looking for work
#1
12-11-2007, 05:03 AM
looking for work
I am going to be getting my CDL on the 18th. And was wondering what my options are, I checked into swift and they said they are not doing any training classes till Jan 5th at the earliest. Any info or leads would be appreciated. And thank you
#2
12-11-2007, 05:16 AM
Re: looking for work
Originally Posted by riverrat69z
I am going to be getting my CDL on the 18th. And was wondering what my options are, I checked into swift and they said they are not doing any training classes till Jan 5th at the earliest. Any info or leads would be appreciated. And thank you
congrads on getting your CDL on the 18th( this month??) It would be helpful for us to know Where you live--to steer you toward companies that (in our collective experience) can get you home for hometime( if that is at all important to you) Also, do you know what kind of driving you want to do? OTR, regional, etc? What type of "pulling" you want to do? dry box, reefer, flatbed, tanker, etc? Might as well, take this time up to after Jan 3rd- to figure out--WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE. Go home and enjoy the holidays. There's almost no one gonna start a training class right before the holidays-when everyone wants to be HOME for family time.
#3
12-11-2007, 05:23 AM
Yes I am from the central Illinois area and looking to do flatbed or van work. Also OTR would be prefered.
#4
12-11-2007, 06:36 AM
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Just so you know, if you hire on with a company now and go out with a trainer there is a fairly good chance you may not be home for Christmas. There are quite a few companies that actually will not hire students in December for this very reason.
I don't know where you got your schooling at but if it was through a PTDI course you might want to talk to Crete. Other companies to talk to would be Gordon, Hogan, KLLM, Transport America, Maverick, TMC, Arrow (last 3 are flatbed).
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#5
12-11-2007, 07:36 AM
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