Mississippi Trucking?

I've got a little dilemma here. Pretty certain I'm moving from CA to MS when my lease is up in June 2019. I've had my CDL A for 2 years now but wont have any recent experience when I get to MS. 88M (truck driver) in the army for 3 years, worked for Virginia Linen Service, home daily with a dedicated route then moved to CA and worked for West Coast Sand and gravel for about 3 weeks before I got hired on with Caltrans (CA Dept. Of Transportation) as an Equipment Operator and been here for a year now.

I have a family and need a local job where I'm home every day. I'm prepared to go OTR for a year to be qualified for any local jobs in Jackson. Problem is from what I've seen even OTR jobs require veririfiable experience or that you are a recent CDL Grad. I went to CDL school after I had my CDL just to get some money coming from the military until I got a job and used it to get my Endorsements. I have TPX.

Basically when I get to MS I will need some retraining and I am fine with going through the Major companies training programs but I'm not a recent cdl Grad. Any advice? Or know if these requirements are just BS?

 

Thanks! I'll check it out

 

Called them up already and they said I either have to have verifiable experience or be a recent cdl grade otherwise they cant being me on.

 

I like my job but I cant afford to live in CA anymore unless I live in a 600 sqft shoe box for 1400 a month. To get in I had to take a job 2 hours away. That's 400 in gas a month out here. Trucking pays almost the same in the Jackson area as I make here but the money will go 5 times as far. I lose the state job but gain a much better quality of life.