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<blockquote data-quote="trapped" data-source="post: 56350"><p>dannyboy said it pretty well. Having a CDL will certainly not hurt you in getting a job, but I doubt it will help you too much right now, either before or after you are hired. Almost everyone starts out as p/t. Where I work, you have to have at least 1 year of seniority before you can even bid on a driving job. </p><p> </p><p>Under the current contract, the company is allowed to hire 1 non-union driver (can either be a p/t supervisor or someone off the street) for every 6 part timers that go full time. From my experience, the company usually uses opportunity to get a p/t sup some driving experience as this will help them to get a full time position faster. </p><p> </p><p>If you are really hoping for a driver position, it depends on where you are, how fast you may be able to get it. It is extremely rare to go out driving with less than 2 years of seniority. As dannyboy said the wait could be 10+ years. You could be lucky and in one of the areas where there is a short wait or there are a lot of drivers that will be retiring in the near future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trapped, post: 56350"] dannyboy said it pretty well. Having a CDL will certainly not hurt you in getting a job, but I doubt it will help you too much right now, either before or after you are hired. Almost everyone starts out as p/t. Where I work, you have to have at least 1 year of seniority before you can even bid on a driving job. Under the current contract, the company is allowed to hire 1 non-union driver (can either be a p/t supervisor or someone off the street) for every 6 part timers that go full time. From my experience, the company usually uses opportunity to get a p/t sup some driving experience as this will help them to get a full time position faster. If you are really hoping for a driver position, it depends on where you are, how fast you may be able to get it. It is extremely rare to go out driving with less than 2 years of seniority. As dannyboy said the wait could be 10+ years. You could be lucky and in one of the areas where there is a short wait or there are a lot of drivers that will be retiring in the near future. [/QUOTE]
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