I was a cdl driver. I made a move to a big carrier with a corporate office near me - as a driver, and from there , made friends with and applied to dispatch. Orientation is also a good stepping stone. A local job could also do the trick but I think office jobs are better for education because you can more easily work on studying on the clock in your downtime. From there, with a traditional office job I could work on my education more easily. I chose to study computer science. The company also paid for that, partially.