Work history questions?

No company cares about your work history or lack thereof. They only care about being able to verify whatever you tell them.

 

The companies the OP mentioned may not care, but most of the better ones do. Walmart, for example, probably won't touch the OP until he's had a steady job for 5 years.

 

You may need to find a job that you can work at for the next 3 to 10 years before going for any CDL training. This way you will cut down on a lot of explaining if you have the work history behind you.

YOU CAN DO IT!

Good luck to you!!

 

Does'nt Walmart require experience?I think as a potential driver he's not going to have trouble finding a job.Todays trucking companies are more interested in what the MVR and csa looks like rather then the job history because look how many companies right now are scrounging for drivers because their insurance is turning away more drivers then companies wanna hire.Anymore they'll take what they can get.

 

Ha Walmart? He is talking about just starting out and getting going. You shouldn't compare that to one of the hardest jobs to get in the trucking industry. Walmart is hard to get hired on to even if you have 20 years of perfect driving.

 

My friend took two years off from working when his mom died and he got a little inheritance. Why? Because life is freaking short and he wanted too. He then went to school and got his CDL. He got offers from just about everybody he applied too and went with Schneider and is still working there. Schneider does not have it's own school though. You will find that companies that pay for your training might be a little more picky then if you go and get your cdl yourself. But the bottom line is that work gaps will not prevent you from becoming a truck driver.

And always remember if one company turns you down, there are a pile more that won't. Like ZZ Top says, "I got a gal that lives on the hill, if she won't do it then her sister will." A great philosophy for life.

 

Nonsense. So in order to become a truck driver, first you must go work at a crappy job like Walmart or McDonalds for "3 to 10 years" Are you freaking kidding me? Is this a joke post? There are immigrants coming off the plane every day from Russia, Africa, Asia, and India who go get a truck driving job without working at a crap job like Walmart for 10 years.

Steps to becoming a truck driver:

(1) Go work at McDonalds for 10 years so you have a perfect work history
(2) Go get your cdl
(3) Go out with a trainer for 3 to 8 weeks
(4) Then you are a truck driver

What a joke lol

 

Yes I should clarify sorry. No company that hires newbies will care. Walmart wouldn't touch a brand new driver anyway so that's irrelevant here. When the time comes to move up then sure they will look at your previous CDL jobs. He's not competing for a spot at Harvard here lol.

 

Definitely not true. You could tell them I spent the last 5 years playing video games, it doesn't matter. People seem to think there's some hiring panel that goes on behind the scenes when hiring brand new drivers. They aren't debating whether it's better to hire candidate x or y. They are going to hire them both if the background checks clear. For employment gaps a notarized letter is all that's needed by most companies.