Starting Out
I feel the worst thing one can do is go through a company based training program for several reasons: (1) the cost is usually VERY expensive, (2) can amount to poor training simply because they are trying to get you to receive your CDL ASAP, (3) normally you must sign a contract to drive for that company ONLY for usually at least one year, (4) if you choose to leave that company before the one year is up, they can hit you with "extra" charges that can increase your "tuition" by a few thousand dollars or more.....the best choice in training would be through a Vo-Tech school...not only is it usually cheaper, but the training is much more thorough....starting out, you will probably have no choice but to go over the road for at least 6 months in order to receive the experience required by insurance carriers....this means most often you will just have to "gut up" and go with one of the large carriers, put in your 6 months to a year for driving experience, but after that, you can go anywhere and be hired by anyone.
Starting out, we all had to start at the low-end of the scale, but once you have the experience required behind you, better doors will open....Good Luck, and let us know how everything is going.
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Allen Smith
TruthAboutTrucking.com
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