Profile For Karla F.

Keep us updated, I start with CRST in October, I already have a CDL but I haven't drove in 10 yrs. I'm so excited to get started again, I will be going to Jacksonville, Fl for my training....Good Luck sounds like you're learning quick.

Thank you everyone for being so helpful and for all the support, when I first started driving it was easy to get a driving job local or otr. I understand laws have changed and I agree I need a good update, I really think companies would save money if they helped more people like me. Maybe they make money on the schooling I don't know, either way I would have went to a school if that's what it took. As far as team driving i'm perfectly fine with that and maybe I will make some new friends who knows. I actually like being a part of a team and with winter coming up it will be even better. I have never seen "real" snow....lol, i'm from south FL so for me to see snow and drive in it is going to be an exciting adventure....

I got good news today and I'm probably going with CRST....I'm just happy someone is finally giving me a chance....

Thanks I will check with Western Express.... Phoenix.. The recruiter from England did call me back and of course I am just out of their hiring area or they would have taken me..... Some of the other companies that say they hire and put you through school will not hire me because I already have a CDL which makes no sense considering i'm willing and trying to go back through a school to get the updated experience I need. It seems to me like it would be cheaper for them because they would not have to invest as much money or time with me.... Oh well someone will eventually give me a chance and when they do they will see what a great employee they have, I will be very dedicated to the company I work for because they gave me a chance.

I'm south of that just off hwy 27 in glades county. I applied with several i'm just waiting on them to call. I talked to a recruiter at CR England and he said they do hire people like me and said he needed me to speak to the senior dispatcher. So he took my number and said he would have him call me as soon as possible. I don't want to give up my CDL because I just renewed it. I could be driving right now but the company that offered me a job had no health insurance and the truck was awful as in no AC and I couldn't get the door open from the inside...lol I was no thanks

I'm just trying to find a company to put me back through school, I would love to do it because I never went to a school. I learned the hard way...lol I went with my cousin 1 day and he pulled over and said I was going to learn to drive and I better not wreck his truck and if I did I better make sure he was dead because if not he was going to kill me....I drove from that day on spending every extra moment with him driving. So to go to a school would be great...lol Besides I know a lot has changed and I need to get an update.

I didn't have to keep up on my Medical card because I was State Law Enforcement and I was exempt, but since I have retired I went and got it completed so that it would be current. Being an LEO we had to keep yearly physicals anyway. I have always known I would get back into trucking, I just didn't realize it would be so hard....

I have had a CDL for 17 years, I stopped driving and got into Law Enforcement; I have retired and want to go back to driving but I can't find a company that will hire me and give me a refresher course. Has anyone else ran into this problem? Seems it would be better if I didn't have a CDL at all. Can anyone give me advice on how to get my foot back in the door?