Pre-Hires
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Hey Heavy C, I am sort like you I really didn't won't to go otr especially coast to coast and I figured trying to find a local driving job would be very difficult for a rookie driver. So I looked at companies that I could go regional with because there are some out there that give you that opportunity when you go solo, I choose H O Wolding for that reason, I talk to a great lady there named Carol and she was very upfront and honest with me about them they are a mid-size company family owned and from what I can tell very family oriented and for me I could go regional once I finish with Driver trainer. She told me they would try to get me home at least every other weekend and it was out 5 to 7 days then at home 1 1/2 to 2 days and I could run the southeast region which is great since I live in Georgia. Averitt Express, KLLM, Transport America, Schnider all have regional opportunities, I have pre-hires from KLLM, and Transport America and was waiting till I get about two weeks from graduation to apply with the other two. But right now my plan is to go with H O Wolding be leaving around January 6 to go to Wisconsin. I am sure there are others just have to search ask you recruiter at your school they should be able to give you some.
Good luck.
Regional:
Regional Route
Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
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.
Pre-hires:
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.
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
Danny gave some excellent advice and ideas.
You're going to have a heck of a time trying to land a local gig right out of school. Even 6 months of over the road or regional experience might qualify you for some local gigs.
Dry van and flatbed companies have a lot of regional and dedicated opportunities to get you home on weekends. Some great companies were already mentioned. We have a few resources to help you out.
We have an excellent listing of Truck Driving Jobs. Those will give you a bunch of ideas about companies hiring from your area. We also have a partial listing of Trucking Companies That Hire Inexperienced Drivers if you haven't seen those.
As far as how often you check in with existing pre-hires....not very often. Maybe once a month give them a call to make sure nothing has changed and that they still have your application in the system.
Regional:
Regional Route
Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.
Over The Road:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
Dry Van:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.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.
Pre-hires:
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.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Thanks guys! I see what your saying about doing OTR. I have my hopes up because both Pepsi and Sysco have put in calls to my school recently looking for some driver trainees. That gives me hope to stay local. I wouldn't mind regional so much as long as I would be home for the weekends. The problem is my hiring area from what I'm gathering. I guess I'll just keep applying to places and when I finally get my CDL really hit the local boys hard.
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.
Regional:
Regional Route
Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
Hey Heavy C! We're practically neighbors! I live about 40 mins outside portland. I recently talked to someone at NTI (where i plan on going in january/February ) and I heard there are a bunch of locap opportunities around here. Are you going to NTI?
I have my hopes up because both Pepsi and Sysco have put in calls to my school recently looking for some driver trainees
Hey, that's outstanding! It's not often those opportunities come up for drivers straight out of school. Of course those are physically demanding jobs but they'll get you home every night and you'll make a decent wage.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Susannah yea there seem to be quite a few opportunities in the area so that why I keep my hopes up for something local. I really enjoy the school so far. I'm course it's only been a weekend but hey I'm not complaining yet. You should check out my training diary. I'll be posting updates everyday after class. if you have any questions about the school let me know.
Brett, if it will keep me local I'm not afraid of some hard work. I could to stand to get into better shape and I'm sure lifting 50 pound to 100 pound containers all day will certainly help with that.
So I have Pre-hires from about 10 companies right now, and I only need 3 for my school. My top is Melton Flatbed out of Tulsa OK, next is Maverick out of Little Rock AR. and then Southern Refrig.
Apparently I have had around 20 calls made to my instructor from companies reviewing my apps online. He actually told me I can stop applying now if I wanted because I have plenty. That and being a Vet with no tickets in the past 7 years and absolutely no wrecks EVER, I'm kinda a wanted man. 
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.
Pre-hires:
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.
"WANTED" can be a good thing !! WTG on the pre approvals !!
Thank you Starcar. I appreciate it. Heavy C, keep your up and keep at it. There are plenty of awesome companies out there to work for.
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So after my first weekend of class I followed my schools advice and started applying to some different companies. Shortly after applying to a few I got calls from both Werner and Stevens Trans with pre-hires. I must admit even though this isn't a done deal it's still pretty exciting. I probably won't do much with Stevens because i'm not looking to go OTR at this stage in the game. I understand it's pretty much the norm for truck drivers to go OTR first but I would much rather put in some hard labor and run delivery routes for food and service companies so I can stay local. I do have a question about pre-hires though. Since i've made my initial contact with them how often should I check in with the recruiter so as to keep my options open? I won't be completing the course until January so there will be some time between now and then.
Also does anyone recommend any other companies to apply at. I've applied so far to: Stevens, Swift, Schnieder, Werner, WEL, USxpress, and HO Wolding. Any other thoughts?
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.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.
Pre-hires:
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.