have cdl license class a but no experience

LOOK I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM I WENT AND SPEND LOTS OF MONEY TO GET MY CDL CLASS A I EVEN GOT MY P T N AND GOT MY X A MONTH LATER BUT I HAVE NO EXP AND EVERY EMPLOYER I GO TO TELL ME THE SAME STORY WE WONT TOUCH YOU UNLESS YOU HAVE AT LEAST 2 YEARS AND I TRY TO KEEP TELLING THEM WHAT WILL BE THE DIFFERENCE OF IF SOMEONE ELSE GOT THEIR CDL 10 YEARS AGO BUT NEVER GOTTEN BEHIND THE WHEELE OF A SEMI WOULDN`T IT BE THE SAME RISK TO TAKE I JUST THINK IS KRAZY I PROBABLY DRIVE BETTER THAN MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON THEIR FLEET BUT THEY WONT TOUCH ME AND THEY KEEP PUTTING THE BLAME INTO THE INSURANCE COMPANY W T F WHAT HAPPEND TO PIONEER ON THE INDUSTRY THAT WANTED TO DEVELOP SAFE AND GOOD DRIVERS SORRY A LITTLE SAD RIGHT ABOUT NOW EVERYONE WANTS EXP DRIVER BUT HOW DO THEY EVEN THINK YOU ARE GOING TO GET EXP IF NOONE HIRES YOU THEY JUST WANT YOU TO LIE YOUR ASS OFF AND THEY WILL BE HAPPY KRAZY WORLD.

KRAZY INDUSTRY in Lehigh Acres, Florida said: LOOK I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM I WENT AND SPEND LOTS OF MONEY TO GET MY CDL CLASS A I EVEN GOT MY P T N AND GOT MY X A MONTH LATER BUT I HAVE NO EXP AND EVERY EMPLOYER I GO TO TELL ME THE SAME STORY WE WONT TOUCH YOU UNLESS YOU HAVE AT LEAST 2 YEARS AND I TRY TO KEEP TELLING THEM WHAT WILL BE THE DIFFERENCE OF IF SOMEONE ELSE GOT THEIR CDL 10 YEARS AGO BUT NEVER GOTTEN BEHIND THE WHEELE OF A SEMI WOULDN`T IT BE THE SAME RISK TO TAKE I JUST THINK IS KRAZY I PROBABLY DRIVE BETTER THAN MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON THEIR FLEET BUT THEY WONT TOUCH ME AND THEY KEEP PUTTING THE BLAME INTO THE INSURANCE COMPANY W T F WHAT HAPPEND TO PIONEER ON THE INDUSTRY THAT WANTED TO DEVELOP SAFE AND GOOD DRIVERS SORRY A LITTLE SAD RIGHT ABOUT NOW EVERYONE WANTS EXP DRIVER BUT HOW DO THEY EVEN THINK YOU ARE GOING TO GET EXP IF NOONE HIRES YOU THEY JUST WANT YOU TO LIE YOUR ASS OFF AND THEY WILL BE HAPPY KRAZY WORLD.

you can try finding a yard goat driving position moving trailers at a big warehouse distribution center maybe through a temp agency and that will give you plenty of backing experience then after a year or so of that you can try to get a road position

YOU KNOW I FINALLY CAME ACROSS A COMPANY THAT SAID YES AND FOUND A POINT IN WHAT I WAS TRYING TO POINT OUT I WAS HUMBLE AND HONEST ENOUGHT TO GO INTO THE LOCAL TRASH DISPOSAL COMPANY AND ASK FOR THEIR HR MANG AND JUST WITH A VERY PLEASENT VPOICE I CAME ACROOS LIKE I JUST WANTED A CHANCE AND WHEN SHE ASK ME IF I HAD ANY EXPERIENCE I JUST TOLD HER THAT I WANTED TO BE HONEST AND THAT I DIDNOT AND ALSO ASK HER IF I HAD SAID YES WOULD IT HAD MAKE A DIFFERNCE AND ALL ITOLD HER WAS THAT HONESTY WAS THE FIRST THING ON ME GUESS WHAT 2 DAY LATER I GOT A JOB OFFER AND A DRUG SCREEN ALL I HAD TO DO WAS MAKE A POINT.

I AM LOOKING FOR A LOCAL JOB AND I HAVE FINISHED FUTURE TRUCKERS OF AMERICA DRIVING SCHOOL WITH A GOOD GRADE. ICANT FIND A JOB NOWHERE WITHOUT OVER THE ROAD EXPERIENCE. I HAVE 30YEARS OF CLEAN DRIVING RECORD. I HAVE MY HAZMAT AND DOUBLES. NO CRIMINAL CHARGES EVER ALSO NO ACCIDENTS IN OVER 25 YEARS.IF ANY GOOD COMPANY NEEDS A DEPENDABLE DRIVER LOCAL PLEASE CONTACT ME.

