My SO is from New Zealand, in this country legally with a green card for about 1 1/2 years. He has driven trucks in England, New Zealand and Australia - as well as the United States. His total years of experience driving trucks is about 10 years (he is 44). He has operated swing lifters in Australia and driven (food grade) tankers in the USA. He has driven in the US less than a year, and never has had an accident anywhere in the world. So, why, when he calls companies here in the United States, do they only accept experience driving in the United States? (Also, he has a job currently with a tanker outfit but wants to change to something local or regional. He had to return to New Zealand due to some family matters and the company put him on leave when he told them he had to resign to go back home for a few months, because they wanted him back.) He has phone numbers for all the places he has worked in the past and has offered these to the companies he has contacted, but they won't call internationally to verify his experience. I don't understand this attitude in a country that is begging for drivers. My SO is frustrated and also pretty irritated by the fact that he can only make as much here in a week as he makes working a weekend in Australia. Any suggestions on how he might get a local/regional job in the United States? (And, the plan is for us to go to New Zealand and then to Australia after I get my CDL.)

You and your husband have bought into the BIG lie.

There is no shortage of drivers in the US, only a shortage of CHEAP drivers.

The less experience they accept from your husband, the less they have to pay him when he starts.

Sorry, that's a fact of life handed to me, when I returned to trucking after a break. Companies refused to validate/accept ANY of my prior experience. Although I could provide several GLOWING references.

It's all about how much money they can save the company...not safety, not the driver, and not the drivers experience.

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I am in Canada as an immigrant, and only my Canadian driving history counts here (both truck and car).

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I am not sure but I would say because coutries usually have different regulations being a little more lieniant (SP?).
I will try and find out when I go back to work , you must remind me on Sunday night

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