[rocket_girl]

Hi there ! I also am a newly licensed female driver as well in Paris Ontario and it is very hard right now to get anyone to consider hiring me. It is discouraging , but dont give up...there is a place for us somewhere out there !

[jnk2001]

This makes me wonder, why? The Co-Op company must have felt that you were not a confident enough driver or experienced enough to take a chance on you.

Wow :!: That's a lot of assuming going on there! Why would they even graduate someone if they felt that way?

I thought most trucking schools garaunteed job placement?

[syl77dar]

good luck!

[dieselgrl]

Originally Posted by jnk2001

I thought most trucking schools garaunteed job placement?

It's never "guaranteed". What they will guarantee is help in finding you a company that may take you, but work itself is never a "gimmie". Just like a pre-hire is never a guarantee that the company will actually hire you in the end.

[mapleleaf_1]

There are many companies you could apply to for jobs In southwestern Ontario alone there's Verspeeten in Ingersoll, J.Bryan in Scotland, Kriska, Bison, Ro_lin in Paris, Challenger in Cambridge and also MacArthurs in Cambridge. Just to mention a few. I know that of those they've been helpful to hire newbies in the past. BOL

[Shawnee]

In her area she has XTL in Alexandria, Nesel in Summerstown, I think B.R Smith has a yard in Ottawa, although I'm not sure what kind of experience these companies require, they may not accept newbies

Challenger would be a good one to contact for a newbie

Maybe look for companies that need local delivery drivers or shunt truck drivers, it's a start, and a good way to practice backing and manouvering, that is how I started as a teenager, and doing that you may be able to work your way up to driving tractor trailers

You have to start some where and you can't always start at the top, nowdays everyone gets their licence and the next day they want to be out driving and making the top wage

[mapleleaf_1]

Yes Shawnee, I forgot all about Bruce R. Smith. They have a yard in Walsh. There's also Ludwig in Simcoe and Keith Hall in Burford. Jeff Bryan is there also, not in Scotland.

[proffit]

call manitoulin!!!!!!!!!! or yankee

[Mars]

Originally Posted by ottawa

Hi I did graduate from Transport Training Centres of Canada Inc. Yes they did offer co-op and I apply in that company but company didn't accept me.
I went to school and asked about the other companies but they haven't more.
What can I do

WOW, that is not good. Most of the students from my school have been hired on.

I have the contact info for a few recruiters from SGT2000 and Kriska if you would like them.

Going to an accredited school has a lot to do with getting a job, and your school is not accredited nor, highly recognized in the industry, and that can be frustrating I know. Just keep pounding the pavement something will happen soon enough.

[joettanne]

Originally Posted by Mars

Going to an accredited school has a lot to do with getting a job, and your school is not accredited nor, highly recognized in the industry, and that can be frustrating I know. Just keep pounding the pavement something will happen soon enough.

Bingo!