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Hello. I got pre hire by both companies. Any suggestions which is good to start out with? Is it true that you have to have a fat wallet to start with kllm, because thats what I heard. Thanks for any responses.

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Why are you limiting your choices to those two?
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I was kind of wondering the same thing.
As far as the fat wallet. Your going to need some money no matter where you start. You won't be making much money for a while and the cost of living on the road isn't cheap. Then if you have bills at home you can quickly get into trouble if you don't have money set aside.

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I was thinking the "prehire" syndrome,only Carrier interested,no
other choice.
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I'd go with Werner because you'll have more choices within the company, dry van, temp controlled, or flatbed. In either case, you're gonna have to have some cash on you until you get your first pay. Disregard the term "pre-hire", it means nothing. A newbie driver is not hired by any entry level company until the OTR period with a company trainer is successfully completed, final written and skill tests are passed and a newbie is promoted to solo or first seat driver and assigned a company tractor. BOL

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I only got pre hire from these two companies so far as or my choices. I am not sure what other companies hires graduate students because some other companies tried require you to live within their terminal and some denied my application cause of some employment gaps.

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You should be reaql careful with any employment gaps. A prehire usually means some recruiter looked over your app and sent you a letter. They'll check you out more thoroughly in orientation. Gaps in your employment is one way to get a quick ticket home.
I would get some notarized letters from people you know stating what you were doing during those times of unemployment. Even stating you were self employed would help. A verifiable 3 year work record is required by the DOT. You need to be prepaired to list the last 10 years when you get there. Do what you need to do before orientation or your taking a chance. You might have more options also.

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If you can get to trucknet, you can submit on-line applications with literally hujndreds of companys. Don't worry which "might" consider you. Flood their application sites and see what comes back. These days, the internet is becoming an excelent way to contact companies. Tell them the truth about your empoyment record and everything else -- aways. There'll be plenty of opportunities to lie to them once you're workin'.
Point is: It's a driver's market.
Research as many avenues as possible.
You may be surprised what comes back.
This is important. Sure, Werner or whatever may be fine. But do your homework on this. Don't hand your fate over to the first carrier the school's getting paid to refer you to. Establish some control over your destiny....while you still can. Don't be a sheep. We got too many of them out here already..
Good luck. Safety is everything.