You will generally need at least two letters that verify what you have been doing during a period of long unemployment. Swift recruiters often forget to mention that, and I've seen too many potential drivers have to go home to get supporting paperwork and then return to Memphis weeks later.
Swift is not a bad company to start off with, they can and will give you a migrane at times, but they have their good moments. There were times I made fabulous money with them, and times when I swore I was going to starve to death. It's all what you make of it.
The schooling itself could be greatly improved... I attended the Swift Academy in Millington, TN (Memphis), and I will be frank with you... you will not learn anything other than how to pass your CDL test. Learning to be a professional driver is something charged to your mentor during your additional six weeks of training on the road. It is IMPERATIVE that you get a quality mentor and feel that you are learning from him/her. Your first year will be *HARD* - but stick it out and generally between 10-12 months in, everything starts to gel in your mind and you realize it's not that bad - or you find out it's not for you and you go home.
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"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but straps and chains excite me!" :lol: ~ Flatbedder's Credo
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