Apply At One Or All In February? Advice Needed..

Good Day TT Family,

My application date to get CDL training underway will be later in February. One really cool feature of this site is the shotgun button to apply for CDL training and get multiple recruiters on the phone. With that said I have had a lot of time between careers to hone in what I believe is my best option: Roehl Transport. Why Roehl?

1) Regional work right out of training even in BFE where I live in the U.P. (regional work is critical for my family if at all possible)

2) Solid reputation for safety, pay, training, equipment

3) In interviewing current (or retired) industry veterans it's creepy that I get virtually the same answer from everyone "Never heard anything bad about Roehl"

4) There is a terminal 52 minutes from my home (again in Bumf**k Egypt)

5) Getting my training there seems to be a great credential for future opportunites. This isn't that big as I would plan to stay at Roehl for my future as I do NOT desire to change employers unless there is a very good reason to.

Now knowing this is likely my best fit after looking at Schneider and Veriha, should I still do the shotgun application? Unlikely but possible I may be missing a better opportunity and could at least get a conversation started with other carriers for the future if for any unlikely and unforeseen reason I'd leave Roehl after paying back my 120k mile training agreement.

Any feedback or thoughts are appreciated. Thanks all!

Terminal location should make no difference unless you plan to park there for days off. Roehl is fine for your pick, but I see nothing that many other companies offer: safety, training, freight, equipment. All of these are a given nowadays. Every company has this in common: drivers love it there, and drivers hate working there.

👍 Thanks man!

Terminal location should make no difference unless you plan to park there for days off. Roehl is fine for your pick, but I see nothing that many other companies offer: safety, training, freight, equipment. All of these are a given nowadays. Every company has this in common: drivers love it there, and drivers hate working there.

Definitely cast a wide net. You just never know what might happen. I thought Roehl hung the moon when I was in truck driving school years ago. They flatly rejected me. They said, "We have much better candidates to choose from." I was the top student in my school. Another fellow in my class, who barely passed, got immediately accepted at Roehl. He didn't even finish with his trainer before quitting.

Hiring brand new rookie drivers is a crap shoot for these companies. We have nothing special to offer them. We have no track record as commercial drivers. Sometimes they just try to read between the lines and make a decision. You definitely want to apply to multiple places.

PackRat is right. Every trucking company out here has it's die hard fans and its haters. You may get to Roehl and decide its nothing like you hoped and dreamed. I love my job at Knight - PackRat was very disappointed with his, so he moved on. That's a common occurrence in this business.

Thanks OS! 🙏🏻

Definitely cast a wide net. You just never know what might happen. I thought Roehl hung the moon when I was in truck driving school years ago. They flatly rejected me. They said, "We have much better candidates to choose from." I was the top student in my school. Another fellow in my class, who barely passed, got immediately accepted at Roehl. He didn't even finish with his trainer before quitting.

Hiring brand new rookie drivers is a crap shoot for these companies. We have nothing special to offer them. We have no track record as commercial drivers. Sometimes they just try to read between the lines and make a decision. You definitely want to apply to multiple places.

PackRat is right. Every trucking company out here has it's die hard fans and its haters. You may get to Roehl and decide its nothing like you hoped and dreamed. I love my job at Knight - PackRat was very disappointed with his, so he moved on. That's a common occurrence in this business.

There are no cookie cutter drivers and there are no cookie cutter companies. The things that you described about Roehl sound like it's a good fit. But, you never really know until you get to driving with that company. By applying at many different companies, if you have to make course correction, you have a few companies lined up already to which you may turn. Also, in applying at many different companies, you might learn that another company is presenting something you hadn't known was in the mix from looking at info on a website. Trucking company websites are not always updated with regularity, so it's best to apply and then call to ask what the company may offer.

Thanks dude! 💪🏻

There are no cookie cutter drivers and there are no cookie cutter companies. The things that you described about Roehl sound like it's a good fit. But, you never really know until you get to driving with that company. By applying at many different companies, if you have to make course correction, you have a few companies lined up already to which you may turn. Also, in applying at many different companies, you might learn that another company is presenting something you hadn't known was in the mix from looking at info on a website. Trucking company websites are not always updated with regularity, so it's best to apply and then call to ask what the company may offer.

Read the training diaries. Do a search for Roehl. Apply everywhere.

With freight the way it is, companies are changing their normal training/hiring processes. Prime is no longer accepting recent CDL grads. They are only taking students who go through Primes CDL training. And the numbers being accepted has dropped dramatically

Duly noted ma'am I will hit APPLY ALL in February and see where the cards fall. Thank you for comments.

Read the training diaries. Do a search for Roehl. Apply everywhere.

With freight the way it is, companies are changing their normal training/hiring processes. Prime is no longer accepting recent CDL grads. They are only taking students who go through Primes CDL training. And the numbers being accepted has dropped dramatically

Roehl was my first choice for training 6 years ago, I failed their company fitness test because my heart rate was 1 bpm too high. Since I failed I was sent home but they paid me for the day. Spent a year depressed then started at West Side for 2 months which was another job I almost didn't get because of a non at fault accident when I was driving a cab.

I've been at OD 5.5 years am home daily and make more than I would at Roehl so it all worked out in the end.

I'd have a plan A, B and C ready to go you never know why they will reject you.