Sponsors
When a carrier lists a job opening with the CDL-USA Job Bank they agree to become a driver sponsor when a driver shows interest but will not be financially obligated until the driver completes the respective stage of employment.
Sponsors
All CDL-USA drivers are sponsored.
This is where we (CDL-USA) make our money.
Self-sponsored : automatic when driver becomes a member.
(No cost ever to driver.)
Primary Carrier-sponsored : when driver contacts and self-refers to a CDL-USA member carrier or company.
(Company pays driver's coaching fee based on driver's stage of successful employment.)
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All participating carriers agree to sponsor a CDL-USA Career Coach Program participant as a primary carrier sponsor when that CDL-USA participating driver is referred to them. Non-carrier companies may be secondary sponsors. All sponsors will have password access to the Job Vault and public CDL-USA information but will have no access to driver's or carrier's private, confidential, or proprietary information from CDL-USA. All participating drivers receive CDL-USA services at no cost to them.
Services
All services by CDL-USA including the Coaching Program are provided at no cost to all eligible and participating drivers. These services are funded through sponsors. ​
All sponsors have password read only access to the Job Vault and CDL-USA public information.
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Primary job sponsorship is provided by participating carriers for specific drivers.
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Secondary job sponsorship is provided by other companies, organizations, or individuals wanting to support CDL-USA but not necessarily employing drivers. Secondary sponsorship is only for 12 months and is only for general program support not tied to any driver.
Other secondary sponsor organizations such as trade organizations, insurance companies, shippers, suppliers, etc. or any interested company or group may sponsor the program for a 12 month period with a one time sponsorship fee of $4,000. If a secondary sponsor wishes to list jobs in the Job Vault and upgrade to a primary sponsorship for individuals, the initial secondary sponsorship fee will be applied to their first sponsored individual. No advertising or endorsements will be allowed or implied for sponsors. Sponsors names other than self-sponsored drivers will be made public.
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Fees and Guarantees
Pre-employment: $600 (15%)
Onboarding: $1,400 (35%) Retainment: $2,000 (%50)
Sponsor Coaching Fees and Conditions
As a self-sponsored driver you may screen and apply to several offers then accept the most favorable. The carrier/sponsor you finally partner up with will automatically become your primary sponsor and be charged a Pre-employment coaching fee of $600 when you start your first day of orientation*. If you don't make your first day of orientation FOR ANY REASON, there is no fee.
Thirty days after your first day of orientation, when you are still employed with your sponsor, your sponsor will be charged an Onboarding coaching fee of $1,400. If you don't complete these thirty (30) days after your first day of orientation FOR ANY REASON, there is no fee.
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Six months (180 days) after your first day of orientation, when you are still employed with your sponsor, your sponsor will be charged a Retention coaching fee of $2,000. If you don't complete the six months of employment after your first day of orientation FOR ANY REASON, there is no fee.
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* "First Day of Orientation"
Orientati0n is usually thought of when a recruited employee physically shows up at an employer's place of business expecting employment pending completion of incomplete paperwork, drug tests, physical tests, satisfactory completion of in person interview, skills tests, etc. Upon successful completion of all orientation and pre-employment requirements many employers will then make a formal in writing job offer with details of the job.
Employment does not officially start until this is signed by both parties. This relieves the employer of workers compensation liability and other possible liability concerns during this period of orientation since you are not officially an employee. Understandably, in this day and age, employers must be very careful. If you, as an "applicant" don't meet the employer's pre-employment requirements or are caught misrepresenting yourself (lying) they will not hire you and you go home unemployed probably not eligible for unemployment benefits. First day of employment is not always the same as first day of orientation. CDL-USA drivers have prepared for and are ready for the jobs they apply for. Not all employers are as efficient and may overlook relaying important information before you arrive for orientation. They may change something during orientation, just before or during the job offer. "First day of orientation" coaching fees gives employers incentive to make sure communication is clear before drivers are invited to attend orientation and no intentional or unintentional "bait and switch" occurs between orientation and job offers. Most employers and drivers operate under good faith, and this is seldom an issue. First day of orientation is not necessarily the first day of employment. When a driver shows up on the premises of the carrier for the scheduled orientation start date, regardless of employment status, it is considered the "first day of orientation" for coaching fee purposes.
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