You guys need to learn how to use proper usage of caps...I feel like I've gone deaf just reading this site lol. I have 3 months experience but due to improper training with Central Refrigerated I am now out of a job (due to backing accident) and regardless of the fact that I have made all deliveries on time and more or less am a model employee because of the terms no one wants my help. Its a tough life, if you can get at least 3 months experience somewhere I have seen a lot of places that will hire you. Check craigslist if nothing else.

You guys need to learn how to use proper usage of caps...I feel like I've gone deaf just reading this site lol. I have 3 months experience but due to improper training with Central Refrigerated I am now out of a job (due to backing accident) and regardless of the fact that I have made all deliveries on time and more or less am a model employee because of the terms no one wants my help. Its a tough life, if you can get at least 3 months experience somewhere I have seen a lot of places that will hire you. Check craigslist if nothing else.

We are currently looking for drivers. If you are interested (no experience is ok), email us your resume at trukforce.road@gmail.com along with a brief summary about yourself.

TruckForce Enterprises in Scottsdale, Arizona said: We are currently looking for drivers. If you are interested (no experience is ok), email us your resume at trukforce.road@gmail.com along with a brief summary about yourself.

I have CDL classe A,I was graduated in the school,but never worked whit truck
please give-me an oportunity thank you

Ihave cdl class A and ihave some experience(6 months)andI looking for a jop please give-me an oportunity thank you

KRAZY INDUSTRY in Lehigh Acres, Florida said: LOOK I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM I WENT AND SPEND LOTS OF MONEY TO GET MY CDL CLASS A I EVEN GOT MY P T N AND GOT MY X A MONTH LATER BUT I HAVE NO EXP AND EVERY EMPLOYER I GO TO TELL ME THE SAME STORY WE WONT TOUCH YOU UNLESS YOU HAVE AT LEAST 2 YEARS AND I TRY TO KEEP TELLING THEM WHAT WILL BE THE DIFFERENCE OF IF SOMEONE ELSE GOT THEIR CDL 10 YEARS AGO BUT NEVER GOTTEN BEHIND THE WHEELE OF A SEMI WOULDN`T IT BE THE SAME RISK TO TAKE I JUST THINK IS KRAZY I PROBABLY DRIVE BETTER THAN MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON THEIR FLEET BUT THEY WONT TOUCH ME AND THEY KEEP PUTTING THE BLAME INTO THE INSURANCE COMPANY W T F WHAT HAPPEND TO PIONEER ON THE INDUSTRY THAT WANTED TO DEVELOP SAFE AND GOOD DRIVERS SORRY A LITTLE SAD RIGHT ABOUT NOW EVERYONE WANTS EXP DRIVER BUT HOW DO THEY EVEN THINK YOU ARE GOING TO GET EXP IF NOONE HIRES YOU THEY JUST WANT YOU TO LIE YOUR ASS OFF AND THEY WILL BE HAPPY KRAZY WORLD.

Hey!, Are you still looking for truck driving work? I know a company that is looking for drivers. You can have your own authority or you can sign on with them. Drop me a line at juanitahar@gmail.com

I think two things.

#1 There's an experience scam going on, creating a driver shortage. The motive is federal training dollars on one hand, and having a constant supply of new drivers to rip-off on the other.

In support of this, I would say there's no way insurance company statistics/probability would bear out that 2 years experience is necessary for a new safe driver, or even 1 year. The self-insuring companies have a racket going, and the main insurors of everybody else are complicit in it. Probably both parties are owned by the same individuals/individual corporations.

#2 There are alot of stupid trucking companies. The profit margins may be slim, but the stupid companies would rather cry for more drivers all the time than pay a little higher insurance rates and get all the drivers they want. If a bunch of them got together and did this, and figured out other ways to become more profitable, then the collusion structure of the scammers would start to crack, and eventually collapse. Or, if the collusion is so strong as to be unbreakable that way, if no insurance companies would help, then they'd rather kiss the behinds of those companies than go overseas, find someone with alot of money, and start an HONEST INSURANCE COMPANY, which could reap above-average profits for a long time.

Experience itself CAN'T be the only or a complete measure of insurance risk. There's also intelligence, wisdom, morality, focus, mental and physical reaction speed, perceptual speed, and logic. All these things can be tested for, without even someone ever having been in a truck. They can be tested for at the outset of an application process, at the outset of training, and after training. A body of facts can be developed from which a new system could be continually re-analyzed and used to judge/assess/calculate risk and probability.

