North Carolina Trucking
North Carolina trucking companies that are hiring are easy to find. The Tarheel state is in a great location for a career in trucking. North Carolina has been the fastest growing state in the US since 2008. NC ranked 9th in wealth by gross domestic product last year with $424.9 billion taken in. This while 1 in 5 manufacturing jobs have been lost to overseas competition. I hauled furniture here and most of it is made in China now. Textiles too have been hit hard by off shoring and foreign competition, however North Carolina still employs more textile workers than any other state in the US. Jobs by SimplyHired  NC farmers grow, soybeans, sweet potatoes and nursery stock. They also raise hogs and cattle, chickens and produce eggs and milk.There is a huge movement in the state that is pushing organic and niche food production. Tobacco is a leading producer of tobacco. No comment. There is still plenty of manufacturing in NC. Some key manufacturing are of paper products, electrical equipment, chemicals, and textiles as mentioned earlier. Huge investments and collaboration has been made in nanotechnology and biotechnology, genetics, and more by local colleges. Charlotte is the 2nd largest banking center in the US after NY. The State is the 6th most visited in the US. Forbes magazine has called North Carolina the 4th best state for business in 2010 after Va, Tx, and Colorado. Still the unemployment rate hoovers at 10.4% (oct 2011)
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CDL Training
The best route to your CDL depends on your situation.
If there is a community college near you, it may be your best choice. The program will be under the evaluation of the education system and the cost should be cheaper than private schools.
You also won't have to pay back the trucking companies for training you for free. However, if you have to get free training at a trucking company, nothing wrong with that either, just know what you are signing. Also know that in most cases you WILL owe them money if you don't work for them for a certain amount of time afterwards.
Ask questions...
How long will you have to drive for them to pay off the training? What is the penalty for breaking contract? If possible, don't break the contract.