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Originally Posted by Sharlie
Goes without saying. If you are looking for work like you searched for answers to these questions. I'm guessing you are going to be SOL
Day dreaming is good, but IMO(whatever thats worth) trucking is not going to be for you.
In answer to your user name, whycantitbeeasy? Because if it was, then it wouldn't be called work. Have a good weekend.
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For me Sharlie is one of the Unknown"s". But..............still spot on right.
:smokin: Now some advise from an old grizzled truck driver.
YOU can find a local driving position. One that will in fact pay quite decent money and bennies. BUT.....YOU have to search that position out. It will not come to you, and your not gonna find it on the internet.
You said your age is 29. That makes you reasonably settled. You should have your "foolishness" exhausted, and be reliable now.
So........Before enrolling in a local driving school.....Go out and about, talking with some of the companies most likely to hire "Local drivers". Con-way Freight, YRC, Pepsi, Coke, as well as any Beer Distributor. Talk with the "Truck Bosses" and get their opinion. Go to fuel distribution companies like Keenan and Atlas Petroleum....talk with them.
If you are dressed presentable...not ragged but not "Managerial".....You are going to impress the managers you talk with and they will remember you. They will also give you straight and honest information. The jobs are out there....but managers are not going to consider anyone deemed "Unprofessional" (re; dressed like they could give a chit less").....OR dressed like they could take said manager's job title away from them. Both categories of dress style can get you dismissed without second glances.
Knock on doors and impress people. Don"t mention your educational goals. THAT is personal information best left sitting on the bureau in your bedroom.
Companies will hire you to haul package freight and fuel 9gasoline) right out of school. BUT.....You have to impress the chit out of some people.
BOL
sometimes I wonder if Belpre is lurking and posting under "Mult".