Another thing: nowadays through PSP reports any citations are getting treated by nearly all OTR and other companies as the equivalent of a DUI. Court decisions in those citations don't matter, and that due process does not even appear to be considered at all. Somewhere in there is a new litigation field ripe for harvest.

Which brings up the subject of risk again. For driver's, there's a real risk that they could end up in jail or sued out of financial existence for involvement in an accident that someone passing them causes. All day long, non-CDL drivers (and some CDL drivers)have the following distances they maintain, ELIMINATED by people passing the and cutting right back over into the trucks lane, right in front of them. Theoretically, it's a wonder any traffic goes down an busy Interstate, because if one maintained following distance while being passed like this all day, a major traffic jam should occur every time, and a high incidence of accidents within it.

A good company would have camera's on the dash, recording what goes on in front of the truck, to protect the driver. Yeah, in some cases this would prove a driver's fault, but so what? I'd bet the losses from accidents, overall, and in the long run, would be less doing what's right, than trying to hid anything at any point along the way.

I HAVE MY CDL WITH HAZ.MAT. AND DOUBLE ENDORSEMENT ,THERE ARE SO MUCH RED TAPE TO GET A JOB I JUST QUIT TRYING FOR A TRUCKING JOB. THE ONLY JOBHS THAT WOULD CALL WANTED ME TO BE GONE 2OR3WEEKS AT A TIME. IM MARRIED AND NEED LOCAL COULDNT FIND THAT SO I QUIT LOOKING.

I know this thread is old but did you ppl that spent thousands on a CDL ever find a job?I thought schools help with that.I have to laugh when they say they work with the top companies,LOL.Any of you that's been doing this awhile know there is no such thing as top companies.But any of you geting ready to go to school to get your CDL,let me suggest finding a job before going to school.That way it'll be there waiting for u once you do graduate.Don't depend on schools for help,you're better off doing it yourself.All you have to do is fill out one online application and within an hr the calls and emails will be coming your way.

I think is what schools mean to say but fear they won't get any students is,(we work with the top companies with the highest turnover rate)

I think you are right. Was just thinking the same thing yesterday. Would have been better to have just got on with a trash truck company or something, to get 2 years 'cdl' experience. Or, maybe it's coming back around to owner-operators, seeking and doing honest work for honest people. Probably, the whole racket was originally intended to kick the O-O out as much as possible. I only spent about $950 books and tuition, and only went to first part of the course, 4.5 of something like 6.5 weeks. Now a bunch of companies are feeding on tax dollars for training at the government trough, on one hand, and screwing an endless supply of drivers with less than 2 years experience out of everything they possibly can, on the other.

Did learn quite a bit, though the reality of the situation is that aside from some good defensive driving training, just what was in the state CDL manual, and a couple months combination CDL A experience would have been as good.

JT in Smithville, Missouri said: I think you are right. Was just thinking the same thing yesterday. Would have been better to have just got on with a trash truck company or something, to get 2 years 'cdl' experience. Or, maybe it's coming back around to owner-operators, seeking and doing honest work for honest people. Probably, the whole racket was originally intended to kick the O-O out as much as possible. I only spent about $950 books and tuition, and only went to first part of the course, 4.5 of something like 6.5 weeks. Now a bunch of companies are feeding on tax dollars for training at the government trough, on one hand, and screwing an endless supply of drivers with less than 2 years experience out of everything they possibly can, on the other.

Did learn quite a bit, though the reality of the situation is that aside from some good defensive driving training, just what was in the state CDL manual, and a couple months combination CDL A experience would have been as good.

I live in savannah, I have had my class a for 5 years, but because i have no verifiable class a driving experience (drove for 2 or 3 mths otr with husband under his lease), I can not find a job either. It is not fair. I just want to drive a truck either otr or regional. I know i can do it. I jut eed the pooprtunity to prove myself. I was driving dump trucks backwards down a canal that was wet, muddy, and slippery and never put the thing in the canal. C'mon, give a girl a chance.

is there a website where i can contact indvidual truck drivers maybe they need a second seat to go team if i explain that i have cdl hazmat endorsement passport no points,,no duis,,,no felonys maybe they would give me a chance if anyone no"s of a site where independent drivers are i can email them thanks for any help

i got my cdl with out going to school and now im not able to find anyone that will give me a chance to work for them all i have wanted to do is drive truck and need some input on where to go and if anyone in my area is looking for a good driver that will give me a chance pll message me

If you have your CDL, I'd look into heading up here to North Dakota for work in the Bakken Oil patch. Sites such as www.jobsnd.com and www.dakotaoiljobs.com have local companies listed. Usually easier to get on with a smaller outfit with no experience than trying to get on with the bigger name folks. Start with smaller operations, work your way up. Good luck if you come up here. Be aware housing is a big issue currently, so try to find an employer than provides housing.

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