Profile For rolln@mo

Thanks for humor and help from all, and will let everyone here know how it turned out. I should have mentioned it, but I did not know this site had so much info on them. Central Refrigerated is where I am going.

Don't sweat the details!

They know you are a beginner, that's why they do the training thing anyway.

I've always said the best training I ever got was once they turned me loose in my own truck. Seriously, that is when I started learning how all this comes together. I had a nut for a trainer. He was able to teach me the things I needed to know about the qualcomm, turning in my paperwork, adjusting to life on the road, and communicating with dispatch. These are the things I didn't really have a clue about. Learning to drive a truck and being efficient at your job all falls into place during that first six months to a year of driving and getting your hands dirty at the job so to speak.

Relax! Do your best and prove yourself, not only to them, but also to yourself. Be careful and cautious and you will be just fine.

Thanx for the the comments Old School, I was having second thoughts till you and Brett assured me on a few things. Thanks, RollnMo

Welcome aboard!

The general rule with recruiters is if you can't get it in writing then you can't count on it. So do your best to gather the information you can and go into it with a great attitude. Just be patient and let the process play out. You'll likely find a few things that your recruiter wasn't exactly straight-forward about, but that's just how it goes sometimes. Shouldn't be anything critical.

Thanks, Brett for the encouragement, just a little worried about the managements expectations of me right off the bat. I know with the little bit I have in experience and a little professional hands on will take me far fast, was just worried about initial dance.

Thanks

Hi, new here and already enjoy the articles. Job career change at 48 because of economy, but seriously do not think I will have a problem with the lifestyle. My specific situation is: I got my CDL A by working with a county road crew. They paid for us to get a CDL B, so I thought while they were paying I would take my CDL A and got it. I have barely used it, and my last job paid for my DOT med. cert. and had me do some tight local hauling, driving over local scales ect.. but no serious OTR the road. So I told all the company's this when I applied. I had a company recruiter call and tell me I was invited to their "orientation dance" in a week. For me they are calling it a "refresher course", 10.5 days. I am familiar with military recruiters, and had never thought of trucker recruiters being the same until I starting looking at sites like this one. This is my dilemma, I'am worried about the recruiter not telling me everything about the requirements when I get there in my particular situation. My driving record and criminal record is clean for past 10 years and I meet their base requirements on the web page, but worry about surprises she is not telling me about. This company's terminal where I have to go is several hundred miles away, they are paying all expenses but my meals and if it doesn't work out I have been unemployed for awhile and that would be a lick. Thanks, worried in Mo.