new drivers a chance to ask questions, and it gives the company themselves the opportunity to get to know potential hires.<\/p>\n

With the high demand for truck drivers, some of these trucking companies get hundreds and even thousands of applications. Receiving the pre-hire letter means you have passed the carrier\u2019s minimum requirements. You aren\u2019t hired yet. If you want to get hired on, go the distance and make yourself a standout candidate with a focused, driven orientation.<\/p>\n

Is a Pre-Hire Letter a Guarantee?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

A pre-hire letter from a trucking company is not a guarantee\u2014it is only an invitation to an orientation. Even though you’ve filled out an application, the letter is not<\/strong> yet a contract for employment. The letter is a chance to see the business and potentially make an impression on the carrier.<\/p>\n

It is up to you to be the candidate they want driving their trucks. The highway is open, the jobs are available, so get some pre-hire letters and get on the road.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tAbout The Author\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tContributor: Luke Nold (Experienced truck driver for 5+ years and published writer for Fleet Magazine).\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pre-hire letters help you find a truck driving job. But there’s more to it than just a job application… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhat is a Pre-Hire Letter for Truck Driving Jobs? - Class A Drivers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A pre-hire letter is your key to getting a truck driving job straight out of training. Read all about pre-hire letters and truck driver job applications.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/what-is-a-pre-hire-letter-for-truck-drivers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is a Pre-Hire Letter for Truck Driving Jobs? - Class A Drivers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A pre-hire letter is your key to getting a truck driving job straight out of training. Read all about pre-hire letters and truck driver job applications.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/what-is-a-pre-hire-letter-for-truck-drivers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Class A Drivers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-07-06T20:55:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-01-30T19:01:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Mailboxes.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"685\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"AdminCad\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"AdminCad\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What is a Pre-Hire Letter for Truck Driving Jobs? - Class A Drivers","description":"A pre-hire letter is your key to getting a truck driving job straight out of training. Read all about pre-hire letters and truck driver job applications.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/what-is-a-pre-hire-letter-for-truck-drivers\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What is a Pre-Hire Letter for Truck Driving Jobs? - Class A Drivers","og_description":"A pre-hire letter is your key to getting a truck driving job straight out of training. Read all about pre-hire letters and truck driver job applications.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/what-is-a-pre-hire-letter-for-truck-drivers\/","og_site_name":"Class A Drivers","article_published_time":"2017-07-06T20:55:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-01-30T19:01:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":685,"url":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Mailboxes.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"AdminCad","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"AdminCad","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/what-is-a-pre-hire-letter-for-truck-drivers\/","url":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/what-is-a-pre-hire-letter-for-truck-drivers\/","name":"What is a Pre-Hire Letter for Truck Driving Jobs? - Class A Drivers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/what-is-a-pre-hire-letter-for-truck-drivers\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/what-is-a-pre-hire-letter-for-truck-drivers\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Mailboxes.jpg","datePublished":"2017-07-06T20:55:55+00:00","dateModified":"2018-01-30T19:01:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/#\/schema\/person\/eebce0049d6c743079201fb8575bddaf"},"description":"A pre-hire letter is your key to getting a truck driving job straight out of training. Read all about pre-hire letters and truck driver job applications.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/what-is-a-pre-hire-letter-for-truck-drivers\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/what-is-a-pre-hire-letter-for-truck-drivers\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/what-is-a-pre-hire-letter-for-truck-drivers\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Mailboxes.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Mailboxes.jpg","width":1024,"height":685,"caption":"Row of old mailboxes"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/what-is-a-pre-hire-letter-for-truck-drivers\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What is a Pre-Hire Letter for Truck Drivers?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/","name":"Class A Drivers","description":"Become a truck driver with Class A Drivers multiple guides.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/#\/schema\/person\/eebce0049d6c743079201fb8575bddaf","name":"AdminCad","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6f7a3c3d3c68bff8156dc6c49ae03aad?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6f7a3c3d3c68bff8156dc6c49ae03aad?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"AdminCad"},"url":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/author\/admincad\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classadrivers.com\/become-a-truck-driver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}