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FOR CDL-A OTR DRIVERS

Know what you're signing before you sign.

Recruiters make every job sound great. Get our free CDL-A Job Offer Checklist — 23 questions to ask any carrier so you know the real pay, miles and home time before you accept.

  • ✓How to compare CPM, percentage and weekly pay offers apples to apples
  • ✓The pay items most offers leave out: detention, layover, breakdown
  • ✓Contract and lease-purchase red flags to catch before orientation
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The CDL-A Job Offer Checklist

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Find a better job, know what you'll really take home, and find parking tonight. No sign-up needed.

23 questions. 4 things that decide your paycheck.

The same questions experienced drivers ask before they commit — organized so you can use them on the phone with any recruiter.

PART 1

Pay & Miles

What the offer is really worth per week.

  • Practical vs. HHG miles
  • Weekly miles, honestly
  • Guaranteed pay
PART 2

Extra Pay

The money most offers never mention.

  • Detention & layover
  • Breakdown pay
  • Stop & tarp pay
PART 3

Home Time & Life

What your weeks will actually look like.

  • Home-time policy
  • Pets & riders
  • Equipment & lanes
PART 4

Contracts & Red Flags

What to catch before orientation.

  • Training repayment clauses
  • Lease-purchase terms
  • Orientation travel & pay
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CDL Transportation Group places experienced CDL-A OTR drivers with vetted carriers. We're paid by carriers, never by you.

01

Tell us what you want

Pay, home time, lanes, equipment, pets or riders — we start from what matters to you.

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Get matched fast

Most drivers hear back within 24 hours and get matched with a carrier in 48 hours or less.

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We stay with you

Our team stays in touch after placement and steps in if a carrier isn't honoring the agreed pay, miles or home time.

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Common questions

Yes. Enter your details and the full checklist opens right away. You can print it or save it as a PDF. There is no cost and no obligation.
No. The checklist is yours to use with any carrier. If you want help finding a better job, a recruiter will reach out, and you can say yes or no.
No. Our service is completely free for drivers — we are compensated by our carrier partners, never by you.
Most drivers hear back within 24 hours, and most get matched with a carrier in 48 hours or less.
Most of our carrier partners look for at least 1 year of verifiable CDL-A OTR experience, though requirements vary by lane and endorsement.

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