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Well, most of the companies that have lenient hiring requirements want 5 years minimum from your last felony. So you might have to wait a year. Go ahead and Apply For Truck Driving Jobs using that link. You can apply to all the companies with just one application! It will save you lots of time.
Be very honest about your past and tell them anything they want to know with absolute honesty. It's kind of like fishing, just hope someone bites the bait. Especially go for companies like Swift, Western Express, CR England because theyre known for giving second chances when others wouldn't. If you get rejected then you'll just have to wait it out a little longer. I wish you luck!
If you can find an opportunity you're probably looking at about $32,000-$36,000 your first year and around the $40,000-$45,000 range your second year.
I don't know if any of the Company-Sponsored Training Programs will take you but I would apply to every one of them and see if you get any offers. If they won't take you then you'll want to Apply For Truck Driving Jobs with every company imaginable and try to get some pre-hire letters. If you can get two or three pre-hires then you know you'll be able to land a job after getting your CDL training at a private truck driving school.
But I wouldn't pay for schooling until you get some pre-hires. Otherwise you might spend your time and money without being able to find work.
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.
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.
Company-sponsored Training:
A Company-Sponsored Training Program is a school that is owned and operated by a trucking company.
The schooling often requires little or no money up front. Instead of paying up-front tuition you will sign an agreement to work for the company for a specified amount of time after graduation, usually around a year, at a slightly lower rate of pay in order to pay for the training.
If you choose to quit working for the company before your year is up, they will normally require you to pay back a prorated amount of money for the schooling. The amount you pay back will be comparable to what you would have paid if you went to an independently owned school.
Company-sponsored training can be an excellent way to get your career underway if you can't afford the tuition up front for private schooling.
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I have 2 felonies on my record one from 1998 the other one is from 2011 it's hard to find compines that will take me and train me I have my permit I have been learning how to drive a truck with Frds and family I am I wasting my time cause no one will want me 2nd ? My first year bout how much money can I make I have been told diffrent anounts I will make