Good Sunday Morning & Thank You

thefather · Apr 18, 2010

Just wanted to Say Good Morning to everyone here and Thank You to everyone that has responded to me in my quest for employment either thru PM's Phone calls or replies to my questions.

Also wanted to say thanks to the wealth of information and resources available here on EO

Have a great day and may your miles be Many!

Lawrence · Apr 18, 2010

Cool! Glad you are "consuming" the wealth of knowledge here! Have you tried our EO Classifieds for your job search?

thefather · Apr 18, 2010

Yes I sure have, I have posted a couple things and responded to others. Sorry thing is that I have gotten no response at all on the ones I have responded to. Not even squat. But thats ok as I do not discourage easily.

Lawrence said:
Cool! Glad you are "consuming" the wealth of knowledge here! Have you tried our EO Classifieds for your job search?

Lawrence · Apr 18, 2010

No responses at all? Post a link to your Classified Ad - I can give you a few ideas to get those responses rolling in.

thefather · Apr 18, 2010

I have a couple differently worded ones but here is one that you can check out and of course you can view my others as well from that page.

Here is the ad

Lawrence said:
No responses at all? Post a link to your Classified Ad - I can give you a few ideas to get those responses rolling in.

Lawrence · Apr 18, 2010

Okay, here are the set-backs.

1. No CDL yet.

2. Oklahoma based

But here is how you can overcome this and get offers much quicker...

1. Get a Class "A" CDL ASAP!

2. Get a HAZ/MAT endorsement.

2. Get your Passport

3. Delete and repost your ad every 14 days.

This will help you get an offer IMMEDIATELY!

Hope this helps!

thefather · Apr 19, 2010

Thank you for the tips...

As for the CDL. I have been studying and will have no problem passing the written test. The problem is finding something to do the driving test in. Would prefer to just get B class right now. Hazmat should also be no problem.

You say Oklahoma based is a problem? I am not sure about that because I am located quite nicely by I-40 and I-35... Well not far anyway.

But I am working on try to achieve what you say.

If I had a co-driver right now I would have a better chance of getting on with companies that do not require a CDL and it would also help me get some OTR experience.

I just need to find a fleet owner or company that is willing to work with me and give me a chance to prove myself.

Thanks again

Lawrence said:
Okay, here are the set-backs.

1. No CDL yet.

2. Oklahoma based

But here is how you can overcome this and get offers much quicker...

1. Get a Class "A" CDL ASAP!

2. Get a HAZ/MAT endorsement.

2. Get your Passport

3. Delete and repost your ad every 14 days.

This will help you get an offer IMMEDIATELY!

Hope this helps!

gotta go · Apr 19, 2010

thefather said:
Thank you for the tips...

As for the CDL. I have been studying and will have no problem passing the written test. The problem is finding something to do the driving test in. Would prefer to just get B class right now.

If you feel confident enough to take the driving test most third party test sites have a truck available for testing. It costs around $100-$150 to use their truck. You might want to ask what kind of truck they have. The first place I went to test, they had an old street department truck, belly plow and all. The tester said just ignore anything that doesn't look familiar.