Local Trucking Jobs Fresh Out Of School

So I've finally obtained my CLP , I'll be starting school very soon and I want to know what jobs hire locally fresh out of school. I don't want to do any otr

In my experience since I’m a newer CDL A holder who just went through the hiring process and has been working for about 3 months now, OTR is really your best bet fresh out of school. Reason being is it’s the best and fastest way to gain your experience and you will find that most of these companies who are local only like you’re seeking want a minimum of one year experience. They want someone who knows how to drive, maneuver, back, hook and unhook from trailers multiple times a day, already knows logs, HOS , etc. Stuff you learn at an OTR company during training. Best way to gain that experience and the hours is to do OTR. A lot of these local companies aren’t setup for training like that.

I was just like you out of school. Didn’t want to do OTR. Didn’t want to be away from home. I ended up finding out I couldn’t get ANY local, non-OTR jobs around me with no experience. (I searched for 2 months) Your best bet is to go OTR right out of school for a minimum of 6 months, although at least one year is best. Get your one year in, accident free, no write ups, etc. You open up a lot of opportunities after that. Look at companies like Schneider, Swift, Western Express, CR England. I know there’s others that have been mentioned on here before, all of which will take you with little or no experience, train you their way. Then you get your one year in. And that one year coupled with a prospective employer knowing you got good training, will look good when you do start applying for local jobs.

I will say, I could be completely wrong, too. Maybe there is a company that is local that will hire right out of school but in my experience, they are far and few. Good luck.

I did local out of school then Otr

University class a you can drive anything if you want be home and be company driver ready mix cement is good option also and it pays equal to class a I kind of wish I went that route now Usaly pays 28 to 39 an hour.

At least by me that’s going indeed hire rate.

Pick job that suits what you want if you want be home then find job pays well doing that and so forth.

Anther good job starting if want to be home daily is work in g for Sysco foods they pay by hour or by millage and percentage of load which ever pays better

And they will take new people Schinder is anther good company if I want learn tanker and there company hire tanker drivers with it need hazmat like moving chocolate around or milk like we have in Wisconsin jobs for that.

Plenty of things pick from that don’t require OTR

So I've finally obtained my CLP , I'll be starting school very soon and I want to know what jobs hire locally fresh out of school. I don't want to do any otr

One thing people sometimes for get is if you do OTR and you are out for while doing local

Company’s may start treating you like your new agin requiring you do redo your training agin.

So sometimes it’s best to decide if you want to be otr or local and ahead of time.

In my experience since I’m a newer CDL A holder who just went through the hiring process and has been working for about 3 months now, OTR is really your best bet fresh out of school. Reason being is it’s the best and fastest way to gain your experience and you will find that most of these companies who are local only like you’re seeking want a minimum of one year experience. They want someone who knows how to drive, maneuver, back, hook and unhook from trailers multiple times a day, already knows logs, HOS , etc. Stuff you learn at an OTR company during training. Best way to gain that experience and the hours is to do OTR. A lot of these local companies aren’t setup for training like that.

I was just like you out of school. Didn’t want to do OTR. Didn’t want to be away from home. I ended up finding out I couldn’t get ANY local, non-OTR jobs around me with no experience. (I searched for 2 months) Your best bet is to go OTR right out of school for a minimum of 6 months, although at least one year is best. Get your one year in, accident free, no write ups, etc. You open up a lot of opportunities after that. Look at companies like Schneider, Swift, Western Express, CR England. I know there’s others that have been mentioned on here before, all of which will take you with little or no experience, train you their way. Then you get your one year in. And that one year coupled with a prospective employer knowing you got good training, will look good when you do start applying for local jobs.

I will say, I could be completely wrong, too. Maybe there is a company that is local that will hire right out of school but in my experience, they are far and few. Good luck.

This is one of those topics that gets responses going all over the place. Partly it's because your location has a determining factor in what's available to you.

I live in a small town. I looked into the local driving jobs once and found the good ones had lengthy waiting lists of drivers wanting to work there.

I always recommend one year OTR first. The things you learn during that year are so valuable to your future success as a truck driver. That's why most insurance underwriters want their customers to require that as a prerequisite to employment as a local driver.

I understand some people just feel they can't do it. That's okay, but you have to understand how you're limiting your rookie opportunities. If you live in an area like I do, it is almost impossible to start a local driving gig.