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I am into my first week of school. I love it and I am pretty good at it, at least I've nailed the backing part of it, anyway, I was hoping to get hired by Crete because I was told that they hire students out of school. But now that I'm in school it turns out you have to be prehired from Crete BEFORE school, and you have to do extra work for Crete, as in worksheets and extra driving tests, in order to be PTDI certified. They say it might be to late to get prehired. Now I'm wondering if any other companies hire students. Any answers? Thanks.

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The brief answer is yes.
Mike
Let's all Chant...
"It's a Lifestyle and is what you make it"
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Millis and Rhoel might be up the same alley as Crete.
"There is just something about fresh winter snow and a river. The day is bright even if it is cloudy, the water is friendly even if it is cold and the fish are there even if they are not biting."

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there are plenty of companies out there that will hire students out of school.
Your issue with may be that they only take students from a specific school. I know that Millis operates that way. You must attend their school or they will not hire a student.
Some Companies for you to check into though:
PAM, Trans AM, Swift, Central Refriderated, Roehl, Werner, Willis Shaw, Grand Island Express.
I will always be a mutter trucker at heart.
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In your profile is a place where you can indicate where you are from. It will then show up at the bottom of every post you make. I see so many asking about companies that hire students, felons, and so forth but don't indicate where they are from.
Uturn gave you a list of companies that hire students, but they are all national companies. If you guys would indicate where you are from, someone who lives reasonably close to you may be able to point you toward a good local/regional company in your particular area of the country. By not indicating your location, you might miss out on a great opportunity.

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Crete must be different from Shaffer (we are owned by crete).......over here I don't think they prehire you but they will hire out of certain schools only (which are the ones that are PTDIA certified).
"Hakuna Matata".....Greg
All for the love of a good woman.


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I live in Lincoln, Ne. I am attending Southeast Community College. I have talked to many drivers about driving schools and all of them have told me that Southeast has the best programs. Crete will only hire if you are PTDI certified. Southeast will only give me a certificate. Which my instructor says that this certificate from Southeast counts as one year experience (huh). But this counts for their excellent track record with training qualified students. To become PTDI certified you must be prehired and you are given an additional workbook about an inch and a half thick with worksheets that need to be completed plus the regular school work of the rest of the class. Then, Crete has a rep come out at the end of each week to check on the progress of the students and to pick up the extra homework Crete requires. Also, the Crete students are seperated from the rest of the class after we begin driving so that their performance is scored differently for Crete. I only imagine that this is the same fro Shaffer. I have applied at Werner because I believe they hire students, but their pay is lower than Crete's which bums me out!

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This was about 3 years ago after i was done school. I went to crete in allentown to put my app in and they told me they will not hire anyone right out of school you must have 2 years exp,

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Originally posted by trucking4jesus:
Crete must be different from Shaffer (we are owned by crete).......over here I don't think they prehire you but they will hire out of certain schools only (which are the ones that are PTDIA certified).
"Hakuna Matata".....Greg
All for the love of a good woman.
We are different than Shaffer.
Our knuckles don't drag the ground when we walk upright, and we use utensils to eat our food...
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Originally posted by SpotsCat:
We are different than Shaffer.
Our knuckles don't drag the ground when we walk upright, and we use utensils to eat our food...
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If Spotscat thinks Shaeffer/sunflower or whoever the hell they are this week are a buncha "knuckledraggers" I am afraid to venture what the opinion is of us low-down Hunt drivers
CD
"I dont like small cars or real big women,but somehow I always find my self in 'em" (Kid Rock) recovering dweller..........oilfield trash division

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The only negatives in my book are they need 65 MPH trucks and a flatbed division.A regional division in our neck of the woods would be nice also.Outside of that they are one of the best of the big boys.
Take care and be safe
To be safe you must be aware
US ARMY

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Seems I remember A LOT of Crete drivers who wouldn't acknowledge the driver of a blue truck ! But, that was only a few out of a lot of drivers I was able to meet.
BTW, you know why Duane Acklie originally bought Hunt Transport don't ya???
So he would have an in-house wrecker service !!!
Carlo 0351/8151/6531 I.Y.A.O.Y.A.S
Truck #176
"Pain is weakness leaving the body."
"Nobody ever drowned in their own sweat."

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I drug one of the blue trailers from Allentown, PA to Duluth, MN, to Portland, OR, and back to KCMO.
All the red fleet saw the blue reefer and wouldn't talk to me on the radio. All the blue fleet saw the red tractor and wouldn't talk to me on the radio.
I felt like the legendary red-headed stepchild!
Greg knows I'm just razzin' him - I hope... but I'll still be on the lookout next time I'm in New Kingston!
BTW - Anyone see Duane's name in USA Today this Thursday in the list of "Pioneers"?
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But of course I do SpotsCat
Always in fun, and I know what you mean...seems like everytime I go up to Canada I always get stuck with one of your old Crete reefers....and like you said then nobody talks to you
Just look for me in NKPA........#82348.
And besides I wave at red trucks, blue trucks, green ones, yellow ones.....any color
"Hakuna Matata".....Greg
All for the love of a good woman.