jride, I know how you feel!! Seems that times sure are lean here in Ga. now. Good Luck to You I'll keep my fingers crossed for both of us!!

RickG
I don't consider myself to be a waste of taxpayers money. I paid every penny myself. I asked for nothing from anyone.

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Lucinda Basset

Wats up fellas & ladies? I came out of driving school(SAGE/ISOTHERMAL) from out of Spindale NC on 11-14-2008. I had a pre-hire from MceLroy right off the bat but had to wait through dec, & jan untill they lifted their hiring-freeze. JAN 26TH I was scheduled to go to oreintation, 1wk before the date my wife fell and broke her leg, could'nt leave her at home when it is just her & myself. MceLroy said they would consider a re-hire again but not now due to another hiring-freeze. My wife was out of work for 3mths, by the time she got back on her feet everything went south due to the economy. I work the same job that I have had for the last 20 some yrs as a shipping manager at this company in Old Fort,NC and am very fortunate to be making descent money. Like I said I have put several app's in for OTR companies, no luck, there are several local places like rock quarries, recyling companies etc, but everyone that I have talked to isn't hiring now and I understand that. I talk to the LTL company drivers that come in and they are alot of them that have had lay-offs and aren't hiring, not even on the docks. All I want to do is get in a truck and drive, thats it. The last thing I would do is take a job from someone that really needed it to feed his family, I just want to drive to get the exp. and if someone would give me the chance to drive in the evenings or the weekends because I work 1st shift I would drive for what ever they wanted to pay. I have had exp. backing & docking for 3yrs at my work place, I came out of driving school with a 99% grade average and had the lowest score on my road test that the instructor had ever scored, he swore up & down that I had driven before I came to school, all I had done was back & dock at work for 3yrs. I have been around trucks since I was little, my uncle got me hooked when I was 10yrs old by taking me on trips, when I smell the tires brakes and the diesel it does something to me. All I want to do is drive. I really don't see nothing wrong with that.

You didn't but many do . We've read the posts about WIA students with DUI's and multiple violations that have no chance at all of being hired . Yes , there are some good students but they are hard to find with their applications buried along with the thousands of others .

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yep i myself was hired by mcelroy out of alabama, and then was told nevermind there on a hiring freeze..b/s same exact thing with may trucking to..as i have stated earlier im lookin for an owner op, not just any owner op tho, i found a few but they were leased on to places like jb and schneider which was a no go for me cuz of my felony. what do i need to do, find an independent o/o if their company they are leased onto doesnt allow felonies? im kinda lost in this situation.

Yeah me too, Mcelroy told me to call them back in a few weeks. Maybe things will pick up pretty soon.May trucking was all over me for a couple of days thought for sure I had a job there then boom,I could'nt get the recruiter to call me back. Finally hear they have a hiring freeze on. Oh well back to the job hunt. Good Luck to all!!!

Old Fort,NC 28762

Here I sit on Fathers Day! Miss the Old Man this time of year sure wish he was still around!! Well life goes on but I still miss him after all these years. My kids have called to say H.F.Day & ask what I was up to so I tell em I'm applying for jobs again. APPLY,APPLY,APPLY, do'nt quit now things will turn around. Wont they?? HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO ALL YOU DADS out there!!!!!!! BE SAFE!!!!!!!!

Happy F'SDAY back to you jtan. yes things are going to pick-up and we all are going to be rolling somewhere.

Have you all tried Covenant? I know it ain't grand but ...... I think they take felons. Well good luck to you all.