Truck Driving Careers & Job Placement

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HDS Truck Driving Institute offers Lifetime Job Placement Assistance to all of our graduates. For HDS assistance with job placement within the trucking industry, please contact an Admissions Representative toll-free at (877) 205-2141 or email us.

CDL Career Opportunities

Choose from the following career opportunities by driving type:

• Over-the-Road
  
  • Transporting products via public highways throughout the United States
  • Route: usually through 48 states
  • Road Time: often 3-4 weeks at a time
• Solo
  
  • Solo driver opportunities
• Team
  
  • Two-driver opportunities (great for couples who want to work and travel together!)
• Regional
  
  • Hauling general freight within a few hundred miles of a specified area (ex: Tucson/Yuma/region) rather than throughout 48 states
  • Route: No East Coast runs
  • Road Time: often 2-3 weeks at a time
• Trainer
  
  • Truck driver instructor opportunities
• Owner/Operator
  
  • Options for those who own and operate their own rig vs. leasing the rig for operation
• Local
  
  • Tends to keep the driver closer to home base than regional
  • Route: Primarily Arizona
  • Road Time: Drivers are often home nightly

"I get to see a lot of the countryside and meet a lot of people."
- Kenneth Summerson