Pre Hire Letters
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Pre-hire letters are common amongst Trucking Companies That Hire Inexperienced Drivers. Now if you contacted small companies or companies that normally hire experienced drivers only then they likely wouldn't know what you were talking about.
But you can Apply For Truck Driving Jobs before you even commit to attending a truck driving school. Based upon the information on your application they'll let you know if you would qualify to work there after completing your CDL training and getting your CDL license. It's not a guarantee, but it's the next best thing.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Pre-hire:
What Exactly Is A Pre-Hire Letter?
Pre-hire letters are acceptance letters from trucking companies to students, or even potential students, to verify placement. The trucking companies are saying in writing that the student, or potential student, appears to meet the company's minimum hiring requirements and is welcome to attend their orientation at the company’s expense once he or she graduates from truck driving school and has their CDL in hand.
We have an excellent article that will help you Understand The Pre-Hire Process.
A Pre-Hire Letter Is Not A Guarantee Of Employment
The people that receive a pre-hire letter are people who meet the company's minimum hiring requirements, but it is not an employment contract. It is an invitation to orientation, and the orientation itself is a prerequisite to employment.
During the orientation you will get a physical, drug screen, and background check done. These and other qualifications must be met before someone in orientation is officially hired.
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Hello everyone I'm feeling rather frustrated....I read Tanya Bons' article on pre hire letters and since I haven't started school yet, I thought it would be a good idea to see if I could get a few. So i called several trucking companies to ask about these and they didn't know what I was talking about. I found myself in the awkward position of having to explain to them what they were. I thought to myself, "Wait a minute....I'm talking to people in the trucking business and I have to explain to them what a pre hire letter is?....something is wrong here". Some folks would ask me if what I was looking for was a guarantee of employment with such a letter to which I said no, that's not what it is. Other folks said flatly that they don't send out such letters and never have. I don't understand this disconnect. The article seemed to imply that this was common practice in the industry but a lot of folks didn't seem to know what I was talking about. Can somebody help me out here?
Pre Hire:
What Exactly Is A Pre-Hire Letter?
Pre-hire letters are acceptance letters from trucking companies to students, or even potential students, to verify placement. The trucking companies are saying in writing that the student, or potential student, appears to meet the company's minimum hiring requirements and is welcome to attend their orientation at the company’s expense once he or she graduates from truck driving school and has their CDL in hand.
We have an excellent article that will help you Understand The Pre-Hire Process.
A Pre-Hire Letter Is Not A Guarantee Of Employment
The people that receive a pre-hire letter are people who meet the company's minimum hiring requirements, but it is not an employment contract. It is an invitation to orientation, and the orientation itself is a prerequisite to employment.
During the orientation you will get a physical, drug screen, and background check done. These and other qualifications must be met before someone in orientation is officially hired.